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figures and went through all the details to clarify many points in the pres-
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entation. I am also indebted to Ying Wang and Steven Limmer who got all
the copyright permission and helped in preparing some of the figures. Our
department chair, Prof. Raj Bordia, is acknowledged for having graciously
reduced my department committee work. Editors, Mr. Stanford Chong and
Ms. Lakshmi Narayanan at World Scientific Publishing and Imperial
College Press are acknowledged for initiating and editing the book,
respectively. The writing of this book started coincidently with the birth of
my son, Doran, and finished when he turned a year old. It has been excit-
ing to see both the little boy and the manuscript grow at the same time.
This book would not have been possible without the dedication of my
mother-in-law, who left Hong Kong to come to the States to take care of
our son. My wife, Yuk Lan Li, deserves special thanks for her support and
understanding.
Guozhong Cao
Seattle, WA
August 2003
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1. Introduction 1
1.1. Introduction 1
1.2. Emergence of Nanotechnology 4
1.3. Bottom-Up and Top-Down Approaches 7
1.4. Challenges in Nanotechnology 10
1.5. Scope of the Book 11
References 14
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References 224
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Appendix
1. Periodic Table of the Elements 419
2. The International System of Units 420
3. List of Fundamental Physical Constants 42 1
4. The 14 Three-Dimensional Lattice Types 422
5. The Electromagnetic Spectrum 423
6. The Greek Alphabet 424
Index 42 5