Every process involves both chemical and physical aspects. The value in this is it gives a bit of organization to our study. I hope that you can get a similar sense as I have of the division and that it might be helpful. Polymers probably qualify but a polymer by itself has not usually been thought of as a nanostructure. However, we will find a number instances where a small polymeric agglomeration has clearly been a nanostructure, such as with 60 nm diameter latex spheres.
Chemists tend to organize atoms together to grow a nanostructure.
Chemists tend to mold a nanostructure. Physical Physical methods rely upon non-chemical forces to control the etching or deposition of material. Physicists tend to remove matter from a bulk sample until the nanostructure is all that remains. Physicists tend to sculpt a nanostructure. For comments and questions regarding this material, contact Dan Thomas .