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Q.Which one of the following is the natural nanomaterial ?

(a) Grain of sand
(b) Peacock feather
(c) Skin of the whale
(d) Peacock beak
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The peacock feather's iridescent colour comes from a natural photonic nanostructure (periodic nanoscale layers), making it a genuine natural nanomaterial — unlike a grain of sand, whale skin, or a peacock's beak.

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Nanomaterials are materials with structural features at the nanometre scale (1-100 nm) that give rise to distinctive, size-dependent properties. Nanomaterials occur both naturally and can be engineered.

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