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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Nanotechnology Time Line | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Incremental Nanotechnology | |
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| Evolutionary Nanotechnology | |
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| Radical Nanotechnology | |
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| Bottom-Up/Top-Down Nanotechnology | |
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| References | |
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| Size Matters | |
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| The Fundamental Importance of Size | |
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| The Magnetic Behavior of Nanoparticles | |
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| The Mechanical Properties of Nanostructured Materials | |
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| The Chemical Properties of Nanoparticles | |
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| Nanoparticles Interacting with Living Systems | |
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| Problems | |
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| References | |
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| Nanoparticles Everywhere | |
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| Nanoparticles in the Atmosphere | |
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| Atmospheric Nanoparticles and Health | |
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| Nanoparticles and Climate | |
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| Marine Aerosol | |
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| Nanoparticles in Space | |
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| Problems | |
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| References | |
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| Carbon Nanostructures: Bucky Balls and Nanotubes | |
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| Why Carbon? | |
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| Discovery of the First Fullerene: C<sub>60</sub> | |
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| Structural Symmetry of the Closed Fullerenes | |
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| Smaller Fullerenes and "Shrink-Wrapping" Atoms | |
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| Larger Fullerenes | |
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| Electronic Properties of Individual Fullerenes | |
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| Materials Produced by Assembling Fullerenes (Fullerites and Fullerides) | |
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| Discovery of Carbon Nanotubes | |
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| Structure of SWNTs | |
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| Electronic Properties of SWNTs | |
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| Electronic Transport in Carbon Nanotubes | |
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| Mechanical Properties of Nanotubes | |
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| Thermal Conductivity of Nanotubes | |
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| Carbon Nanohorns | |
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| Carbon Nanobuds and Pea Pods | |
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| Problems | |
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| References | |
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| The Nanotechnology Toolkit | |
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| Making Nanostructures Using Bottom-Up Methods | |
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| Making Nanoparticles Using Supersaturated Vapor | |
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| Sources Producing Nanoparticle Beams in Vacuum | |
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| Mass Selection of Charged Nanoparticle Beams in Vacuum | |
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| Aerodynamic Lensing and Mass Selection of Neutral Nanoparticles | |
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| Plasma, Spark, and Flame Metal Aerosol Sources | |
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| Size Selection of Nanoparticles in Aerosols | |
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| Chemical Synthesis of Nanoparticles in Liquid Suspensions | |
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| Biological Synthesis of Magnetic Nanoparticles | |
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| Synthesis of Fullerenes | |
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| Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes | |
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| Controlling the Growth of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes | |
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| Making Nanostructures Using Top-Down Methods | |
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| Electron Beam Lithography (EBL) | |
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| Manufacturing Nanostructures Using Focused Ion Beams (FIB) | |
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| Combining Bottom-Up and Top-Down Nanostructures | |
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| Imaging, Probing, and Manipulating Nanostructures | |
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| Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM) | |
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| Manipulating Atoms and Molecules with STM | |
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| Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy (STS) | |
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| Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) | |
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| Dip-Pen Nanolithography (DPN) | |
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| Electron Microscopy | |
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| Problems | |
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| References | |
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| Single-Nanoparticles Devices | |
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| Data Storage on Magnetic Nanoparticles | |
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| Quantum Dots | |
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| Nanoparticles as Transistors | |
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| Carbon Nanoelectronics | |
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| Problems | |
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| References | |
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| Magic Beacons and Magic Bullets: The Medical Applications of Functional Nanoparticles | |
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| Nanoparticles Interacting with Living Organisms | |
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| Targeted Nanovectors for Therapy and Diagnosis | |
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| Types of Core Nanoparticle in Nanovectors | |
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| Some Elementary Human Cell Biology | |
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| Uptake of Nanomaterials by the Body | |
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| Biological Targeting | |
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| Magnetic Targeting | |
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| Treatment of Tumors by Hyperthermia | |
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| Biological Response to Heating | |
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| Magnetic Nanoparticle Hyperthermia | |
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| Hyperthermia with Au Nanoparticles | |
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| Hyperthermia with Carbon Nanotubes | |
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| Medical Diagnosis and "Theranostics" Using Nanomaterials | |
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| Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Contrast Enhancement Using Magnetic Nanoparticles | |
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| Imaging Using Gold Nanoparticles | |
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| Imaging Using Quantum Dots | |
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| Problems | |
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| References | |
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| Radical Nanotechnology | |
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| Locomotion for Nanobots and Nanofactories | |
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| On-Board Processing for Nanomachines | |
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| Medical Nanobots | |
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| Molecular Assembly | |
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| References | |
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| Prodding the Cosmic Fabric | |
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| Zero-Point Energy of Space | |
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| The Casimir Force | |
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| The Casimir Force in Nanomachines | |
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| References | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |