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nnprtcl r ltrfn prtcl s prtcl f mttr 1 t 100 nnmtrs (nm) n dmtr. Th trm s smtms sd fr lrgr prtcls, p t 500 nm, r fbrs nd tbs tht r lss thn 100 nm n nly tw drctns.: 394  t th lwst rng, mtl prtcls smllr thn 1 nm r slly clld tm clstrs nstd. Nnprtcls r dstngshd frm mcrprtcls (1-1000 μm), "fn prtcls" (szd btwn 100 nd 2500 nm), nd "crs prtcls" (rngng frm 2500 t 10,000 nm), bcs thr smllr sz drvs vry dffrnt physcl r chmcl prprts, lk clldl prprts nd ltrfst ptcl ffcts r lctrc prprts. Bng mr sbjct t th Brwnn mtn, thy slly d nt sdmnt, lk clldl prtcls tht cnvrsly r slly ndrstd t rng frm 1 t 1000 nm. Bng mch smllr thn th wvlngths f vsbl lght (400-700 nm), nnprtcls cnnt b sn wth rdnry ptcl mcrscps, rqrng th s f lctrn mcrscps r mcrscps wth lsr. Fr th sm rsn, dsprsns f nnprtcls n trnsprnt md cn b trnsprnt, whrs sspnsns f lrgr prtcls slly scttr sm r ll vsbl lght ncdnt n thm. Nnprtcls ls sly pss thrgh cmmn fltrs, sch s cmmn crmc cndls, s tht sprtn frm lqds rqrs spcl nnfltrtn tchnqs. Th prprts f nnprtcls ftn dffr mrkdly frm ths f lrgr prtcls f th sm sbstnc. Snc th typcl dmtr f n tm s btwn 0.15 nd 0.6 nm, lrg frctn f th nnprtcl's mtrl ls wthn fw tmc dmtrs f ts srfc. Thrfr, th prprts f tht srfc lyr my dmnt vr ths f th blk mtrl. Ths ffct s prtclrly strng fr nnprtcls dsprsd n mdm f dffrnt cmpstn snc th ntrctns btwn th tw mtrls t thr ntrfc ls bcms sgnfcnt. Nnprtcls ccr wdly n ntr nd r bjcts f stdy n mny scncs sch s chmstry, physcs, glgy, nd blgy. Bng t th trnstn btwn blk mtrls nd tmc r mlclr strctrs, thy ftn xhbt phnmn tht r nt bsrvd t thr scl. Thy r n mprtnt cmpnnt f tmsphrc plltn, nd ky ngrdnts n mny ndstrlzd prdcts sch s pnts, plstcs, mtls, crmcs, nd mgntc prdcts. Th prdctn f nnprtcls wth spcfc prprts s brnch f nntchnlgy. n gnrl, th smll sz f nnprtcls lds t lwr cncntrtn f pnt dfcts cmprd t thr blk cntrprts, bt thy d spprt vrty f dslctns tht cn b vslzd sng hgh-rsltn lctrn mcrscps. Hwvr, nnprtcls xhbt dffrnt dslctn mchncs, whch, tgthr wth thr nq srfc strctrs, rslts n mchncl prprts tht r dffrnt frm th blk mtrl. Nn-sphrcl nnprtcls (.g., prsms, cbs, rds tc.) xhbt shp-dpndnt nd sz-dpndnt (bth chmcl nd physcl) prprts (nstrpy). Nn-sphrcl nnprtcls f gld (), slvr (g), nd pltnm (Pt) d t thr fscntng ptcl prprts r fndng dvrs pplctns. Nn-sphrcl gmtrs f nnprsms gv rs t hgh ffctv crss-sctns nd dpr clrs f th clldl sltns. Th pssblty f shftng th rsnnc wvlngths by tnng th prtcl gmtry llws sng thm n th flds f mlclr lblng, bmlclr ssys, trc mtl dtctn, r nntchncl pplctns. nstrpc nnprtcls dsply spcfc bsrptn bhvr nd stchstc prtcl rnttn ndr nplrzd lght, shwng dstnct rsnnc md fr ch xctbl xs.