Talk:Nanoscopic scale

..'surface area effects', also referred to as quantum effects..

Please note that there is a difference between surface effects and quantum effects. Surface effects simply occur because the surface area-to-volume ratio greatly increases when you reach the nanoscopic scale. For example, particles become more reactive because there is more surface to make contact. Quantum effects occur because the wavefunction is confined. For example, optical properties may change. For more information see e.g. Nanoscopic Materials by Emil Roduner: chapter 2 on surface effects, chapter 4 introduces quantum effects.

Bad name
This page is badly messed up. The standard term in the literature is Nanoscience which needs to be the full name of the article. Calling it Nanoscopic scale is scientific nonsense. Ldm1954 (talk) 01:33, 5 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Addendum, I am going to recommend deleting and replace by a link to Nanotechnology. There is little worth saving here. Ldm1954 (talk) 01:55, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. I tagged it as a merge to promote discussion and in case there is anything someone feels is worth saving.--Srleffler (talk) 03:52, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I cut it to just the size 1-100 nm. That's OK, although whether it is needed or a merge I will leave to others. Ldm1954 (talk) 03:55, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
 * The remaining content was already in the other article, although it should have been in the lead. –LaundryPizza03 ( d c̄ ) 21:20, 6 October 2023 (UTC)