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• Introduction
• Development of Microsystems Multi Physics Investigation Methods
• MEMS applications for obesity prevention
• MOEMS-assisted radial pulse measurement system development
• Microsystems for the Effective Technological Processes.

This book presents the most important aspects of analysis of dynamical processes taking place on the human body surface. It provides an overview of the major devices that act as a prevention measure to boost a person's motivation for physical activity. A short overview of the most popular MEMS sensors for biomedical applications is given. The development and validation of a multi-level computational model that combines mathematical models of an accelerometer and reduced human body surface tissue is presented. Subsequently, results of finite element analysis are used together with experimental data to evaluate rheological properties of not only human skin but skeletal joints as well. Methodology of development of MOEMS displacement-pressure sensor and adaptation for real-time biological information monitoring, namely "ex vivo" and "in vitro" blood pulse type analysis, is described. Fundamental and conciliatory investigations, achieved knowledge and scientific experience about biologically adaptive multifunctional nanocomposite materials, their properties and synthesis compatibility, periodical microstructures, which may be used in various optical components for modern, productive sensors' formation technologies and their application in medicine, pharmacy industries and environmental monitoring, are presented and analyzed. This book also is aimed at research and development of vibrational energy harvester, which would convert ambient kinetic energy into electrical energy by means of the impact-type piezoelectric transducer. The book proposes possible prototypes of devices for non-invasive real-time artery pulse measurements and micro energy harvesting.
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• A Survey of Security Concerns in Various Data Aggregation Techniques in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Secure and Dynamic IP Address Configuration Scheme in MANET.- A Novel Distributed Dynamic IP Configuration Scheme for MANET.- Dual Security against Grayhole Attack in MANET's.- I-EDRI Scheme to Mitigate Grayhole Attack in MANETs.- Frequency Domain Incremental Strategies over Distributed Network.- Modeling and Analysis of Cross-Layer Uplink Scheduler in IEEE 802.16e Standard.- A Probabilistic Packet Filtering based Approach for Distributed Denial of Service Attack in Wireless Sensor Network.- Location based Coordinated Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks.- Energy saving Performance Analysis of Hierarchical Data Aggregation Protocols used in Wireless Sensor Network.- Performance Analysis of IEEE 802.11 DCF & IEEE 802.11e EDCF under Same Type of Traffic.- A Distributed Prime Node-ID Connected Dominating Set for Target Coverage using Adjustable Sensing Range.- Token based Group Local Mutual Exclusion Algorithm in MANETs.- A Distributed Secured Localization Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks.- Characteristic Function for Variable-Bit-Rate Multimedia QoS.- A Fully Simulatable Oblivious Transfer Scheme using Vector Decomposition.- Query by Humming System through Multiscale Music Entropy.- An Empirical Analysis of Training Algorithms of Neural Networks: A Case Study of EEG Signal Classification using Java Framework.- Relating Perceptual Feature Space and Context Drift Information in Query by Humming System.- First-fit Semi-partitioned Scheduling based on Rate Monotonic Algorithm.- A Novel Approach for Data Hiding in Color Images using LSB based Steganography with Improved Capacity and Resistance to Statistical Attacks.- A Comparative Study of Correlation based Stereo Matching Algorithms: Illumination and Exposure.- A Hybrid Motion based Object Tracking Algorithm for VTS.- Side Lobe Level and Null Control Design of Linear Antenna Array using Taguchi's Method.- A Novel Approach for Jamming and Tracking of Mobile Objects.- Performance Analysis of Low Complexity Multiuser STBC MC-CDMA System.- On the Design An Enhanced Bandwidth of Elliptical Shape CPW-Fed Fractal monopole.- Antenna for UWB Application.- Design of Microstrip Branch Line Coupler Phase Shifter in L-Band.- Capturing Node Resource Status and Classifying Workload for Map Reduce Resource Aware Scheduler.- Grid Computing based Performance Analysis of Power System: A Graph Theoretic Approach.- Investigation on Power Saving Mechanism for IEEE 802.16m Networks in Mobile Internet Traffic.