supramolecular structure, 11, 12f
Aggregation number, defined, 244
Air–water interfaces, 223, 246–247
American Chemical Society (ACS), 3, 4
Amphiphiles
at air–water interface, 223
defined, 219
high-b head group, 301
ionic, 247–248
molecules, 10, 205, 217, 219, 222, 223
nature, of surfactants, 241, 242, 246
NLO-active head group, 304
surface tension and, 223
Angles
contact
Cassie–Baxter, 227
dynamic, 223
hysteresis, 223
static, 223
Wenzel, 226, 229
wetting phenomena and, 223–225
zero, 258
critical, 279
observation, selection of, 275
SPR, 280–281
Anthracene, structure, 177
Anticooperative binding, 86
Anti-Stokes shift, 353
Applications
AFM, 316
DPI, 289–290
particle-in-a-box model, 164–170
QCM-D, 265
STM, 314
Applied Nanoscience, 5
Arc discharge method, carbon nanotubes, 373–374
Arrays
DNA microarrays, 420–428
of supported bilayers and microfluidic platforms,
425–428
Arrhenius equation, 75, 76
Atomic force microscopy (AFM), 9, 311, 315–317, 315f,
316f, 318f, 397
chemical force microscopy (CFM), 316
lithography using, 417–420
tapping mode, 316
Atomic radius, measurement, 150
ATR-FTIR, see Attenuated total reflection IR
spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR)
Attenuated total reflection IR (ATR FTIR) spectroscopy,
280, 290–292
Azobenzene, 301, 302f, 304f
Azotobacter vinelandii, 336
B
Ballistic transporter, 368
Band gap, 341
Band theory, 340–344, 341f–342f, 343f
Barium titanate, 296
460 Index