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conversion devices 157, 158
efficiency 234–5
Förster transfer 110–11
nanoscales 20–1, 24
renewable 233–4
resource extraction 235
spectroscopy 82
storage 234
thermodynamics 169–72 see also surface tension
energy conversion devices 157, 158
energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) 82
entanglement (quantum computing) 133–4
enthalpy 171–2
entropy 170
environmental impact 241–2
environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) 81
enzymes 213–14, 217–18, 221
epitaxy 41–2, 109, 163–4
ergodicity 216
errification 247
erythrocytes 67
ESD see electrostatic discharge; electrostatic spray deposition
ESEM see environmental scanning electron microscopy
ethics of nanotechnology 244–5
Euclidean dimensions 87
eukaryotic cells 59–61, 98, 219–20
eutactic environment 3, 14, 247
evanescent fields 93–5, 149–50
evanescent optical wave-based light scattering techniques 79–80
evolutionary algorithms (EA) 206, 207–8
exclusion zones 174–6, 177
external nanostructured materials 58–9
extracellular matrices (ECM) 98
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fabrication technology 11–14, 118 see also nanofacture
fanout 142
fast ion bombardment (FIB) 82
felting 164–5
ferroelectric properties 27–8
ferromagnetism 27–8, 145–6
FET (field-effect transistors) 129, 132
Feynman, R. P. 5–7, 10–1, 17, 53–4
Feynman–Drexler diamondoid devices 205
FIB see fast ion bombardment
field emitters 194, 196
field-effect transistors (FET) 129, 132
financial markets 239–41
fitness performance criteria 208–9
fluctuations 23
fluidic devices 4–5, 153–7, 158
folding (biomolecules) 47–8, 181–2
foodstuffs 238
forces 35–52
capillary 45
Casimir 36
cooperativity 48–9
heterogeneous surfaces 43, 45–8
intermolecular interactions 37–44
percolation 49–50
water 51
weak interactions 48
Foresight Institute 2
Förster energy transfer 110–11
fractal texture 87
Frank–van der Merwe mechanism 163
freely floating nano-objects 58
Frenkel type defects 202
Fresnel reflexion coefficients 94