Dictionary definition: Ångstrom

Dictionary definition: ångstrom
A Dictionary of Earth Sciences;      254 words ...ångstrom ( Å ) Unit of length equal to 10 −10 m, used in measuring electromagnetic radiation including visible light and X-rays. Replaced in SI units by the nanometre (10 Å = 1 nm).

Dictionary definition: Ångstrom, Anders Jonas
A Dictionary of Scientists;      509 words ...Ångstrom, Anders Jonas (1814–1874) Swedish physicist and astronomer Ångstrom was born the son of a chaplain in L ... position he held up to his death. Ångstrom was one of the pioneers of spectroscopy ...

Dictionary definition: angstrom
A Dictionary of Biology;      259 words ...angstrom Symbol Å. A unit of length equal to 10 –10 metre. It was formerly used to measure wavelengths ... unit is named after the Swedish pioneer of spectroscopy A. J. Ångstrom (1814–74).

Article: LEARNING HOW NATURE SPLITS WATER
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... high-resolution (approximately 0.15 ngstrom) structures of a Mn4Ca cluster found in a photosynthetic protein complex (one ngstrom equals one ten-billionth of a meter ... spectroscopic techniques. Even a 3.0-ngstrom-resolution structure obtained by the ...

Article: Data on microscopy detailed by M.A. Okeefe and co-authors.
Health & Medicine Week;  April 14, 2008 ;     660 words ... ... corresponding to the sub-(A) over circle ngstrom separations of atom positions projected ... Development). "Sub-(A) over circle ngstrom resolution in the high-resolution transmission ... so-called ''one-(A) over circle ngstrom barrier'' has been left behind. Aberration ...

Article: Imation selected to manufacture Sun StorageTek T10000 media.
M2 Presswire;  November 11, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... T10000 tape drive. Combining its Tera ngstrom technology, a proprietary coating ... Combining Imation's proprietary Tera ngstrom technology, which delivers the smoothness ... TimeBasedServo.pdf for more information. Tera ngstrom Technology: Unique

Article: SNIFFING OUT ONE MOLECULE IN HAYSTACK OF ZILLIONS TEXANS REPORT ...
BIOWORLD Today;  April 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... they have an intricate architecture at the ngstrom level. Pore formation begins when seven of ... hemolysin molecules self-assemble to form a 15-ngstrom-diameter channel through the 50-ngstrom-thick membrane bilayer. But the resulting ...