{{Short description|Net with fibers on the scale of nanometers}} A '''nanonet''' is a net with fibers on the scale of nanometers. The net can be composed of carbon,<ref name="pmid22737007">{{Cite journal |vauthors=Huang YT, Huang SC, Hsu CC, Chao RM, Vu TK | title = Design and fabrication of single-walled carbon nanonet flexible strain sensors | journal = Sensors|year=2012 | volume = 12 | issue = 3 | pages = 3269–80 |pmid = 22737007 | doi=10.3390/s120303269 | pmc=3376622| doi-access = free }}</ref> metals,<ref name="pmid21306153">{{Cite journal |vauthors=Lin Y, Zhou S, Sheehan SW, Wang D | title = Nanonet-based hematite heteronanostructures for efficient solar water splitting | journal = J Am Chem Soc |year=2011 | volume = 133 | issue = 8 | pages = 2398–401 |pmid =21306153 |doi= 10.1021/ja110741z}}</ref> silicon,<ref name="pmid20596312">{{Cite journal |vauthors=Lin L, Li D, Feng J | title = First-Principles Study of the Band Gap Structure of Oxygen-Passivated Silicon Nanonets | journal = Nanoscale Res Lett |year=2009 | volume = 4 | issue = 5 | pages = 409–413 |pmid =20596312 | doi=10.1007/s11671-009-9259-0 | pmc=2894242| bibcode = 2009NRL.....4..409L }}</ref> or peptides, such as nanonets composed of the defensin HD6.<ref name="pmid22722251">{{cite journal |vauthors=Chu H, Pazgier M, Jung G, Nuccio SP, Castillo PA, de Jong MF, Winter MG, Winter SE, Wehkamp J, Shen B, Salzman NH, Underwood MA, Tsolis RM, Young GM, Lu W, Lehrer RI, Bäumler AJ, Bevins CL |title=Human α-Defensin 6 Promotes Mucosal Innate Immunity Through Self-Assembled Peptide Nanonets |journal= Science |year= 2012 | volume = 337 | issue = 6093 | pages = 477–81 |pmid= 22722251 |doi= 10.1126/science.1218831 | pmc=4332406|bibcode=2012Sci...337..477C }}</ref> The word ''nanonet'' is also used in reference to a nanoscale communication network,<ref>Nanoscale Communication Networks, Bush, S. F., {{ISBN|978-1-60807-003-9}}, Artech House, 2010. [https://www.amazon.com/Nanoscale-Communication-Networks-Stephen-Bush/dp/1608070034]</ref> which also uses key components on the scale of a hundred nanometers as officially defined in IEEE P1906.1.
==See also== * IEEE P1906.1 Recommended Practice for Nanoscale and Molecular Communication Framework
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