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Index
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Abbe limit 5, 15, 25–6, 80
absence of bulk criteria 110
accelerometers 128
acetylene 193, 194
acid–base (ab) interactions 38–9
Ackoff, R.L. 199
actin 214, 218–19
active sites 217–18
actuator devices 132
adaptation (eukaryotic cells) 60–1
additives 11–12
adenosine triphosphate (ATP) 218–19
adhesion 37, 38, 39, 93–5
adsorption:
biomolecules 62–3
impurity molecules 42, 43
nanotoxicology 68–9
particle addition 175–6
AFGP see antifreeze glycoprotein
AFM see atomic force microscopy
agglomerates 63, 102, 103, 105, 106
aggregates 63, 102–3, 107–8, 179
algorithmic information content (AIC) 90–1
‘all surface’ matter 21–2
alpha helices 47
alternating polyelectrolyte deposition (APED) 122–4
aluminium 119
amino acids:
eukaryotic cells 60–1
nanoscales 15–16
three-body interactions 47–8 see also proteins
amorphous carbon 189, 195
amphibole asbestos needles 69
amphiphiles 109–13
Anderson, P.W. 31
anions 202, 203
anisotropic materials 201
anti-Frenkel type defects 202
anti-Schottky type defects 202
antiferromagnetic interactions 145
antifreeze glycoprotein (AFGP) 177
antimony tin oxide (ATO) 118
antistatic coatings 118
APED see alternating polyelectrolyte deposition
APFIM see atom probe field ion microscopy
APM see atomically precise manufacturing
apolar residues 47–8, 182
APT see atomically precise technology
aragonite 115–16, 118
arginine–glycine–aspartic acid (RGD) triplets 60–1
aromatic molecules 115
artificial composites 116
asbestos 68–9
asexual regeneration 207
assemblers 7
ATO see antimony tin oxide
atom probe field ion microscopy (APFIM) 83
atom sizes 17
atom-by-atom assembly 1–2, 156–7
atomic force microscopy (AFM):
chemography 83, 84
contact topography 75–7
nanomedicine 65
atomically precise manufacturing (APM) 4 see also nanofacture