| Definition: | nanoscale device or embedded system involving one or more electronic and non-electronic components enabling the integration of electric and mechanical functionality of the system
Note 1 to entry: The components can be organic, inorganic or hybrid nanotechnology-based and function on the nanoscale for sensing, actuation, signal processing, display, or control.
Note 2 to entry: The components can be micro- or nano-machined to produce free surfaces and volumes that will be able to couple with the environment so that a physical, optical, chemical, or biological phenomenon is transduced to an electric signal.
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