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atomically precise technology (APT) 1, 2
atomistic simulation techniques 205
ATP (adenosine triphosphate) 218–19
atypical char (carbon) 189
Aufbau principle 115
Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) 82
automata 141–2 see also nanodevices
automated diagnosis 237–8
automated reasoning 233
auxiliary concept systems 64–5
B
bacteriophage 10, 180–1
bacteriorhodopsin (bR) 222–3, 224
ballistic deposition 176
ballistic transport 127–8, 135
bases:
bionanotechnology 215, 221–2
folding 181–2
genetic sequences 90
nanoscales 15–16 see also nucleotides
behavioral adaptation 60
behenic acid films 111–12
Bernal, J.D. 230–1
Bikerman, J.J. 29, 41, 42, 43
bilayer Langmuir–Blodgett films 110
binding sites 49, 90, 178, 218–19
bio-inspired LB films 112–13
bio-nano interfaces 54
biochemical sensor devices 156–7
biofilms 61, 98–9
biological evolution 208
biological growth 182–3
biological machines 216–21
biological motors 218–19, 221
biological self-assembly 180–1
biomimetic nanotechnology 214
biomineralization 57
biomolecules 62–3, 64, 178–9, 215–16
bionanotechnology 213–25
biological machines 216–21
biomolecules 215–16
biophotonic devices 222–3, 224
biosensors 222
biophotonic devices 222–3, 224
biophotonic memory 214–15
biopolymers 181–2, 186
biosensors 214–15, 222
blending (polymer–nano-object) 116–19
block copolymers 173–4
blockade (Coulomb) 140
Bohr magneton 28
Bohr radius 12, 24–5, 26
Boltzmann paradox 32
bond percolation 50
bottom-to-bottom methods:
nanofacture 184–7
nanoparticles 103
nanosystems 200
bottom–up methods 103, 166–84
boundaries 21–2
Bragg's law 82
Bragg–Williams expression 171–2
brain 206
broken ergodicity 216
buckminsterfullerene 195
bucky paper 164–5
buckyballs see fullerenes
bulk atoms 18, 21–2, 26–7, 127