nanosheet

English

Etymology

From nano- +‎ sheet.

Noun

nanosheet (plural nanosheets)

  1. A nanoscale sheet, especially one of many making up a nanostructure.
    • 2019 August 6, Ashley Strickland, “Scientists just created the world’s thinnest gold and it’s two atoms thick”, in CNN‎[1]:
      The nanosheet of gold forms when a confinement chemical is added to chloroauric acid containing gold and water. […] Because the nanosheets are so thin, just about every gold atom plays a part in the catalysis,” said Stephen Evans, study author and head of the University of Leeds’ Molecular and Nanoscale Research group.
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