13 7 Hydrosols, Nanobubbles, and Nanoscale Interfaces 7.1 Reynolds Number 7.2 Brownian Motion 7.3 Stability of Hydrosols 7.4 Nanobubbles 7.5 Nanofluidics References
14 8 Magic Beacons and Magic Bullets 8.1 Nanoparticles Interacting with Living Organisms 8.2 Treatment of Tumors by Hyperthermia 8.3 Medical Diagnosis and “Theranostics” using Nanomaterials 8.4 Antibacterial and Antiviral Applications of Nanoparticles References
15 9 Radical Nanotechnology 9.1 Locomotion for Nanobots and Nanofactories 9.2 Onboard Processing for Nanomachines 9.3 Medical Micro/Nanobots 9.4 Molecular Assembly References
16 10 Prodding the Cosmic Fabric 10.1 Zero‐Point Energy of Space 10.2 The Casimir Force 10.3 The Casimir Force in Micro‐ and Nanomachines 10.4 Controlling the Casimir Force Using Phase‐Change Materials 10.5 Repulsive Casimir Forces References
17 Glossary
18 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 3Table 3.1 HOMO‐LUMO gaps for fullerenes on various surfaces.Table 3.2 Comparison of the Properties of Fullerite and Silicon.Table 3.3 Superconducting transition temperatures of the Fullerides.
2 Chapter 6Table 6.1 Characteristics of various SET devices.
3 Chapter 7Table 7.1 Hamaker constant at 300 K for nanoparticles with a radius of 10 n...
4 Chapter 8Table 8.1 Examples of membrane proteins.Table 8.2 Organelles within the Protoplasm.Table 8.3 Physical and thermal properties of various tissues and blood.Table 8.4 Comparison of SARs of various magnetic nanoparticles.Table 8.5R 2 relaxivities for different magnetic nanoparticle contrast agents.
List of Illustrations
1 c00Figure I.1 The nanoworld. The size range of interest in nanotechnology and s...Figure I.2 Ancient incremental nanotechnology. Copper nanocrystals of about ...Figure I.3 Evolutionary nanotechnology – a single nanoparticle acting as a d...Figure I.4 Self‐assembly of single‐nanoparticle transistors. Ill...Figure I.5 Theranostic nanoparticle for the diagnosis and treatment of cance...Figure I.6 The smallest wineglass in the World (authorised by Guinness World...Figure I.7 Top–down nanotechnology used to attach electrodes to a nanopartic...
2 Chapter 1Figure 1.1 Manganese nanoparticles on bucky balls. STM image (see Chapter 5,...Figure 1.2 Distance range encompassing all current scientific knowledge. Dis...Figure 1.3 Democritus. Bronze bust thought to be of Democritus at the Naples...Figure 1.4 Simple experiment to demonstrate magnetic domains. (a) Soft Fe do...Figure 1.5 Single‐domain particles. Domain formation in Fe to minimize...Figure 1.6 Magnetic bacterium using single‐domain particles. The Magne...Figure 1.7 Size‐dependent behavior in nanoparticles. For particles sma...Figure 1.8 Measuring the magnetic moment in free nanoparticles. The magnetic...Figure 1.9 Measured magnetic moments per atom in magnetic nanoparticles. Exp...Figure 1.10 Morphology of nanoparticle film. STM image (see Chapter 5, Secti...Figure 1.11 Producing nanostructured films by cluster beam deposition. Nanos...Figure 1.12 High‐moment films produced by cluster beam deposition. Mag...Figure 1.13 Grain size in nanostructured materials. Electron microscope imag...Figure 1.14 Yield strength of aluminum alloys. Comparison of Deformation (St...Figure 1.15 Reactivity of gold nanoparticles. Measured activities of gold na...Figure