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Materials science
Materials science is an
interdisciplinary field
involving the properties of
matter and its applications
to various areas of science
and engineering. It includes
elements of applied physics
and chemistry, as well as
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Polymer
"Polymer" is a generic term
used to describe a very long
molecule consisting of
structural units and
repeating units connected by
covalent chemical bonds. A
key feature that
distinguishes polymers from
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Polyethylene
Polyethylene, (IUPAC name
polyethene), is a
thermoplastic commodity
heavily used in consumer
products (over 60 million
tons are produced worldwide
every year). It is a polymer
consisting of long chains of
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Metallurgy
Metallurgy is a domain of
materials science and of
materials engineering that
studies the physical and
chemical behavior of
metallic elements and their
mixtures, which are called
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Nanorobotics
Nanorobotics is the technology of creating machines or robots at or close to the scale of a nanometre (10-9 metres). More specifically, nanorobotics refers to the still largely theoretical ... > more -
Nanomedicine
Nanomedicine is the medical application of nanotechnology and related research. It covers areas such as nanoparticle drug delivery and possible future applications of molecular nanotechnology (MNT) ... > more -
Carbon nanotube
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are an allotrope of carbon. They take the form of cylindrical carbon molecules and have novel properties that make them potentially useful in a wide variety of applications in ... > more -
Chemical bond
A chemical bond is the physical phenomenon of chemical substances being held together by attraction of atoms to each other through sharing, as well as exchanging, of electrons -or electrostatic ... > more -
Macromolecule
The literal definition of the term macromolecule implies large molecule. In the context of science and engineering, the term may be applied to conventional polymers and biopolymers (such as DNA) as ... > more -
Organic chemistry
Organic chemistry is the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and synthesis of organic compounds that by definition contain carbon. It is a specific discipline ... > more -
Chemical compound
A chemical compound is a chemical substance consisting of two or more different chemically bonded chemical elements, with a fixed ratio determining the composition. The ratio of each element is ... > more
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