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lubricants 57
lupin 46, 47
LW see Lifshitz–van der Waals interactions
M
Mach–Zehnder interferometer 96
machines 10, 213–14, 216–21 see also nanodevices
macrophage 60, 61
magnesium 119
magnetic devices 145–8
magnetic particles 65–6
magnetic properties 27–8
magnetic random access memory (MRAM) 146
magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) 146
majority gate 142
MAL (mass action law) 49
man-machine interface 55
manifestations of stiction 36
Markov chain 88–9
mass action law (MAL) 49
mastoparan 181
materials see nanomaterials
Maxwell, J. C. 7
MBE see molecular beam epitaxy (MBE)
mechanical devices 151–3
mechanical properties (nanoscale) 28–30
mechanosynthetic chemistry 184–7
medicine 64–8, 209, 236–8
mellitin 181
melting 18
memory device 132, 146–7
memristance 127, 144–5
mercaptan 114
mesoscale 15, 16, 30, 205–6
metal–matrix composites (MMC) 117–18, 119–20
metals:
bonding 36
composites 117–20
fatty acid films 113
growth/nucleation 108
nanomedicine 66
nanoparticles 9
nanoscale 18, 22, 31
oxidation 69
metrology 73–100
chemography 82–4
nano/bio interfaces 92–9
texture 85–92
topography 75–82
micelles 180
micro-enabled nanotechnology 247
microcavities 150
microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) 208
microexudate 98–9
microscopes 15, 249
microtechnology 7–9
microtubules 219–20
military 242–3
Millipede project 186
mineralization 57
mineral–polymer composites 117–18
miniaturization 127–32
electronics 142–5
functional enhancement 13–14
surgery 235, 236–8
Minsky, M.L. 6–7
Mirkin, C.A. 187
mismatched epitaxy 163–4
mixed polymers 172–3