
According to the Oxford Languages Dictionary, the definition of nanotechnology is “the branch of technology that deals with dimensions and tolerances of less than 100 nanometers, especially the manipulation of individual atoms and molecules.” Nanotechnology enables molecular manufacturing. To put it into perspective, it is 100 000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. Nanomaterials are the components of nanotechnology. Indeed, particles of nanoscale dimensions are the elements of nanomaterials.