- Hybrid Edge Detection based Image Steganography Technique for Color Images.- Haze Removal: An Approach based on Saturation Component.- Biomedical Image Registration using Genetic Algorithm.- Bi-dimensional Statistical Empirical Mode Decomposition based Video Analysis for Detecting Colon Polyps using Composite Similarity Measure.- A Wavelet based Text Hiding Method using Novel Mapping Technique.- Unsupervised Segmentation of Satellite Images based on Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm.- Comparative Analysis of Cuckoo Search Optimization based Multilevel Image Thresholding.- An Intelligent Method for Moving Object Detection.- Prediction of Monthly Rainfall in Tamil Nadu using MSARIMA Models.- An Ontology based Approach for Test Case Reuse.- A Decision Driven Computer Forensic Classification using ID3 Algorithm.- Non Ideal Iris Segmentation using Wavelet based Anisotropic Diffusion.- Detection of Video Objects in Dynamic Scene using Local Binary Pattern Subtraction Method.- Automatic Lane Detection in NH5 of Odisha.- Mammogram Image Segmentation using Hybridization of Fuzzy Clustering and Optimization Algorithms.- A New ICA based Algorithm for Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease.- Static Hand Gesture Recognition based on Fusion of Moments.- Real-time Human Face Detection in Noisy Images based on Skin Color Fusion Model and Eye Detection.- Investigation of Full-reference Image Quality Assessment.- Image Compression using Edge Enhancing Diffusion.- Comparative Analysis of Edge Detection Techniques for Extracting Blood Vessels in Diabetic Retinopathy.- Realization of Different Algorithms using Raspberry Pi for Real-time Image Processing Application.- Edge Preserving Region Growing for Aerial Color Image Segmentation.- ILSB: Indicator based LSB Steganography.- Odia Running Text Recognition using Moment based Feature Extraction and Mean Distance Classification Technique.- Keyword Extraction from Hindi Documents using Statistical Approach.- Development of Odia Language Corpus from Modern News Paper Texts: Some Problems and Issues.- A Rule-Based Concatenative Approach to Speech Synthesis in Indian Language Text-to-Speech Systems.
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• Neutrosophic Logic Applied to Decision Making.- Transforming E-Government to Smart Government: A South Australian Perspective.- An Online Content Syndication Tool with Built-in Search and Social Sharing.- Customizing EPC Global to Fit Local ONS Requirements.- Distributed Cloud IMS: Future Generation Network with Internet of Thing based on distributed Cloud Computing.- Genetic Algorithm based Query Expansion for Improved Information Retrieval.- Genetic Algorithm based Adaptive PID Controller.- Text Mining for Phishing E-mail Detection.- A Multi-Objective Cat Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Workflow Scheduling in Cloud Computing Environment.- A Case Study of User Behaviour in Information Retrieval.- Fuzzy Mapping of Robotic Arm Based on LabVIEW.- An Improvement on NSGA-II for Finding Fast the Better Optimal Solution in Multi-Objective Optimization Problem.- Test Case Creation from UML Sequence Diagram: A Soft Computing Approach.- Solving Non-linear Constrained Optimization Problems using Invasive Weed Optimization.- ESEC: An Ideal Secret Sharing Scheme.- Extended Service Registry to Support I/O Parameter based Service Search.- Realizing New Hybrid Rough Fuzzy Association Rule Mining Algorithm (RFA) over Apriori Algorithm.- Modal Analysis of Hand Arm Vibration (Humerus Bone) for Biodynamic Response using Varying Boundary Conditions based on FEA.- Preserving Privacy in Health Care Web Services Paradigm through Hippocratic Databases.- Generation of Array Passwords using Petri Net for Effective Network and Information Security.- Application of Genetic Algorithm for Component Optimization to Deploy Geo-processing Web.- DNA based Cryptographic Approach towards Information Security.- Design a Fuzzy Logic Controller with a Non-Fuzzy Tuning Scheme for Swing-up and Stabilization of Inverted Pendulum.- Use of Machine Learning Algorithms with SIEM for Attack Prediction.- Performance Comparison of Single Layer Perceptron and FLANN based Structure for Isolated Digit Recognition.- Computational Techniques for Predicting Cyber Threats.- Multi-objective Discrete Artificial Bee Colony based Phasor Measurement Unit Placement for Complete and Incomplete Observability Analysis.- Modified Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm (MAnt-Miner) for Classification Rule Mining.- An Intelligent Method to Test Feasibility Predicate for Robotic Assembly Sequence Generation.