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IBM Millipede project 186
IEC see interactive evolutionary computation; International Electrotechnical Commission
imaging nanostructures (light scattering) 80
impurities 42, 43, 203–4
incoupling schemes 95–6
indirect nanotechnology 228, 232–3
indium tin oxide (ITO) 197
induced fit phenomena 49
Industrial Revolution 229, 231
information processors 209 see also nanodevices
information stores 132
information technology (IT) 55, 232–3, 241
infrared spectroscopy 83–4
inhomogeneous surfaces 46, 47
inkjet printing 187
input–output relay relationships 129, 131
integrated circuits 7–9
intelligence explosion (Good) 231
interactive evolutionary computation (IEC) 207–8, 209
interfacial forces see forces
intermolecular interactions 37–44
internal nanostructured materials 57–8
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 210
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 210
inverters 129, 130, 142
invisibility criteria 25–6
ion current microscopy (SICM) 78
ionic bonds 36
ISO see International Organization for Standardization
IT see information technology
ITO see indium tin oxide
J
jellium 27
K
Kelvin law 19–20
Kendall, K. 29–30
Kilby, J. StC. 8
kinesin 219
kinetic mass action law (KMAL) 23
Kolmogorov length 154–5
Kurzweil, R. 233
L
labs-on-chips 65, 236–7
lacunarity (texture) 87, 91–2
Langmuir films 109–13
Langmuir theory 175
Laplace law 19, 42
Laplace transform 94
laser furnaces 193
Lewis acid/base interactions 38–9
Lifshitz–van der Waals (LW) interactions 38, 39, 179, 200
light scattering techniques 79–80
lignin 115–16
lipid bilayers 177–8
liquid:
crystalline lipid bilayers 177–8
dewetting 43–4
metal infiltration 120
phases 41
surface tension 39, 40, 41–2
wetting 43–4, 46, 47, 62, 118, 150
lithography 187
localized energy manufacture 235
locomotives 210
logic gates 129–32, 148–9, 208, 214–15
lone electron pair 51