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soft matter 42
soft nanotechnology 227–8
solar cells 119
solid-state transistors 129, 132
solid/liquid interface particle addition 174–8
solids (surface tension) 39, 40, 41–2
solubility 22
Sommerhoff, G. 60–1
speckle pattern illumination light scattering methods 79
spectroscopy 79–80, 82, 83–4, 85
spheres:
microcavities 150
nanoscales 18–20, 40–1
quantum computing 134–5
spin-dependent transistors 147, 148
spintronics 145–8
SPM see scanning probe microscopy
SPR see surface plasmon resonance
spreading kinetics 98
SSL see single spin logic
staircase (Coulomb) 139
standardization of nanosystems 209–10
static sensing modes 153
steam condensation 168
steam engines 7
STEM see scanning transmission electron microscopy
stem cell differentiation 60–1
sticking 36, 179
stigmergy 183
stir casting 120
STM see scanning tunneling microscope
Stokes–Einstein law 154
storage (energy) 234
Stranski–Krastanov mechanism 26, 150, 163–4
stylus 75–7
substratum-protein contacts 63, 64
sum frequency generation (SFG) 83–4
superatoms 27, 186
superhydrophobicity 46, 47
superlattices 24
superparamagnetism 27–8, 65–6
superposition (quantum computing) 133
superspheres 18, 19, 179–80
supramolecular chemistry 114–15
surface atoms 21–2, 26–7, 127
surface defects 203
surface dominated states 21
surface effects 98
surface plasmon resonance (SPR) 85
surface tension 37–42, 43, 44
surface-induced protein denaturation 63, 64
surfaces (nanoscales) 18–20
surgery 236–8
SWCNT see single wall carbon nanotubes
switches 223, 224 see also relays
synthesis (medicine) 237
systems see nanosystems
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Taniguchi, N. 7, 8, 33
tapping atomic force microscopy mode 76
TE see transverse electric…
technical literacy 243
TEM (transmission electron microscopy) 81
tensile strength 28–9
texture 85–92
theranostics 244
therapy 236
thermal radiation scanning tunneling microscopy (TRSTM) 78