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paint 117–18
papermaking machines 164–5
particles see nanoparticles
passive self-assembly 178, 183
pearl necklace models 181
PECVD (plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition) 193, 194
pentadecanoic acid films 111–12
percolation 49–50
phenotypic adaptation 60–1
photochemistry 4–5
photonics 4–5, 148–50
photosystems 180
photovoltaic cells 119, 180
phylogenetic adaptation 60, 61
physical nano-bio interfaces 55–63, 64
physical vapor deposition (PVD) 109, 163
pick and place chemistry 184–7
piezoelectric motion controllers 75–6
pigments 117, 187
PLA (Principle of Least Action) 181
plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) 193, 194
PN (productive nanosystems) 1–2
Poincaré spheres 134–5
point contact transistors 7–8
Poisson approximation 204
Poisson equation 143, 144
polar residues 47–8
polychromatic speckle autocorrelation light scattering methods 79
polyenes 222–3
polyions 122, 123, 124
polymers:
bionanotechnology 213–14
electro-active materials 118–19
folding 181–2
mixtures 172
polymer–nano-object blends 116–19
polypeptides (PP) 215 see also proteins
polysaccharides (PS) 215–16
post-processing LB films 113
powder metallurgical routes 120
powders 102, 171–2
power spectral density (PSD) 86
PP see polypeptides
Principle of Least Action (PLA) 181
printed electronic devices 187
process 32
prokaryotes 61, 98–9, 222–3
producers (economic) 240–1
productive nanosystems (PN) 1–2
programmable self-assembly (PSA) 10, 49, 178–83
promoters 90 see also binding sites
proteins:
biological self-assembly 180–1
biomineralization 57
biomolecules 62–3, 64
bionanotechnology 213–20, 222–3, 224
cellular materials 58–9
composites 115–16, 118
coronas 92–3
coupling peak widths 98–9
crystallization 176–7
folding 181–2
glycoproteins 57, 98–9, 215
nanoscales 15–16
nanosystem performance criteria 209
nanotoxicology 68–9
self-organization 170–1