- A Probabilistic Method towards SLAM for Mobile Robotic Systems.- A Brief Survey on Concept Drift.- Live Virtual Machine Migration Techniques - A Technical Survey.- A Design Phase Understandability Metric based on Coupling & Cohesion for Object Oriented Systems.- Web Service Response Time Prediction using HMM and Bayesian Network.- A Multi-agent based Framework for Cloud Service Description and Discovery using Ontology.- Enhancing security in cloud computing using Bi-directional DNA Encryption Algorithm.- Service Composition using Efficient Multi-agents in Cloud Computing Environment.- Comparative Study of DE and PSO over Document Summarization.- Medical Image Thresholding using Particle Swarm Optimization.- Criterions for Databases in Cloud Computing Environment.- Measuring Web Site Usability Quality Complexity Metrics for Navigability.- Personalized Web Page Recommendation using a Graph based Approach to Implicitly Find Influential Users.- Ensuring Data Security and Performance Evaluation in Cloud Computing.- Context Aware Computing using Rich Contexts for Pervasive Environment.- Financial Trading System using Combination of Textual and Numeric Data.- A Novel Trust based Privacy Preserving Access Control Framework in Web Services Paradigm.- A Novel Low-power Domino Logic Technique Providing Static Output in Evaluation Phase for High Frequency Changing Inputs.- The Impact of Gate Underlap on Analog & RF Performance of Hetero-Junction Fet.- Low Power High Speed Indirect Frequency Compensated OPAMP with Class AB Output Stage in 180nm CMOS Process Technology.- An Analytical Surface Potential Model of Surrounding Gate Tunnel FET.- Design and Characterization of Ka-Band Reflection Type IMPATT Amplifier.- Energy Transfer to Piezoelectric Component through Magnetic Resonant Coupling.- Interface Study of Individual and Stacked High-k/P-Si MOSCAPs by CV Technique.- Mesh -Type Split Ring Resonator as Parasitic Radiator for SAR Reduction in Mobile Handset.- On-chip Improved Single Clock Swing Enhanced Charge Pump Circuit.- Material based Vibration Characteristic Analysis of Heavy Vehicle Transmission Gearbox Casing using Finite Element Analysis (FEA).- Ultra High Speed InAlAs/InGaAs High Electron Mobility Transistor.- Design and Simulation of CNTFET by Varying the Position of Vacancy Defect in Channel.- Performance Evaluation of InGaP/GaAs solar Cell with Double Layer ARC.- Time Delay Approximation: It's Influence on the Structure and Performance of the IMC-PI/PID Controller.- A Study on Non-linear Classifier based Moving Object Tracking.- Comparative Study of PCM, LPC and CELP Speech Coders used for VoIP Applications.- Sound and Touch based Smart Cane: Better Walking Experience for Visually Challenged.- Efficient VLSI Implementation of CORDIC based Direct Digital Synthesizer.- A Novel Method for MP3 Steganalysis.- Using Orthographic Transcripts for Stuttering Dysfluency Recognition and Severity Estimation.- Combining Cepstral and Prosodic Features for Classification of Dysfluencies in Stuttered Speech.- Development of Magnetic Control System for Electric Wheel Chair using Tongue.- An Autonomous Obstacle Avoiding and Target Recognition Robotic System using Kinect.- Navigation based on Adaptive Shuffled Frog Leaping Algorithm for Underwater Mobile Robot.- Power Efficiency with Localization for Tracking and Scrutinizing the Aquatic Sensory Nodes.- Offline Handwritten Script Identification from Eastern Indian Document Images using Logistic Model Tree.- Segmentation and Comparison of Water Resources in Satellite Images using Fuzzy based Approach.- Comparison of ANN based Heart Stroke Classifiers using Varied Folds Data Set Cross Validation.- A Novel Approach for DDOS Mitigation with Router.- Enhancing Battery Lifetime of Wireless Heterogeneous and Ad-hoc NW.- Analyzing the Interaction between TCP Variants and Routing Protocols in Static Multi-hop Ad-hoc Network.- Capacity Estimation for Cellular LTE using AMR Codec with Semi-persistence Scheduling.- Development of a Non-intrusive Driver Drowsiness Monitoring System.- Wearable Medical Devices in Preventive Health Care: Cuffless Blood Pressure Measurement.- Analysis of Voice for Parkinson's Disease Persons using Dynamic Time Warping Technique.- A Dynamic Model for FECG Synthesis and pre-processing - A Signal Processing Approach.- Providing Mother and Child Care Telemedicine through Interactive Voice Response.- Wheeled Patient Monitoring System.- Analysis of Medical X-ray Bone Images using Image segmentation.- Image Change Detection using Particle Swarm Optimization.- Efficient Microarray Data Classification with Three Stage Dimensionality Reduction.- Trends in Citation Analysis.
