Nanomaterials can be classified generally into: Natural and artificially fabricated

Natural nanomaterials: materials having biological systems; eg: viruses(capsid), substances in our bone matrix, etc.

Artificial nanomaterials: These are the ones that are fabricated by different experiments. They can further sub-divided into 4 classes:

Nanomaterials refer to a broad class of materials with dimension in the order of few nanometres. Different types of nanomaterials mostly comprises of:

Nanoparticle, Nanowire, Nanoplate, Nanoribbon, Nanofibre, Nanorod, Nanotube, Nanocomposite, Nanofoam, Nanopores, Nanocrystals etc.

Dear Eman Kareem,

Someone can classify the nanomaterials according to their properties, shapes, sizes, etc.

However, as per nanotechnology, the nanomaterials can be of following three types:

1. Nano films/layers/sheets (1 dimensions in nanometers)

2. Nano wires/fibers/tubes (2 dimensions in nanometers)

3. Nano particles/dots (3 dimensions in nanometers)

Classification of Nanoparticles

Nanoparticles are broadly classified in to three classifications

1. One dimension nanoparticles

One dimensional system (thin film or manufactured surfaces) has been used for decades. Thin films (sizes 1–100 nm) or monolayer is now common place in the field of solar cells offering, different technological applications, such as chemical and biological sensors, information storage systems, magneto-optic and optical device, fiber-optic systems.

2. Two dimension nanoparticles

Carbon nanotubes

3. Three dimension nanoparticles

Dendrimers, Quantum Dots, Fullerenes (Carbon 60), (QDs)

Thanks Mohd Shoeb

depending upon your need you can judge which of the above said can be used for particular purpose.

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