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mixer devices 156
mixtures 171–2
MMC see metal-matrix composites
modulation transfer function (MTF) 77
molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) 109, 163
molecular dynamics atomistic simulation techniques 205
molecular electronic devices 140–1
molecular manufacturing 184–7
molecules 18–20 see also biomolecules
monodisperse quantum dots 26–7
monodisperse superspheres 179
monolayer Langmuir–Blodgett films 110
monovalent counterions 122
Moore's law 8, 239–40
motors 218–19, 221
MRAM see magnetic random access memory
MTF see modulation transfer function
MTJ see magnetic tunnel junction
mucin 57, 165
multi-atom clusters 186
multilayer Langmuir–Blodgett films 110
multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) 191, 192, 193
muscle 214, 218–19
myosin 214, 218–19, 221
N

NA see nucleic acids (NA)
nanification 247
nano field emitters 194, 196
nano/bio interfaces 53–71
biomolecules 62–3, 64
cells 57–61
medicine 64–8
metrology 92–9
organisms 56
physical aspects 55–63, 64
tissues 56–7
nano-objects:
addition 175–6
capillary forces 45
health 236
nano–bio interfaces 57–8
nanoadditives 11–12
nanobiology 247
nanoblocks 10, 14, 27, 32, 186–7, 247
nanobots 54–5, 66–7, 179, 228, 235–7
nanochemistry 248
nanocomposite transparent electrodes 197
nanocriterion 248
nanodevices 125–59
bionanotechnology 222–3, 224
capillary forces 45
carbon-based 189–97
concept systems 4–5
digital information 129–32
electronics 135–42, 187
fluidic 153–7, 158
information processing 129–32
mechanical 151–3
miniaturization 13–14, 127–9, 142–5
nanofacture 161–88
photonic 148–50
quantum computing 133–5
spintronics 145–8
nanodispersion 103
nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) 4–5, 153
nanofacture 161–88, 248
bottom-to-bottom methods 184–7
bottom–up methods 166–84