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1.2. Emergence of Nanotechnology 4 --
1.3. Bottom-Up and Top-Down Approaches 7 --
1.4. Challenges in Nanotechnology 10 --
2. Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces 15 --
2.2. Surface Energy 17 --
2.3. Chemical Potential as a Function of Surface Curvature 26 --
2.4. Electrostatic Stabilization 32 --
2.5. Steric Stabilization 42 --
3. Zero-Dimensional Nanostructures: Nanoparticles 51 --
3.2. Nanoparticles through Homogeneous Nucleation 53 --
3.3. Nanoparticles through Heterogeneous Nucleation 93 --
3.4. Kinetically Confined Synthesis of Nanoparticles 96 --
3.5. Epitaxial Core-Shell Nanoparticles 101 --
4. One-Dimensional Nanostructures: Nanowires and Nanorods 110 --
4.2. Spontaneous Growth 111 --
4.3. Template-Based Synthesis 143 --
4.4. Electrospinning 164 --
5. Two-Dimensional Nanostructures: Thin Films 173 --
5.2. Fundamentals of Film Growth 174 --
5.3. Vacuum Science 178 --
5.4. Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) 182 --
5.5. Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) 189 --
5.6. Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) 199 --
5.7. Superlattices 204 --
5.8. Self-Assembly 205 --
5.9. Langmuir-Blodgett Films 213 --
5.10. Electrochemical Deposition 218 --
5.11. Sol-Gel Films 219 --
6. Special Nanomaterials 229 --
6.2. Carbon Fullerenes and Nanotubes 230 --
6.3. Micro and Mesoporous Materials 238 --
6.4. Core-Shell Structures 257 --
6.5. Organic-Inorganic Hybrids 263 --
6.6. Intercalation Compounds 266 --
6.7. Nanocomposites and Nanograined Materials 267 --
7. Nanostructures Fabricated by Physical Techniques 277 --
7.3. Nanomanipulation and Nanolithography 291 --
7.4. Soft Lithography 308 --
7.5. Assembly of Nanoparticles and Nanowires 314 --
7.6. Other Methods for Microfabrication 321 --
8. Characterization and Properties of Nanomaterials 329 --
8.2. Structural Characterization 330 --
8.3. Chemical Characterization 344 --
8.4. Physical Properties of Nanomaterials 352 --
9. Applications of Nanomaterials 391 --
9.2. Molecular Electronics and Nanoelectronics 392 --
9.4. Biological Applications of Nanoparticles 396 --
9.5. Catalysis by Gold Nanoparticles 397 --
9.6. Band Gap Engineered Quantum Devices 399 --
9.7. Nanomechanics 402 --
9.8. Carbon Nanotube Emitters 404 --
9.9. Photoelectrochemical Cells 406 --
9.10. Photonic Crystals and Plasmon Waveguides 409 --
1. Periodic Table of the Elements 419 --
2. International System of Units 420 --
3. List of Fundamental Physical Constants 421 --
4. The 14 Three-Dimensional Lattice Types 422 --
5. Electromagnetic Spectrum 423 --