GLOSSARY

nano

dwarf-submicroscopic(10^-9 m)

exciton

electron-hole pair

nanotechnology

technology on an atomic or molecular scale

tensile strength

resistance of a material to breaking under tension

biomimicry

copying the nature of

setaes

tiny hair like structures

adhesion

sticky

Q-bits

quantum bits-combination ( a linear super position) of two quantum logic states, represented as |0> and |1>. 

Nanophysics by sudha