molybdenum chalcogenide 265
molybdenum oxide 130, 131
molybdenum oxide based structure 612
molybdenum phosphate 600, 601
monodisperse nanoparticles 95
Moore’s law 1
morphology
– change 622
– control 308
Mo ¨ssbauer
– spectroscopy 120, 129–131
– spectrum 120, 160
– studies 99
motor, molecular 9
Mott mechanism 707
Mott-Hubbard metal-insulator transition 83
MP-11 (microperoxidase-11) 671
– MP-11/Au layered superstructure 672
MPC (monolayer protected colloidal particles)
32
MRI (magnetic-resonance-imaging) 77
– functional 109
MS-1 (Magnetotactic spirillum unclassified) 96
MUA (mercaptoundecanoic acid) 47
mutinaite 594
Mysterium Cosmographicum, Kepler 465
n
NaN 3 176
Na 2 S 102, 422
NAD (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide)
673
nanoaggregate, self-limiting 503
nanoantiferromagnets 462
nanoball 468
nanobelt 262
nanocable 202, 308, 332
nanocages 500–502
nanocapacitor 650
nanocapsule 497
nanocatalysis 551–586
– definition 551
– gold, strontium-doped 567–574
nanochain, silicon (SiNC) 325
– B-doped 350
nanochannel glass 653
nanocomputing 86
nanoconfinement 509
nanocrystal 4, 51–88, 95, 107, 361, 364
– core-shell semiconductor, for biological
labeling 405–416
– formation 410
– GaAs 22
– InAs 21
– InP 21
– passivated 409
– programmed assemblies 61–76
– red-shifted emission 379
– semiconductor 54, 371–402
– size distribution 375
– synthesis strategies 53–61
nanodrop, water 471
nanoelectronics 8, 9, 401
nanofactory 32
nanofiber 203, 487
nanolithography 688–720
– dip pen (DPN) 712–716
– fabrication of nanostructures in the template
697–706
– optical and e-beam 689, 720
– scope 689
– template fabrication 690–697
nanomagnet 464
nanomanipulation 688–720
– scheme 718
– use of SPM 716–718
nanomaterials 1
– amorphous 158
– applications 8
– environmental cleansing 11
– investigation 2
– synthesis 2, 18, 26
nanometals, sonochemical fabrication 116–
118
nanooxidation, SPM-based 708
nanophase materials 96
nanopillars 75
nanoporous material 589–615
– cluster 452
– hybrid 608–614
nanopowder 8
– synthesis 26
nanoreaction vessel 707
nanoreactor 459, 469
nanoribbons 308, 309, 318, 330–332, 506
– morphology 330
– silicon 309, 330–332
– SnO 2 340
– ZnO 341
– ZnS 340, 341
nanorod 31, 57, 147, 285
– Au 52, 295
– CdIn 2 S 4 193
– CdWO 4 170
– DNA-linked 298
– inorganic, synthesis 287–293
– magnetite 101, 131
– metal, covered by carbon 269
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molybdenum oxide 130, 131
molybdenum oxide based structure 612
molybdenum phosphate 600, 601
monodisperse nanoparticles 95
Moore’s law 1
morphology
– change 622
– control 308
Mo ¨ssbauer
– spectroscopy 120, 129–131
– spectrum 120, 160
– studies 99
motor, molecular 9
Mott mechanism 707
Mott-Hubbard metal-insulator transition 83
MP-11 (microperoxidase-11) 671
– MP-11/Au layered superstructure 672
MPC (monolayer protected colloidal particles)
32
MRI (magnetic-resonance-imaging) 77
– functional 109
MS-1 (Magnetotactic spirillum unclassified) 96
MUA (mercaptoundecanoic acid) 47
mutinaite 594
Mysterium Cosmographicum, Kepler 465
n
NaN 3 176
Na 2 S 102, 422
NAD (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide)
673
nanoaggregate, self-limiting 503
nanoantiferromagnets 462
nanoball 468
nanobelt 262
nanocable 202, 308, 332
nanocages 500–502
nanocapacitor 650
nanocapsule 497
nanocatalysis 551–586
– definition 551
– gold, strontium-doped 567–574
nanochain, silicon (SiNC) 325
– B-doped 350
nanochannel glass 653
nanocomputing 86
nanoconfinement 509
nanocrystal 4, 51–88, 95, 107, 361, 364
– core-shell semiconductor, for biological
labeling 405–416
– formation 410
– GaAs 22
– InAs 21
– InP 21
– passivated 409
– programmed assemblies 61–76
– red-shifted emission 379
– semiconductor 54, 371–402
– size distribution 375
– synthesis strategies 53–61
nanodrop, water 471
nanoelectronics 8, 9, 401
nanofactory 32
nanofiber 203, 487
nanolithography 688–720
– dip pen (DPN) 712–716
– fabrication of nanostructures in the template
697–706
– optical and e-beam 689, 720
– scope 689
– template fabrication 690–697
nanomagnet 464
nanomanipulation 688–720
– scheme 718
– use of SPM 716–718
nanomaterials 1
– amorphous 158
– applications 8
– environmental cleansing 11
– investigation 2
– synthesis 2, 18, 26
nanometals, sonochemical fabrication 116–
118
nanooxidation, SPM-based 708
nanophase materials 96
nanopillars 75
nanoporous material 589–615
– cluster 452
– hybrid 608–614
nanopowder 8
– synthesis 26
nanoreaction vessel 707
nanoreactor 459, 469
nanoribbons 308, 309, 318, 330–332, 506
– morphology 330
– silicon 309, 330–332
– SnO 2 340
– ZnO 341
– ZnS 340, 341
nanorod 31, 57, 147, 285
– Au 52, 295
– CdIn 2 S 4 193
– CdWO 4 170
– DNA-linked 298
– inorganic, synthesis 287–293
– magnetite 101, 131
– metal, covered by carbon 269
Index 733