Nanoparticles - (CCEA)Nanoparticles

Nanoparticles have large surface to volume ratios. This gives them interesting properties.

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Nanoparticles

are between 1 and 100 nanometres (nm) in size and are made up of a few hundred .

A nanoparticle has a very large compared to its .

The properties of substances are different from those of the same atoms in bulk such as powders, lumps or sheets.

One nanometre is 1 × 10-9m or 0.000000001 m.

Covalent structure of buckminsterfullerene
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Buckminsterfullerene, C60, is a nanoparticle.