INDEX
387
thermal
conductivity of semiconductors, table of
diffusion, 337
energy, 175
expansion coefficient of semiconductors,
values, 368
table of values, 368
thermoluminescence, 22 1, 222, 224
thermolysis, 99
thermoplastic polymer, 336
thermopower, 244
thiophene, 278, 292
threonine, 3 17
threshold current, 253, 254
thymine, 318, 322, 323
Ti (titanium), 99, 262
Tii3, 278
TIN, 39
grain size distribution, 40
x-ray diffraction, 40
TiN-NbN multilayer, 142
titania TiOz, 198, 269
Tobacco mosaic virus, 315
top-down nanostructure preparation, 227
trans-to-cis transformation, 345
transcription, 3 19, 323
transformation trans-to-cis, 345
transistor, field effect, 4, 246
transition
trapped oxygen holes in nanoclusters, 70
brittle-to-ductile, 138
bulk to nano, 88
Kirkwood-Adler, 1 5 8
radiationless, 196
transmission electron microscope (TEM),
42, 46
micrograph, 49
resolution, 47
schematic, 47
transmission electron microscopy, 26 1
transverse
acoustic (TA) mode, 20
mode, 19
optical (TO) mode, 20
deep, 21, 31, 214
shallow, 3 1, 2 14
trimethylsilyl, 269, 270
tripeptide, 314, 324, 325
tropoelastin, 325
trout fish, 192
tryptophan, 315, 317
tunneling, 175
femtin, 176
pap
single electron, 120
single electron, photon assisted, 7 1
step like features, 120
thermally activated, 293
ultraviolet, 195, 196
uncertainty principle, 82
unit cell, 9, 10, 36
unpolarized, 347, 348
uracil. 323
V (vanadium), 254
V&, 254
vacancy, 232
vacuole, 3 16
vacuum seal, 192
valence band, 20, 81
figure, 21
valine, 3 17
valley degeneracy, 26
van der Waals
force, 93, 154
potential, 94
van Hove singularity, 120
Vegard’s law, 18, 42
velocity, energy derivative. definition, 28
vesicle, 326-328
vibration
energy, 58
mode, infrared active, 59
mode, Raman active, 59
modes, figure, 19
vibrational spectroscopy, 194
vinyl, 328
vinylcyanide, 298, 300
virus, 312, 315
vitamin, 328
Volmer-Weber growth, 259
volume compressibility of semiconductors,
vortex, 255
table of values, 368
W (tungsten) tip
micrograph, 5 1
stereographic projection, 52
water cluster, 96, 97
wavefunction, 76
antisymmetric, 167
chemical bond, 17
linear combination, 77, 78
nanotube. 121
387
thermal
conductivity of semiconductors, table of
diffusion, 337
energy, 175
expansion coefficient of semiconductors,
values, 368
table of values, 368
thermoluminescence, 22 1, 222, 224
thermolysis, 99
thermoplastic polymer, 336
thermopower, 244
thiophene, 278, 292
threonine, 3 17
threshold current, 253, 254
thymine, 318, 322, 323
Ti (titanium), 99, 262
Tii3, 278
TIN, 39
grain size distribution, 40
x-ray diffraction, 40
TiN-NbN multilayer, 142
titania TiOz, 198, 269
Tobacco mosaic virus, 315
top-down nanostructure preparation, 227
trans-to-cis transformation, 345
transcription, 3 19, 323
transformation trans-to-cis, 345
transistor, field effect, 4, 246
transition
trapped oxygen holes in nanoclusters, 70
brittle-to-ductile, 138
bulk to nano, 88
Kirkwood-Adler, 1 5 8
radiationless, 196
transmission electron microscope (TEM),
42, 46
micrograph, 49
resolution, 47
schematic, 47
transmission electron microscopy, 26 1
transverse
acoustic (TA) mode, 20
mode, 19
optical (TO) mode, 20
deep, 21, 31, 214
shallow, 3 1, 2 14
trimethylsilyl, 269, 270
tripeptide, 314, 324, 325
tropoelastin, 325
trout fish, 192
tryptophan, 315, 317
tunneling, 175
femtin, 176
pap
single electron, 120
single electron, photon assisted, 7 1
step like features, 120
thermally activated, 293
ultraviolet, 195, 196
uncertainty principle, 82
unit cell, 9, 10, 36
unpolarized, 347, 348
uracil. 323
V (vanadium), 254
V&, 254
vacancy, 232
vacuole, 3 16
vacuum seal, 192
valence band, 20, 81
figure, 21
valine, 3 17
valley degeneracy, 26
van der Waals
force, 93, 154
potential, 94
van Hove singularity, 120
Vegard’s law, 18, 42
velocity, energy derivative. definition, 28
vesicle, 326-328
vibration
energy, 58
mode, infrared active, 59
mode, Raman active, 59
modes, figure, 19
vibrational spectroscopy, 194
vinyl, 328
vinylcyanide, 298, 300
virus, 312, 315
vitamin, 328
Volmer-Weber growth, 259
volume compressibility of semiconductors,
vortex, 255
table of values, 368
W (tungsten) tip
micrograph, 5 1
stereographic projection, 52
water cluster, 96, 97
wavefunction, 76
antisymmetric, 167
chemical bond, 17
linear combination, 77, 78
nanotube. 121