Under the policy WP : Wikipedia is not a dictionary synonymous definitions are merged into a single article .-( Talk ) 00 : 52, 11 October 2008 ( UTC)
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The reason for the synonymous definition of nanoparticles and ultrafine particles is that, during the 1970s and 80s, when the first thorough fundamental studies with " nanoparticles " were underway in the USA ( by Granqvist and Buhrman ) and Japan, ( within an ERATO Project ) they were called " ultrafine particles " ( UFP ).