meters

10 0

10 -1

10 -2 Human
Macroscale
is what can be seen
with the naked eye.
10 -3
Ant

10 -4

Hair detail

10 -5 Microscale
is too small to see
without a light microscope.

10 -6 Cell

10 -7

Virus
Nanoscale
10 -8 is smaller than a cell
and bigger than an atom.
width of DNA

10 -9

10 -10
Atom Atomic Scale
is the size of an atom.

10 -11

10 -12

This project was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ESI-0532536.