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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Introduction to Physics of the Solid State | |
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| Structure | |
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| Size Dependence of Properties | |
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| Crystal Structures | |
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| Face-Centered Cubic Nanoparticles | |
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| Tetrahedrally Bonded Semiconductor Structures | |
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| Lattice Vibrations | |
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| Energy Bands | |
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| Insulators, Semiconductors, and Conductors | |
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| Reciprocal Space | |
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| Energy Bonds and Gaps of Semiconductors | |
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| Effective Masses | |
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| Fermi Surfaces | |
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| Localized Particles | |
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| Donors, Acceptors, and Deep Traps | |
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| Mobility | |
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| Excitons | |
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| Methods of Measuring Properties | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Structure | |
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| Atomic Structures | |
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| Crystallography | |
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| Particle Size Determination | |
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| Surface Structure | |
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| Microscopy | |
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| Transmission Electron Microscopy | |
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| Field Ion Microscopy | |
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| Scanning Microscopy | |
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| Spectroscopy | |
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| Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy | |
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| Photoemission and X-Ray Spectroscopy | |
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| Magnetic Resonance | |
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| Properties of Individual Nanoparticles | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Metal Nanoclusters | |
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| Magic Numbers | |
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| Theoretical Modeling of Nanoparticles | |
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| Geometric Structure | |
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| Electronic Structure | |
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| Reactivity | |
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| Fluctuations | |
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| Magnetic Clusters | |
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| Bulk to Nanotransition | |
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| Semiconducting Nanoparticles | |
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| Optical Properties | |
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| Photofragmentation | |
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| Coulombic Explosion | |
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| Rare Gas and Molecular Clusters | |
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| Inert-Gas Clusters | |
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| Superfluid Clusters | |
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| Molecular Clusters | |
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| Methods of Synthesis | |
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| RF Plasma | |
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| Chemical Methods | |
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| Thermolysis | |
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| Pulsed Laser Methods | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Carbon Nanostructures | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Carbon Molecules | |
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| Nature of the Carbon Bond | |
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| New Carbon Structures | |
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| Carbon Clusters | |
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| Small Carbon Clusters | |
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| Discovery of C[subscript 60] | |
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| Structure of C[subscript 60] and Its Crystal | |
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| Alkali-Doped C[subscript 60] | |
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| Superconductivity in C[subscript 60] | |
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| Larger and Smaller Fullerenes | |
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| Other Buckyballs | |
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| Carbon Nanotubes | |
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| Fabrication | |
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| Structure | |
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| Electrical Properties | |
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| Vibrational Properties | |
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| Mechanical Properties | |
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| Applications of Carbon Nanotubes | |
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| Field Emission and Shielding | |
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| Computers | |
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| Fuel Cells | |
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| Chemical Sensors | |
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| Catalysis | |
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| Mechanical Reinforcement | |
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| Bulk Nanostructured Materials | |
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| Solid Disordered Nanostructures | |
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| Methods of Synthesis | |
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| Failure Mechanisms of Conventional Grain-Sized Materials | |
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| Mechanical Properties | |
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| Nanostructured Multilayers | |
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| Electrical Properties | |
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| Other Properties | |
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| Metal Nanocluster Composite Glasses | |
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| Porous Silicon | |
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| Nanostructured Crystals | |
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| Natural Nanocrystals | |
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| Computational Prediction of Cluster Lattices | |
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| Arrays of Nanoparticles in Zeolites | |
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| Crystals of Metal Nanoparticles | |
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| Nanoparticle Lattices in Colloidal Suspensions | |
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| Photonic Crystals | |
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| Nanostructured Ferromagnetism | |
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| Basics of Ferromagnetism | |
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| Effect of Bulk Nanostructuring of Magnetic Properties | |
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| Dynamics of Nanomagnets | |
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| Nanopore Containment of Magnetic Particles | |
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| Nanocarbon Ferromagnets | |
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| Giant and Colossal Magnetoresistance | |
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| Ferrofluids | |
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| Optical and Vibrational Spectroscopy | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Infrared Frequency Range | |
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| Spectroscopy of Semiconductors; Excitons | |
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| Infrared Surface Spectroscopy | |
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| Raman Spectroscopy | |
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| Brillouin Spectroscopy | |
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| Luminescence | |
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| Photoluminescence | |
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| Surface States | |
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| Thermoluminescence | |
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| Nanostructures in Zeolite Cages | |
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| Quantum Wells, Wires, and Dots | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Preparation of Quantum Nanostructures | |
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| Size and Dimensionality Effects | |
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| Size Effects | |
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| Conduction Electrons and Dimensionality | |
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| Fermi Gas and Density of States | |
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| Potential Wells | |
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| Partial Confinement | |
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| Properties Dependent on Density of States | |
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| Excitons | |
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| Single-Electron Tunneling | |
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| Applications | |
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| Infrared Detectors | |
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| Quantum Dot Lasers | |
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| Superconductivity | |
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| Self-Assembly and Catalysis | |
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| Self-Assembly | |
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| Process of Self-Assembly | |
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| Semiconductor Islands | |
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| Monolayers | |
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| Catalysis | |
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| Nature of Catalysis | |
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| Surface Area of Nanoparticles | |
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| Porous Materials | |
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| Pillared Clays | |
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| Colloids | |
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| Organic Compounds and Polymers | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Forming and Characterizing Polymers | |
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| Polymerization | |
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| Sizes of Polymers | |
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| Nanocrystals | |
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| Condensed Ring Types | |
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| Polydiacetylene Types | |
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| Polymers | |
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| Conductive Polymers | |
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| Block Copolymers | |
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| Supramolecular Structures | |
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| Transition-Metal-Mediated Types | |
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| Dendritic Molecules | |
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| Supramolecular Dendrimers | |
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| Micelles | |
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| Biological Materials | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Biological Building Blocks | |
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| Sizes of Building Blocks and Nanostructures | |
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| Polypeptide Nanowire and Protein Nanoparticle | |
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| Nucleic Acids | |
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| DNA Double Nanowire | |
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| Genetic Code and Protein Synthesis | |
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| Biological Nanostructures | |
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| Examples of Proteins | |
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| Micelles and Vesicles | |
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| Multilayer Films | |
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| Nanomachines and Nanodevices | |
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| Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMSs) | |
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| Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMSs) | |
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| Fabrication | |
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| Nanodevices and Nanomachines | |
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| Molecular and Supramolecular Switches | |
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| Formulas for Dimensionality | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Delocalization | |
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| Partial Confinement | |
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| Tabulations of Semiconducting Material Properties | |
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| Index | |