nanothread

English

Etymology

From nano- +‎ thread.

Noun

nanothread (plural nanothreads)

1. A nanoscale thread
   • 2016, Haifei Zhan, Gang Zhan, Vincent BC Tan, Yuan Cheng, John M Bell, Yong-Wei Zhang, Yuantong Gu, “Diamond nanothread as a new reinforcement for nanocomposites”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     This work explores the application of a new one-dimensional carbon nanomaterial, the diamond nanothread (DNT), as a reinforcement for nanocomposites.