Definition of nanosphere in English:
nanosphere
nounˈnanə(ʊ)sfɪəˈnanōˌsfir
A sphere of material with a diameter of only a few nanometres.
the silicon vapour condenses to form silicon nanospheres, which collect together in long strings
Example sentencesExamples
- The scientists conducted their research by trapping a glass nanosphere in a laser beam and suspending it in air.
- The polystyrene nanosphere with a silica coating heated to 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).
- Our analysis shows that all interesting physics here takes place in a small area around the nanosphere where the near field and the atom-nanosphere coupling essentially affect the radiative properties of the atom.
- The nanospheres are transparent, but bend and scatter the light that passes through them in predictable ways according to the angle that the light takes when it hits the nanosphere.
- "Scientists thought they could use C60, a hollow carbon nanosphere, measuring one nanometre in diameter," explains another author of the study.
- The tumour cells, which are characteristically slightly acidic, caused the nanosphere to "deform" and release the drugs at the exact site of the cancer cells.
- In these experiments, each nanosphere in the sample acts as an independent, freely oscillating sphere.
- The researchers also showed that it is possible to control the ratio of movement in the two directions by changing the diameter of the nanosphere.
- It is shown that Mie's solution to Maxwell's equations no longer holds for the analysis of resonance of a plasmonic metal nanosphere.