INDEX
abalone mollusk, 1
absorption
coefficient, 149
edge, CdSe, 90
accelerometer, 333
acceptor, 30
AI, 30
Ga, 30
level, 21
acetal, 306, 307
acetylene, 105, 282
acoustic mode, 18
acrylate, 328
activation energy, 286
actuator, 333
adatom, 258
adenine, 3 18, 322
adenosine triphosphate (ATP), 3 15, 3 16,
Ag (silver), 260
bimorph cantilever, 339, 340
335
colloidal, photography, 72
doped glass, 285
halide, 2
matrix, 182
nanoparticle, Brillouin spectrum, 2 12
nanoparticle, preparation, 100, 101
nanoparticle, superlattice, 157
nanoparticles in glass, 149
nitrate, 2
air bag, 333, 334
AI (aluminum), 130
acceptor, 30, 152
density of states, 244
donor, 30
electrode, 352
ion, 11
nanoparticle mass spectra, 85
unit cell, 78
*'AI, nuclear magnetic resonance, 275
A112, 133, 134
AII3, 85, 275
nanoparticle. 78
nanoparticle'binding energy, 80
A h , 85
alanine, 317, 325
AIAs, 18, 25
albumin, 3 15
alcohol, 263
aldehyde, 306, 307
AIGaAs, 252
alkali halide, 17
alkaline earth chalcogenide, 17
alkanethiol, 260, 263
alkanethiolate, 262, 263
alkylthiol, 143, 157
allyl, 328
AlOH on y-alumina surface, 201
alpha helix, 314, 318
alphabet, four letter, 322
AlSb, 25
alternating bonds, 291
alumina, 200, 269, 351
AICl3, 130
nanoparticle passivation, 80
rods, 161
amido, 198
amino, 20, 58, 307, 314
amino acid, 227, 257, 310, 312, 315,
317
residue, 314
sequence, 324
structure, 3 15
unnatural, 325
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