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The question is asked: what are new size-dependent effects characteristic of the nanoscale range which justify considering ‘dynamics on the nanoscale’ as a scientific area in its own right rather than merely an extension of existing knowledge to a different parameter range. A preliminary list of such effects is drawn up. It is shown to include many challenging unsolved problems as well as a number of fundamental investigations which are more or less advanced in development at the present time.
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Contribution to the Topical Issue “Dynamics of Systems at the Nanoscale”, edited by Andrey Solov’yov and Andrei Korol.
Invited article based on discussion presentation at DYSON Conference, Bad Ems, 3–7 October 2016.
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Connerade, JP. From nuclear to meso systems: how small is simple and how large is complex?. Eur. Phys. J. D 71, 104 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2017-80007-0
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