INDEX
381
effective, see effective mass
definition, 47
electron, 47
properties of nanostructures, 139
reinforcement, 130
medieval cathedral, 1
melting points of semiconductors, table of
values, 367
merocyanine, 347, 348
mesoscopic, 3 1 1
messenger RNA, 323
metal
mean free path, 73, 232
mechanical
-insulator junction, 146
organic, 292
oxide semiconductor (MOS), 195
metaphase chromosome, 32 1, 322
metastable, 196
methacrylate, 328
methane C&, 104, 105, 282
structure, 104
methanol, 265, 266
methyl CH,, 198, 263
methyl methacrylate, 301
Mg (magnesium), 274
ion, 11, 12
radius, 1 1, 12
MgAI2O4 spinel, 11
MgO, 11
MgS, 11
micelle, 305, 326, 327
critical concentration, 328
dendritic, 306
microcontact printing, 263
microelectromec hanical
device, 334, 335
systems, 332
microemulsion, 327
microfibril, 3 1 1
microhardness of semiconductors, table of
values, 369
microscale, 333
microwave absorption, 71
Mie theory, 2, 149
miniaturization, 333
mitochondrion, 3 16
Mn (manganese)
electron paramagnetic resonance, 308
mixed valence system, 184
MnO, 11
MnS, 11
Mo (molybdenum)
nanoparticle synthesis, 98
x-radiation, 40
x-ray line energy levels, sketch, 68
Ge and Si, 31
semiconductor, table of values, 366
mode, vibrational
longitudinal, 19
transverse, 19
beam epitaxy, 35
mass of semiconductors, table of values,
3 63
nanocluster, 96
orbital calculation, 78, 79
orbital theory, 76
sieve, 268-270
square, 297-299
switch, 300, 347
weight, 312
guest, 304
size, determination, 311, 312, 314, 320
mobility
molecular
molecule
trapped, 304
mollusk, 330
monolayer self-assembled, 80, 260
monomer, 283, 294
montmorillonite, 274, 276
M002, 130
MoO3, 130
Moore's law, 35
mordenite, 154
channels, 156
Moseley's law, 66
plot, 67
Mott-Wannier exciton, 34, 196, 244
multilayer
film, 329
TiN-NbN, 142
multiplicity, 333
N (nitrogen), 114
"N, 199
N20, 113
Na (sodium), 3
diffusion in glass, 150
nanoparticle, 3, 14, 15
NaB(C2H5),H, 98
NaBH,, 98
NaCl
lattice type, 11
structure, 39, 142
molecular, 96
nanocluster
381
effective, see effective mass
definition, 47
electron, 47
properties of nanostructures, 139
reinforcement, 130
medieval cathedral, 1
melting points of semiconductors, table of
values, 367
merocyanine, 347, 348
mesoscopic, 3 1 1
messenger RNA, 323
metal
mean free path, 73, 232
mechanical
-insulator junction, 146
organic, 292
oxide semiconductor (MOS), 195
metaphase chromosome, 32 1, 322
metastable, 196
methacrylate, 328
methane C&, 104, 105, 282
structure, 104
methanol, 265, 266
methyl CH,, 198, 263
methyl methacrylate, 301
Mg (magnesium), 274
ion, 11, 12
radius, 1 1, 12
MgAI2O4 spinel, 11
MgO, 11
MgS, 11
micelle, 305, 326, 327
critical concentration, 328
dendritic, 306
microcontact printing, 263
microelectromec hanical
device, 334, 335
systems, 332
microemulsion, 327
microfibril, 3 1 1
microhardness of semiconductors, table of
values, 369
microscale, 333
microwave absorption, 71
Mie theory, 2, 149
miniaturization, 333
mitochondrion, 3 16
Mn (manganese)
electron paramagnetic resonance, 308
mixed valence system, 184
MnO, 11
MnS, 11
Mo (molybdenum)
nanoparticle synthesis, 98
x-radiation, 40
x-ray line energy levels, sketch, 68
Ge and Si, 31
semiconductor, table of values, 366
mode, vibrational
longitudinal, 19
transverse, 19
beam epitaxy, 35
mass of semiconductors, table of values,
3 63
nanocluster, 96
orbital calculation, 78, 79
orbital theory, 76
sieve, 268-270
square, 297-299
switch, 300, 347
weight, 312
guest, 304
size, determination, 311, 312, 314, 320
mobility
molecular
molecule
trapped, 304
mollusk, 330
monolayer self-assembled, 80, 260
monomer, 283, 294
montmorillonite, 274, 276
M002, 130
MoO3, 130
Moore's law, 35
mordenite, 154
channels, 156
Moseley's law, 66
plot, 67
Mott-Wannier exciton, 34, 196, 244
multilayer
film, 329
TiN-NbN, 142
multiplicity, 333
N (nitrogen), 114
"N, 199
N20, 113
Na (sodium), 3
diffusion in glass, 150
nanoparticle, 3, 14, 15
NaB(C2H5),H, 98
NaBH,, 98
NaCl
lattice type, 11
structure, 39, 142
molecular, 96
nanocluster