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In the history of mankind, three revolutions which impact the human life are the tool-making revolution, agricultural revolution and industrial revolution. They have transformed not only the economy and civilization but the overall development of the society. Probably, intelligence revolution is the next revolution, which the society will perceive in the next 10 years. ICCD-2014 covers all dimensions of intelligent sciences, i.e. Intelligent Computing, Intelligent Communication and Intelligent Devices. This volume covers contributions from Intelligent Communication which are from the areas such as Communications and Wireless Ad Hoc & Sensor Networks, Speech & Natural Language Processing, including Signal, Image and Video Processing and Mobile broadband and Optical networks, which are the key to the ground-breaking inventions to intelligent communication technologies. Secondly, Intelligent Device is any type of equipment, instrument or machine that has its own computing capability. Contributions from the areas such as Embedded Systems, RFID, RF MEMS, VLSI Design & Electronic Devices, Analog and Mixed-Signal IC Design and Testing, MEMS and Microsystems, CMOS MEMS, Solar Cells and Photonics, Nano Devices, Single Electron & Spintronics Devices, Space Electronics and Intelligent Robotics are covered in this volume.
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In the history of mankind, three revolutions which impact the human life are tool-making revolution, agricultural revolution and industrial revolution. They have transformed not only the economy and civilization but the overall development of the human society. Probably, intelligence revolution is the next revolution, which the society will perceive in the next 10 years. ICCD-2014 covers all dimensions of intelligent sciences, i.e. Intelligent Computing, Intelligent Communication and Intelligent Devices. This volume covers contributions from Intelligent Computing, areas such as Intelligent and Distributed Computing, Intelligent Grid & Cloud Computing, Internet of Things, Soft Computing and Engineering Applications, Data Mining and Knowledge discovery, Semantic and Web Technology, and Bio-Informatics. This volume also covers paper from Intelligent Device areas such as Embedded Systems, RFID, VLSI Design & Electronic Devices, Analog and Mixed-Signal IC Design and Testing, Solar Cells and Photonics, Nano Devices and Intelligent Robotics.
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• v. 1. A-E (including 0-9)
• v. 2. F-M
• v. 3. N-P
• v. 4. Q-Z.

• Ab Initio DFT Simulations of Nanostructures / Antonio Aliano and Giancarlo Cicero
• AC Electrokinetics of Nanoparticles / Hossein Nili and Nicolas G. Green
• AC Electroosmosis: Basics and Lab-on-a-Chip Applications / Pablo García-Sánchez and Antonio Ramos
• Acoustic Contrast Factor / Andreas Lenshof and Thomas Laurell
• Acoustic Nanoparticle Synthesis for Applications in Nanomedicine / Aisha Qi, Peggy Chan, Leslie Yeo and James Friend
• Acoustic Trapping / Mikael Evander and Thomas Laurell
• Acoustophoresis / Andreas Lenshof and Thomas Laurell
• Active Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composites / Jian Chen
• Active Plasmonic Devices / Jean Christophe Lacroix, Pascal Martin and Hyacinthe Randriamahazaka
• Adhesion in Wet Environments: Frogs / W. Jon. P. Barnes
• AFM in Liquids / Bart W. Hoogenboom
• AFM Probes / Kenji Fukuzawa
• AFM, Non-contact Mode / Hendrik Hölscher
• AFM, Tapping Mode / Hendrik Hölscher
• Angiogenesis / Alessia Bottos, Elena Astanina, Luca Primo and Federico Bussolino
• Antifogging Properties in Mosquito Eyes / Xuefeng Gao
• Applications of Nanofluidics / Vinh-Nguyen Phan, Nam-Trung Nguyen, Chun Yang and Patrick Abgrall
• Arthropod Strain Sensors / Friedrich G. Barth
• Artificial Retina: Focus on Clinical and Fabrication Considerations / Pablo Gurman, Yitzhak Rosen and Orlando Auciello
• Astigmatic Micro Particle Imaging / C.J. Kähler, C. Cierpka and M. Rossi
• Atomic Force Microscopy / Bharat Bhushan and Manuel L.B. Palacio.

• Atomic Layer Deposition / Charles L. Dezelah IV
• Basic MEMS Actuators / Arash Kheyraddini Mousavi and Zayd Chad Leseman
• Bio-inspired CMOS Cochlea / Andreas G. Katsiamis, Emmanuel M. Drakakis and Richard F. Lyon
• Bioadhesion / Manuel L.B. Palacio and Bharat Bhushan
• Bioadhesives / Scott R. Schricker
• Bioderived Smart Materials / Vishnu-Baba Sundaresan, Stephen Andrew Sarles and Donald J. Leo
• Biofilms in Microfluidic Devices / Suresh Neethirajan, David Karig, Aloke Kumar, Partha P. Mukherjee and Scott T. Retterer, et al.
