¢      There are 1 billion (1,000,000,000) nanometers in 1 meter

¢      There are 1 million (1,000,000) micrometers (or microns) in 1 meter

¢      A line of ten hydrogen atoms lined up side by side is 1 nanometer long

¢      Your finger nail grows 1 nanometer in 1 second

¢      The diameter of your hair is approximately 50,000 nanometers

¢      The abbreviation for nanometer is “nm”

¢      Nanostructures are materials that, in at least one dimension, measure approximately 1 – 100 nm

¢      Nanostructures or nanomaterials exhibit properties different from their macroscale counterparts (their “big brothers”) such as:

¢      Mechanical strength (how hard they are to break)

¢      Electrical conductivity (how fast electrons flow through them)

¢      Thermal conductivity (how fast heat flows through them)

¢      Chemical reactivity (how well/fast they react with other chemicals)

¢      Transparency (how well you can see through them)

¢      Magnetism (whether or not they are magnetic)

¢      … and many more…

¢      Microstructures, the cousin to nanostructures, typically measure between 100 nanometers and 100 micrometers in at least one dimension, but likely do not exhibit unique properties like nanostructures do