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372 INDEX<br />

amoeba, 3 16<br />

amphiphilic, 327<br />

anatase, 198, 269<br />

AND gate, 353, 354<br />

angular momentum, orbital, 86<br />

antiferromagnetism, 166<br />

aniline, 292<br />

anionic, 326<br />

anthracene, 288, 289<br />

anti-S<strong>to</strong>kes line, 59<br />

antisymmetric wavefunction, 167<br />

Ar (argon), 269<br />

aragonite, 330<br />

architecture, nanosize, 345<br />

armchair, chiral, zigzag structures, 1 15,<br />

118<br />

Arrhenius<br />

plot, 286<br />

process, 175<br />

As (arsenic), size, 42<br />

a<strong>to</strong>mic force microscope (AFM), 52, 344,<br />

345<br />

cantilever probe arm, 56<br />

map of surface, 336<br />

radii of a<strong>to</strong>ms, table of values, 362<br />

ATP, acronym for adenosine triphosphate,<br />

315, 316, 335<br />

Au (gold), 13, 279<br />

cluster, electrical conductivity mode,<br />

145<br />

cluster, melting point, 89<br />

doped glass, 285<br />

electrode, 351<br />

encapsulated nanoparticle, 143<br />

fluctuation induced changes in<br />

nanoparticle structure, 87<br />

layer, 261-263<br />

linked nanoparticles, 143<br />

nanocluster, 86<br />

nanoparticle, 85<br />

nanoparticle, linked cluster currentvoltage<br />

relationship, 144<br />

nanoparticle self-assembly, 157<br />

nanoparticles in glass, optical spectrum,<br />

148<br />

nanoparticles, micrograph, 54<br />

substrate, 4<br />

A~55, 260<br />

ligand stabilized, 13, 247-249, 277<br />

nanoparticle, 13<br />

audiospeaker, 192<br />

Auger spectroscopy, 64<br />

azide, 3, 334<br />

azobenzene, 346, 347<br />

B (boron) nanoparticle, 81-83<br />

B6 nanocluster energy levels, 83<br />

BB nanocluster energy levels, 83<br />

B12, 83<br />

icosohedral structure, 154<br />

nanocluster energy levels, 83<br />

back-scattering of electrons, 48<br />

bacteriophage, 3 12-3 15<br />

bacterium, 312, 314, 316<br />

motion, 335<br />

band gap, 24, 8 1, 90<br />

band structure<br />

conduction band valley, 25<br />

direct gap, 24<br />

GaAs, 24<br />

Ge, 27<br />

indirect gap, 25<br />

Si. 27<br />

valley, 24<br />

bandgaps of semiconduc<strong>to</strong>rs, table of<br />

base pair, 318, 321<br />

battery, 293<br />

BCC, acronym for body centered cubic, 10,<br />

12, 36<br />

beads on string, 322<br />

benzene, 282, 292<br />

molecule gears, 343<br />

beta sheet, 3 14, 3 15, 3 18<br />

BET isotherm, 269<br />

bifurcation, 299-302<br />

Bi2M0209, 270<br />

catalyst, 271<br />

biological materials, 3 10<br />

biometrics, 329<br />

biomineralization, 329, 330<br />

birefringence, 287<br />

block<br />

values, 364<br />

copolymer, 293, 305, 307<br />

polymer, 305<br />

blocking temperature, 176, 177<br />

blood platelet, 3 16<br />

blue shift, 196, 215<br />

exci<strong>to</strong>n energy, 245<br />

optical absorption edge, 245<br />

BN, boron nitride, 199, 200<br />

body centered cubic (BCC), 10, 12, 36<br />

Bohr magne<strong>to</strong>n, 167<br />

Bohr radius, effective, 33<br />

Bombyx silk caterpillar, 325<br />

bond<br />

broken, 31<br />

disulfide, 3 18<br />

hydrogen, 318

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