• Bioinspired Synthesis of Nanomaterials / Roberto de la Rica
• Biological Breadboard Platform for Studies of Cellular Dynamics / Sang-Hee Yoon and Mohammad R.K. Mofrad
• Biomimetic Flow Sensors / Jérôme Casas, Chang Liu and Gijs Krijnen
• Biomimetic Mosquito-Like Microneedles / Melur K. Ramasubramanian and Ranjeet Agarwala
• Biomimetic Muscles and Actuators Using Electroactive Polymers (EAP) / Yoseph Bar-Cohen
• Biomimetics / Bharat Bhushan
• Biomimetics of Marine Adhesives / Pierre Becker, Elise Hennebert and Patrick Flammang
• Biomimetics of Optical Nanostructures / Andrew R. Parker
• BioPatterning / Remigio Picone
• Biornametics -- Architecture Defined by Natural Patterns / Ille C. Gebeshuber, Petra Gruber and Barbara Imhof
• Biosensors / Henry O. Fatoyinbo and Michael P. Hughes
• Bone Remodeling / J.A. Sanz-Herrera and E. Reina-Romo
• Boundary Lubrication / Bharat Bhushan
• Capillary Flow / Prashant R. Waghmare and Sushanta K. Mitra.

• Capillary Origami / Supone Manakasettharn, J. Ashley Taylor and Tom N. Krupenkin
• Carbon Nanotube-Metal Contact / Wenguang Zhu
• Carbon Nanotubes for Chip Interconnections / Gilbert Daniel Nessim
• Cellular Mechanisms of Nanoparticle's Toxicity / Francelyne Marano, Rina Guadagnini, Fernando Rodrigues-Lima, Jean-Marie Dupret and Armelle Baeza-Squiban, et al.
• Charge Transport in Self-Assembled Monolayers / Jeong Young Park
• Chemical Milling and Photochemical Milling / Seajin Oh and Marc Madou
• Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) / Yoke Khin Yap
• Chitosan Nanoparticles / Burcu Aslan, Hee Dong Han, Gabriel Lopez-Berestein and Anil K. Sood
• CMOS MEMS Biosensors / Michael S.-C. Lu
• CMOS MEMS Fabrication Technologies / Hongwei Qu and Huikai Xie
• CMOS-CNT Integration / Huikai Xie and Ying Zhou / Larry L. Howell
• Computational Micro/Nanofluidics: Unifier of Physical and Natural Sciences and Engineering / A.T. Conlisk
• Computational Study of Nanomaterials: From Large-Scale Atomistic Simulations to Mesoscopic Modeling / Leonid V. Zhigilei, Alexey N. Volkov and Avinash M. Dongare
• Computational Systems Bioinformatics for RNAi / Zheng Yin, Yubo Fan and Stephen TC Wong
• Concentration Polarization at Micro/Nanofluidic Interfaces / Vishal V.R. Nandigana and N.R. Aluru
• Conduction Mechanisms in Organic Semiconductors / Weicong Li and Harry Kwok
• Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy / Reinhold Wannemacher
• Detection of Nanoparticulate Biomarkers in Blood / Rajaram Krishnan and Michael J. Heller.

• Dielectrophoresis / Nicolas G. Green and Hossein Nili
• Dielectrophoresis of Nucleic Acids / David J. Bakewell
• Dielectrophoretic Nanoassembly of Nanotubes onto Nanoelectrodes / Didi Xu, Arunkumar Subramanian, Lixin Dong and Bradley J. Nelson
• Dip-Pen Nanolithography / Yi Zhang, Rüdiger Berger and Hans-Jürgen Butt
• Disjoining Pressure and Capillary Adhesion / Seong H. Kim
• DNA Manipulation Based on Nanotweezers / Nicolas Lafitte, Yassine Haddab, Yann Le Gorrec, Momoko Kumemura and Laurent Jalabert, et al.
• Doping in Organic Semiconductors / Yabing Qi
• Dry Etching / Avinash P. Nayak, M. Saif Islam and V.J. Logeeswaran
• DUV Photolithography and Materials / Garry J. Bordonaro
• Dye-Doped Nanoparticles in Biomedical Diagnostics / Vladimir Gubala
• Ecotoxicity of Inorganic Nanoparticles: From Unicellular Organisms to Invertebrates / Mélanie Auffan, Catherine Santaella, Alain Thiéry, Christine Paillès and Jérôme Rose, et al.
• Ecotoxicology of Carbon Nanotubes Toward Amphibian Larvae / Florence Mouchet, Périne Landois, Floriane Bourdiol, Isabelle Fourquaux and Pascal Puech, et al.
