Are nanoparticles and nanomaterials the same thing?

Question

i kind of wonder if all the terms nanoparticles, nanomaterials refer (generally) to the same thing....

and even those of nanotubes, nanocrystalline particles, nanomachines.... can these be called nanoparticles/nanomaterials too?

Answer 1

I would think that nanoparticals are the subelements (microcosms) of nanomaterials.... meaning they are the subunits which comprise the overall nanomaterial (for example with nanotubes, the nanoparticles are the most easily divisible units of the same properties which combine in repeated organization to form the overall structure)... or a nanomaterial could refer to any material which is designed at the nano size level.

Answer 2

nanoparticles are a type of nanomaterial that is commonly used together with bulk materials to form composites, which are an enhancement of the original bulk material.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Would you call wood chips and tree branches "lumber"?

Nanoparticles are very small particles, but not necessarily useful to make something out of, they could be nanopollutants.

The prefix "nano" implies very small. Remove the "nano" and you have particles, materials, tubes and machines; which are not the same thing -- the terms are not always interchangeable.

Make those things very small, nanoscale, and they are still not referring to the same thing (although some nanoparticles and nanotubes could be seen as nanomaterials).