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Thesis

Nature Nanotechnology 3, 519–520 (1 September 2008) | doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.256

Questions and answers

Chris Toumey

Someone asks you what you do for a living, and you answer by saying that you work in nanotechnology. If, as often happens, they follow up with the question “What is nanotechnology?”, you probably have a concise response prepared, or you should have.