• Effect of Surface Modification on Toxicity of Nanoparticles / Malgorzata J. Rybak-Smith
• Electric Field-Directed Assembly of Bioderivatized Nanoparticles / Youngjun Song and Michael J. Heller
• Electric-Field-Assisted Deterministic Nanowire Assembly / Theresa S. Mayer, Jeffrey S. Mayer and Christine D. Keating
• Electrical Impedance Cytometry / David Holmes and Benjamin L.J. Webb.

• Electrical Impedance Tomography for Single Cell Imaging / Tao Sun
• Electrochemical Machining (ECM) / Amitabha Ghosh
• Electrochemical Scanning Tunneling Microscopy / Ilya V. Pobelov, Chen Li and Thomas Wandlowski
• Electrode-Organic Interface Physics / Michael G. Helander, Zhibin Wang and Zheng-Hong Lu
• Electrokinetic Fluid Flow in Nanostructures / Francesca Carpino, Larry R. Gibson II, Dane A. Grismer and Paul W. Bohn
• Electron Beam Lithography (EBL) / Nezih Pala and Mustafa Karabiyik
• Electron Microscopy of Interactions Between Engineered Nanomaterials and Cells / Alexandra Porter and Eva McGuire
• Electron-Beam-Induced Deposition / Guoqiang Xie
• Electronic Transport in Carbon Nanomaterials / Alejandro Lopez-Bezanilla, Stephan Roche, Eduardo Cruz-Silva, Bobby G. Sumpter and Vincent Meunier
• Electrospinning / Michael J. Laudenslager and Wolfgang M. Sigmund
• Electrowetting / CJ Kim
• Epiretinal Prosthesis / Guoxing Wang and Robert J. Greenberg
• EUV Lithography / Chimaobi Mbanaso and Gregory Denbeaux
• Exposure and Toxicity of Metal and Oxide Nanoparticles to Earthworms / Claire Coutris and Erik J. Joner
• Fate of Manufactured Nanoparticles in Aqueous Environment / Jérôme Labille, Natalia Pelinovskaya, Céline Botta, Jean-Yves Bottero and Armand Masion
• Field Electron Emission from Nanomaterials / Dilip S. Joag and Richard G. Forbes
• Finite Element Methods for Computational Nano-optics / Sven Burger, Jan Pomplun and Frank Schmidt.

• Finite-Difference Frequency-Domain Technique / Georgios Veronis
• Finite-Difference Time-Domain Technique / Maxim Sukharev
• Flexible Electronics / Muhammad A. Alam and Satish Kumar
• Focused-Ion-Beam Chemical-Vapor-Deposition (FIB-CVD) / Shinji Matsui
• Force Modulation in Atomic Force Microscopy / Walter Arnold
• Friction Force Microscopy / André Schirmeisen, Udo D. Schwarz and Hendrik Hölscher
• Friction-Reducing Sandfish Skin / Werner Baumgartner
• Fullerenes for Drug Delivery / Robert D. BolskarFunctionalization of Carbon Nanotubes / Gerard Tobias, Ernest Mendoza and Belén Ballesteros
• Fundamental Properties of Zinc Oxide Nanowires / Jia Grace Lu
• Gas Phase Nanoparticle Formation / Yuehai Yang and Wenzhi Li
• Gecko Adhesion / Elmar Kroner and Eduard Arzt
• Gecko Effect / Bharat Bhushan
• Genotoxicity of Nanoparticles / Laila Benameur, Liu Wei and Alain Botta
• Gold Nanorods / Yang Lu and Jun Lou
• Graphene / Debdeep Jena
• Green Tribology and Nanoscience / Michael Nosonovsky and Bharat Bhushan
• Green's Function Integral Equation Method / Thomas Søndergaard
• Growth of Silica Nanowires / Praveen Kumar Sekhar and Shekhar Bhansali
• Gyroscopes / Alexander A. Trusov
• HIV Quantification / Benjamin L.J. Webb and David Holmes
• Hollow Gold Nanospheres / Chun Li and Jin Z. Zhang
• Hybrid Solar Cells / Matthew T. Lloyd
• Imaging Human Body Down to Molecular Level / Hans Deyhle, Georg Schulz and Bert Müller
• Immersion Lithography / Roger H. French.

• Immersion Lithography Materials / Roger H. French
• In Vitro and In Vivo Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles / Meghan E. Samberg and Nancy A. Monteiro-Riviere
• In Vivo Toxicity of Carbon Nanotubes / Sophie Lanone
• In Vivo Toxicity of Titanium Dioxide and Gold Nanoparticles / Jorge Boczkowski
• Injectable Hydrogel / Moon Suk Kim and Kinam Park
• Insect Flight and Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) / Hiroto Tanaka, Benjamin M. Finio, Michael Karpelson, Néstor O. Pérez-Arancibia and Pratheev S. Sreetharan, et al.
