Liverpool Materials Chemist, Professor Matthew Rosseinsky, said: «When we try to fit materials together at the atomic scale, we are used to using the sizes of the atoms to decide which combinations of materials will «work» i.e. will produce a continuous well - ordered interface. (sciencedaily.com)
If you go down in scale 25 orders of magnitude below the size of an atom, on the way down it would appear smooth and featureless. (discovermagazine.com)
If you were the size of an atom, you might justifiably complain about the sun beating down on you. (newscientist.com)