nanocantilever

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What does nanocantilever mean?

A strip of silicon carbide, a few hundred nanometres in width, whose vibrational frequency varies in proportion to the mass of objects resting on it; it can detect masses as small as one attogram

Where does nanocantilever come from?

Etymology tree Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor. Latin nānusbor. English nano- English cantilever English nanocantilever From nano- + cantilever.

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