nanocarpet

English

Etymology

From nano- +‎ carpet.

Noun

nanocarpet (plural nanocarpets)

1. (nanotechnology) A carpet of carbon nanotubes used to enhance the flow of heat at a critical point where computer chips connect to heat sinks.
   • 2016, Ali Eshaghian, Sajjad AbdollahRamezani, Ata Chizari, Khashayar Mehrany, “Broadband, Polarization-insensitive and Wide-angle Optical Absorber based on Fractal Plasmonics”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     In this paper, a plasmonic absorber consisting of a metal-dielectric-metal stack with a top layer of Sierpinski nanocarpet is theoretically investigated.