• Insect Infrared Sensors / Helmut Schmitz, Helmut Soltner and Herbert Bousack
• Insect-Inspired Vision and Visually Guided Behavior / Paul Graham and Andrew Philippides
• Integrated Approach for the Rational Design of Nanoparticles / Paolo Decuzzi
• Integrated Micro-acoustic Devices / Tian-Ling Ren, Yu-Feng Wang and Yi Yang
• Integration of Nanostructures within Microfluidic Devices / Meng Lian, Bernadeta Srijanto, Prachya Mruetusatorn, Mitchel J. Doktycz and Scott T. Retterer
• Interfacial Investigation of Protein Films Using Acoustic Waves / Hwall Min, Ping Kao and Srinivas Tadigadapa
• Intravital Microscopy Analysis / Pilhan Kim and Seok H. Yun
• Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy / Bharat Bhushan and Manuel L.B. Palacio
• Lab-on-a-Chip for Studies in C. elegans / Nuria Vergara-Irigaray and Michèle Riesen
• Laterally Vibrating Piezoelectric Resonators / Gianluca Piazza
• Ligand-Directed Gold-Phage Nanosystems / Lawrence F. Bronk, Wouter H.P. Driessen, Julianna K. Edwards, Wadih Arap and Renata Pasqualini.

• Light Localization for Nano-optical Devices / Dmitri K. Gramotnev
• Light-Element Nanotubes and Related Structures / Wenlong Wang, Xuedong Bai and Enge Wang
• Liposomes / Seyed Moein Moghimi
• Lotus Effect / Bharat Bhushan and Michael Nosonovsky
• Macromolecular Crystallization Using Nano-volumes / Gabriela Juarez-Martinez
• Magnetic Nanostructures and Spintronics / Alessandro Chiolerio and Paolo Allia
• Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy / Martino Poggio and Christian L. Degen
• Magnetic-Field-Based Self-Assembly / Li Zhang, Bradley J. Nelson and Lixin Dong
• Maxwell-Wagner Effect / Mitsumasa Iwamoto
• Mechanical Properties of Hierarchical Protein Materials / Markus J. Buehler and Graham Bratzel
• Mechanical Properties of Nanocrystalline Metals / Farghalli A. Mohamed
• MEMS Adaptive Optics / Nathan Doble
• MEMS Display based on Interferometric Modulation Technology / Alok Govil, Ion Bita and Evgeni Gusev
• MEMS High-Density Probe Cards / Jung-Tang Huang, Kuo-Yu Lee, Hou-Jun Hsu, Pen-Shan Chao and Chung-Yi Lin
• MEMS Neural Probes / Jit Muthuswamy and Murat Okandan
• MEMS on Flexible Substrates / Donald P. Butler and Zeynep Celik-Butler
• MEMS Packaging / Bongsang Kim and Woo-Tae Park
• MEMS Vacuum Electronics / Anisullah Baig, Diana Gamzina, Jinfeng Zhao, Youngmin Shin and Robert Barchfeld, et al.
• Micro- and Nanofluidic Devices for Medical Diagnostics / Yitzhak Rosen and Pablo Gurman
• Micro/Nano Flow Characterization Techniques / Craig Snoeyink and Steven T. Wereley.

• Micro/Nano Transport in Microbial Energy Harvesting / Ranajay Ghosh, Aloke Kumar and Partha P. Mukherjee
• Microcantilever Chemical and Biological Sensors / Seonghwan Kim and Thomas Thundat
• Microcontact Printing / Ashwini Gopal, Kazunori Hoshino and John Xiaojing Zhang
• Microfabricated Probe Technology / Takahito Ono and Masayoshi Esashi
• Microfludic Whole-Cell Biosensor / Soichiro Tsuda
• Micromachined 3-D Force Sensors / Ryan M. Pocratsky and Maarten P. de Boer
• Micropumps / Shawn Litster
• Modeling Thermal Properties of Carbon Nanostructure Composites / Clifford W. Padgett and Tad S. Whiteside
• Models for Tumor Growth / Luigi Preziosi
• Molecular Computing / Soichiro Tsuda
• Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Nano-Bio Materials / Melissa A. Pasquinelli and Yaroslava G. Yingling
• Molecular Modeling on Artificial Molecular Motors / Yunfeng Shi
• Moth-Eye Antireflective Structures / Stuart A. Boden and Darren M. Bagnall
• Multistage Vectors / Rita E. Serda and Mauro Ferrari
• Nano(Evanescent-Wave)-Particle Velocimetry / Minami Yoda
• Nano-engineered Concrete / Konstantin Sobolev and Florence Sanchez
• Nano-sized Nanocrystalline and Nano-twinned Metals / Dongchan Jang
• Nano-Tribology Applications in Microprojector Technology / Satish C. Chaparala and Vikram Bhatia
• Nanocalorimetry / Jean-Luc Garden and Olivier Bourgeois
• Nanochannels for Nanofluidics: Fabrication Aspects / Aeraj ul Haque and Aloke Kumar.

