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SAMs see self-assembled monolayers
sand 167–8
scaleout 209, 249
scales see nanoscales
scanning angle reflectometry (SAR) 85
scanning electron microscopy (SEM) 81
scanning ion current microscopy (SICM) 78
scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM) 75, 78, 79
scanning probe microscopy (SPM) 15, 75–7, 185, 186
scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) 81
scanning tunneling microscope (STM) 75–6
Schottky notation 202
Schottky type defects 202
Schrödinger equation 26
Schweizer, E.K. 184, 185, 186
scientific impacts 232
screen printing 187
seashells 115–16
secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) 83
selection evolutionary criteria 206–8
self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) 113–14
self-assembly 10–11
bionanotechnology 213–15
cooperative forces 49
hierarchically assembled natural structures 115
metrology 84–5
nanofacture 166–9, 180–1, 182–4
top–down nanofacture methods 166–9
weak interactions 48
self-organization 168–71, 182–3
self-repairing composites 120–1
SEM see scanning electron microscopy
semiconductors:
biological self-assembly 180
composites 119
dip pen nanolithography 187
fluidic devices 157, 158
history 7–9
nanoscales 25–7
nanosystems 201
photonic devices 150, 158
single electron devices 136
spintronics 146
top–down nanofacture 162–3
sensor devices 128, 132, 153, 156–7
sensorial nanomaterials 126
sensorization 249
sensory information processing 126
sequential minimization of entropy loss (SMEL) 181–2
sexual regeneration 207
SFG see sum frequency generation
shake and bake methods 10, 166, 181
Shannon–von Neumann–Landauer (SNL) expression 143
SICM see scanning ion current microscopy
silicon carbide 191
silver 66
SIMS see secondary ion mass spectrometry
single electron devices 136–40
single spin logic (SSL) 147–8
single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) 191, 192, 193
single-substance drug particles 66
single-substance surface tension 42, 43
singularity (Kurzweil) 233
site percolation 50
smart materials 126
SMEL see sequential minimization of entropy loss
SNL see Shannon–von Neumann–Landauer expression
SNOM see scanning near-field optical microscopy
social impacts 242