Whether in innovative high-tech materials, more powerful computer chips, pharmaceuticals, or in the field of renewable energies, nanoparticles — the smallest portions of bulk material — form the basis for a whole range of new technological developments. Due to the laws of quantum mechanics, such particles measuring only a few millionths of a millimeter can behave completely differently in terms of conductivity, optics, or robustness than the same material on a macroscopic scale.
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