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Nano-objects (particles, fibers, plates, tubes,...) are entities with at least one dimension is smaller than 100 nanometers. These entities are the basis for the formation of nano-structured materials on the surface or in volume. They are passive or active as nanodevices. This website deals the risks associated with nanomaterials without covering the wider field of nanotechnologies.
Cartoons Episode 1
Two approaches for elaboration of manufactured nanomaterials [M. Ricaud et al., INRS ED 6050 (2012)].
This approach is based on miniaturization. A material is divided until to obtain a nanometric objet optimizing existing industrial technologies. The approach mainly induces the use of mechanical methods (mecanosynthesis, strong deformations,…).