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CONTENTS
12 Biological Materials
12.1 Introduction 3 10
12.2 Biological Building Blocks 3 1 1
12.2.1
12.2.2
Sizes of Building Blocks and Nanostructures 3 11
Polypeptide Nanowire and Protein Nanoparticle 3 14
12.3 Nucleic Acids 3 16
12.3.1 DNA Double Nanowire 316
12.3.2 Genetic Code and Protein Synthesis 322
12.4 Biological Nanostructures 324
12.4.1 Examples of Proteins 324
12.4.2 Micelles and Vesicles 326
12.4.3 Multilayer Films 329
13 Nanomachines and Nanodevices
13.1 Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMSs) 332
13.2 Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMSs) 335
13.2.1 Fabrication 335
13.2.2 Nanodevices and Nanomachines 339
Molecular and Supramolecular Switches 345
13.3
A Formulas for Dimensionality
A. 1 Introduction 357
A.2 Delocalization 357
A.3 Partial Confinement 358
B Tabulations of Semiconducting Material Properties
Index
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