| Authors |
| Preface |
| Acknowledgment |
| Background to nanotechnology / 1： |
| Scientific revolutions / 1.1： |
| Types of nanotechnology and nanomachines / 1.2： |
| The periodic table / 1.3： |
| Atomic structure / 1.4： |
| Molecules and phases / 1.5： |
| Energy / 1.6： |
| Molecular and atomic size / 1.7： |
| Surfaces and dimensional space / 1.8： |
| Top down and bottom up / 1.9： |
| Exercises / 1.10： |
| References / 1.11： |
| Molecular nanotechnology / 2： |
| Atoms by inference / 2.1： |
| Electron microscopes / 2.2： |
| Scanning electron microscope / 2.3： |
| Modern transmission electron microscope / 2.4： |
| Scanning probe microscopy--atomic force microscope / 2.5： |
| Scanning tunnelling microscope / 2.6： |
| Nanomanipulator / 2.7： |
| Nanotweezers / 2.8： |
| Atom manipulation / 2.9： |
| Nanodots / 2.10： |
| Self assembly / 2.11： |
| Dip pen nanolithography / 2.12： |
| Nanopowders and nanomaterials / 2.13： |
| What are nanomaterials? / 3.1： |
| Preparation / 3.2： |
| Plasma arcing / 3.3： |
| Chemical vapour deposition / 3.4： |
| Sol-gels / 3.5： |
| Silica gels |
| Hydrolysis |
| Condensation and polymerisation of monomers to form particles |
| Zirconia and yttrium gels |
| Aluminosilicate gels |
| Forming nanostructured surfaces using the sol-gel process |
| Trapping by sol-gels |
| Electrodeposition / 3.6： |
| Ball milling / 3.7： |
| Using natural nanoparticles / 3.8： |
| Applications of nanomaterials / 3.9： |
| Insulation materials |
| Machine tools |
| Phosphors |
| Batteries |
| High power magnets |
| Motor vehicles and aircraft |
| Medical implants |
| Other medical uses |
| The carbon age / 3.10： |
| New forms of carbon / 4.1： |
| Types of nanotubes / 4.2： |
| Formation of nanotubes / 4.3： |
| Methods and reactants |
| Arcing in the presence of cobalt |
| Laser methods |
| Chemical vapour deposition method |
| Other methods |
| Assemblies / 4.4： |
| Purification of carbon nanotubes / 4.5： |
| The properties of nanotubes / 4.6： |
| Conductivity |
| Strength and elasticity |
| Uses of nanotubes / 4.7： |
| Electronics |
| Hydrogen storage |
| Materials |
| Mechanical machines |
| Space elevators |
| Molecular mimics / 4.8： |
| Catenanes and rotaxanes / 5.1： |
| Molecular switches / 5.2： |
| The electron driven molecular shuttle switch / 5.3： |
| The pH driven molecular shuttle switch / 5.4： |
| The light driven molecular shuttle switch / 5.5： |
| Synthesis of rotaxanes and catenanes / 5.6： |
| Rotaxanes and molecular computers / 5.7： |
| Chemical rotors / 5.8： |
| Prodders / 5.9： |
| Flippers / 5.10： |
| Atom shuttles / 5.11： |
| Actuators / 5.12： |
| Contacts / 5.13： |
| Nanobiometrics / 5.14： |
| Introduction / 6.1： |
| Lipids as nano- bricks and mortar / 6.2： |
| Lipid structure |
| Self-organising supramolecular structures |
| Things to do with lipids--templates |
| Same but different: self-assembled monolayers / 6.3： |
| The bits that do things--proteins / 6.4： |
| Three-dimensional structures using a 20 amino acid alphabet |
| Nanoscale motors |
| Biological computing--a protein-based 3D optical memory based on bacteriorhodopsin |
| Ion channels as sensors |
| Structure is information--DNA / 6.5： |
| What is DNA? |
| Using DNA to build nano-cubes and hinges |
| DNA as smart glue |
| Wiring up the nanoworld: DNA as wire template |
| A biological nanotechnological future / 6.6： |
| Optics, photonics and solar energy / 6.7： |
| Properties of light and nanotechnology / 7.1： |
| Reflectance of light |
| Transmission of light |
| Polarisation |
| Radiation |
| Interaction of light and nanotechnology / 7.2： |
| Photon trapping and plasmons |
| Dielectric constant and polarisation |
| Refractive index |
| Nanoholes and photons / 7.3： |
| Imaging / 7.4： |
| New low cost energy efficient windows and solar absorbers based on nanoparticles / 7.5： |
| Nanometals |
| Nanotechnology and daylight |
| Solar cells, nanoparticles and nanostructures |
| Optically useful nanostructured polymers |
| Photonic crystals, surface wave guides and control of light paths / 7.6： |
| Nanoelectronics / 7.7： |
| What will nanoelectronics do for us? / 8.1： |
| The birth of electronics / 8.3： |
| Semiconductors |
| The invention of the transistor |
| Integrated circuits |
| The tools of micro- and nanofabrication / 8.4： |
| Optical lithography |
| Electron beam lithography |
| Atomic lithography |
| Molecular beam epitaxy |
| From classical to quantum physics / 8.5： |
| Quantum electronic devices / 8.6： |
| High electron mobility transistors |
| Quantum interference transistor |
| Single electron transistors |
| Quantum corrals in electronics |
| Carbon nanotube transistors |
| Molecular electronics |
| DNA-directed assembly and application in electronics |
| Quantum information and quantum computers / 8.7： |
| How is a quantum computer different to a classical computer? |
| How does a quantum computer work? |
| Writing to an idealised atomic-quantum computer |
| Read-out from an idealised atomic-quantum computer |
| Quantum computation |
| Decoherence--the enemy of quantum computation |
| The power of quantum computation |
| Power of a classical computer |
| Power of a quantum computer |
| Quantum algorithms |
| Shor's algorithm |
| Grover's algorithm |
| Experimental implementations of quantum computers / 8.8： |
| Future applications / 8.9： |
| Microelectromechanical systems / 9.1： |
| Robots--how small can they go? / 9.2： |
| Ageless materials / 9.3： |
| Invisible mending of atomic dislocations inside damaged materials / 9.4： |
| Nanomechanics and nanoelasticity / 9.5： |
| Nanoparticle coatings--special new effects / 9.6： |
| Nanoelectronic and magnetic devices and new computing systems / 9.7： |
| Optoelectronic devices / 9.8： |
| Light emitting diodes |
| Thermionic solar power |
| Environmental applications / 9.9： |
| Into the realms of imagination / 9.10： |
| Communication / 10.1： |
| Manufacturing / 10.3： |
| Active materials and swarms |
| Nanomedicine / 10.4： |
| Society and ethics / 10.5： |
| Religion and making everything from everything else / 10.6： |
| Thanks for all the fish / 10.7： |
| Index / 10.8： |
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