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thermal transport 121–2
thermionic valves 7, 129, 130–1
thermodynamics (self-organization) 169–72
thiol 114
three-body interactions 47–8
tight coupling model 218–19
TIM see thermal interface materials
tip-based nanofabrication 185–6
tissue scaffolds 65
tissues 56–7
TM see transverse magnetic
top–down methods 103, 109–13, 162–6, 200
topography 75–82
toughness 29
toxicology 68–70
transcription factors 90
transducers see nanodevices
transistors 7–9, 129, 130–2, 147, 148
translation 213
transmission electron microscopy (TEM) 81
transparent electrodes 197
transverse electric (TE) guided lightmodes 93, 94, 96
transverse magnetic (TM) guided light modes 94, 96
Trevithick, R. 210
triodes 7
TRSTM see thermal radiation scanning tunneling microscopy
true nanotechnology 1–2, 185–7, 227–8
tubulin 219–20
tunneling events (electron devices) 137–8
Turing machines 90
two-dimensional crystallization 177–8
two-dimensional texture 87, 91–2
U
ultimate tensile strength 28–9
ultramicroscopes 249
ultraprecision engineering 7, 8, 165–6, 200
ultraprecision machine tools (UPMT) 10, 166
ultrasensitive magnetic sensors 145–6
ultrathin coatings 108–14
uncertainty principle (Heisenberg) 143
undulating surfaces 41
universal fabrication technology 14
US Foresight Institute 2
Utynam, J. 9
V
vapor phases 41
vastification 249–50
vibrating cantilever devices 151–3
vibrational spectroscopy 83–4
Volmer–Weber mechanism 163
Vroman effect 62–3
W
water:
amphiphiles 109–13
dewetting 43–4
self-organization 170–1
structure 51
top-down self-assembly 168
wetting 43–4
wavelength reduction (light scattering) 80–2
weak competing interactions 48
Wentzel's law 46
wetting:
biomolecules 62
inhomogeneous surfaces 46, 47
nanoscale forces 43–4