Artist creates nanosculptures smaller than a human hair (2014)

Re:Artist creates nanosculptures smaller than a human hair (... by Aardwolf on Saturday November 07, 2020 @01:55PM (#25017510)

The sculptures are very cool! That said, they're 20 x 80 x 100 microns, so aren't they microsculptures rather than nanosculptures?

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Re:Artist creates nanosculptures smaller than a human hair (... by smnrchrds on Saturday November 07, 2020 @02:10PM (#25017737)

Oxford (which Google Dictionary uses) defines nanoscale as such:

> of a size measurable in nanometers or microns.

The typical definition of nanoscale in science is being in the 1–100 nm range. But in common use, micron-sized objects are still considered nanoscale.

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Re:Artist creates nanosculptures smaller than a human hair (... by FigmentEngine on Saturday November 07, 2020 @04:31PM (#25019648)

are you just splitting hairs now? :-)

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Re:Artist creates nanosculptures smaller than a human hair (... by handol on Saturday November 07, 2020 @05:04PM (#25019994)

A part can have features much smaller than it's total size.

One way to think of it is, a part is nanoscale if you would choose nanometers as the length unit on the drawing.

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Re:Artist creates nanosculptures smaller than a human hair (... by rhklein on Saturday November 07, 2020 @03:05PM (#25018634)

Nano might fit the definition, but 100micron (0.1mm) is visible with an ordinary microscope, so no electron microscope needed.

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