The enormous difference in scale between our everyday world and the nanoworld could explain why so few members of the general public seem to know about nanotechnology.
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This work was supported by that National Science Foundation (ESI-0532536) and the NSF Discovery Corp Fellowship programme.
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Batt, C. Thinking small is not easy. Nature Nanotech 3, 121–122 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2008.52
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