nanofiber
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Noun
nanofiber (plural nanofibers)
- Any fibre having a nanoscale diameter.
- 2012 May 22, Jacy Meyer, “To Czech Industry, Everything Is Nano”, in The International Herald Tribune[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 December 2020:
- The use of Nanospider technology has made it easy to scale up from the laboratory to industrial production, and the technology’s adaptability to high volume production makes it possible to accelerate the introduction of nanofiber products into the market.
Uses of nanofibers are being explored in areas as varied as medicine, clothing, air and water filtration systems and electrical batteries.