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ethics 244–5
history 5–10
impact 227–46
nanoparticles 9–10
psychology 244
scientific impacts 232
semiconductors 7–9
social impacts 242
technical impacts 232–8
technical revolutions 229
ultraprecision engineering 7
nanotoxicology 68–70
nanotubes 108
devices/materials 189, 190, 191–4
felting 164–5
metrology 77
nanofluids 121–2
nanotoxicology 68–9
nanowires 108
near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM) 75, 78, 79
near-field processes 75, 78, 79, 149–50
NEMS see nanoelectromechanical systems
neurons 57, 206
Newton's laws of motion 205
noise (devices) 128
nonstoicheiometric compounds 202
noncontact topography methods 75, 79–82
nonliving/living interfaces see nano–bio interfaces
nonprogrammable self-assembly 178, 183
NOR logic gates 129, 131
NOT logic gates 129, 130
NOT–AND logic gates 148, 149
novel material fabrication 11–13
Noyce, R.N. 8
NSOM see near field optical microscopy
nucleation 20–1, 29, 49, 104–8
nuclei 20–1, 106–7 see also nucleation
nucleic acids (NA):
bionanotechnology 215
self-organization 170–1
texture 90 see also proteins
nucleotides 15–16, 65
numerically simulating random sequential addition 174–5
nutriceuticals 238
nutrition 248
O

oligonucleotides 221
oligopeptides 181
oligosaccharides (OS) 215–16
one-dimensional texture 87–91
ontogenic adaptation 60–1
ontologies 3 see also concept systems
opsonization 57, 65, 92, 209
optical measurement schemes 95–6
optical microscopes 15
optical self-assembly methods 85
optical switches 223, 224
optical waveguide lightmode spectroscopy (OWLS) 79–80, 85
optically-encoded qubits 134–5
optoelectronic control 4–5
organisms (nano-bio interfaces) 56
organosilanes 114
OS see oligosaccharides
osmosis 155
Ostwald ripening 107
overcharging (polyelectrolyte deposition) 122, 123
OWLS (optical waveguide lightmode spectroscopy) 79–80, 85
oxidizing processes 69