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submitted 7 months ago by guyrocket@kbin.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Most are probably too young to remember but nanotechnology was supposed to be the most super amazing thing ever.

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[-] Speculater@lemmy.world 62 points 7 months ago

It's used in medicine, meta materials, and physics everyday.

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 51 points 7 months ago

This. You just don’t hear the word anymore. For example, it was instrumental in producing the COVID-19 vaccine.

[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

The reason pencils work as well as they do is because of the way they are constructed, of nanomaterials.

[-] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 14 points 7 months ago

Graphite is now a nano material?

[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 28 points 7 months ago

Well it's not suddenly a nano material. It's always been one. We are still exploring it.

[-] geekwithsoul@lemm.ee 11 points 7 months ago

Much like one of the ways stained glass was colored in the medieval period involved adding materials to the glass that acted as nano materials. For example this one particular shade of red needed gold.

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