• Nanodentistry / Hans Deyhle, Simone Hieber and Bert Müller
• Nanoencapsulation / Mary Cano-Sarabia and Daniel Maspoch
• Nanoengineered Hydrogels for Cell Engineering / Esmaiel Jabbari
• Nanogap Biosensors / J. Tanner Nevill and Daniele Malleo
• Nanogrippers / Peter Bøggild
• Nanoimprinting / Wei Chen and Chunlei Wang
• Nanoindentation / Bharat Bhushan and Manuel L.B. Palacio
• Nanomaterials for Electrical Energy Storage Devices / Shrikant C. Nagpure and Bharat Bhushan
• Nanomaterials for Excitonic Solar Cells / Mónica Lira-Cantú and Irene González-Valls
• Nanomechanical Properties of Nanostructures / Bharat Bhushan
• Nanomechanical Resonant Sensors and Fluid Interactions / Rustom B. Bhiladvala
• Nanoparticle Cytotoxicity / Nastassja A. Lewinski
• Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis / Matthew Wright
• Nanoparticles / Paola Martino, Paolo Allia and Alessandro Chiolerio
• Nanopatterned Surfaces for Exploring and Regulating Cell Behavior / Jason P. Gleghorn and Celeste M. Nelson
• Nanophotonic Structures for Biosensing / Emiliano Descrovi, Mirko Ballarini and Francesca Frascella
• Nanopolaritonics / Daniel Neuhauser, Christopher Arntsen and Kenneth A. Lopata
• Nanorobotic Spot Welding / Lixin Dong, Xinyong Tao, Zheng Fan, Li Zhang and Xiaobin Zhang, et al.
• Nanorobotics / Soichiro Tsuda
• Nanorobotics for Bioengineering / Sylvain Martel
• Nanorobotics for NEMS Using Helical Nanostructures / Didi Xu, Li Zhang, Lixin Dong and Bradley J. Nelson.

• Nanoscale Printing / Timothy J. Merkel and Joseph M. DeSimone
• Nanoscale Properties of Solid-Liquid Interfaces / Lucio Colombi Ciacchi and Susan Köppen
• Nanoscale Water Phase Diagram / Michael Nosonovsky
• Nanostructure Field Effect Transistor Biosensors / Jason Li, Steve To, Lidan You and Yu Sun
• Nanostructured Functionalized Surfaces / Lorenzo Lunelli, Cristina Potrich, Laura Pasquardini and Cecilia Pederzolli
• Nanostructured Materials for Sensing / Mariangela Lombardi
• Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials / Menghan Zhou and Jian He
• Nanostructures Based on Porous Silicon / Luca Boarino and Giampiero Amato
• Nanostructures for Coloration (Organisms other than Animals) / Ille C. Gebeshuber and David W. Lee
• Nanostructures for Energy / Stefano Bianco, Angelica Chiodoni, Claudio Gerbaldi and Marzia Quaglio
• Nanostructures for Photonics / Andrea Toma, Remo Proietti Zaccaria, Roman Krahne, Alessandro Alabastri and Maria Laura Coluccio, et al.
• Nanostructures for Surface Functionalization and Surface Properties / Paola Rivolo
• Nanotechnology / Bharat Bhushan
• Nanotechnology Applications in Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) / Kuo-Sheng Ma
• Nanotechnology in Cardiovascular Diseases / Lu Dai, Yongfen Qi, Lixin Jia, Wei Yu and Jie Du
• Nanotribology / Bharat Bhushan
• NEMS Piezoelectric Switches / Nipun Sinha
• NEMS Resonant Chemical Sensors / Matteo Rinaldi
• Nonlinear Optical Absorption and Induced Thermal Scattering Studies in Organic and Inorganic Nanostructures / V. Sai Muthukumar, Ramakrishna Podila, Benoy Anand, S. Siva Sankara Sai and K. Venkataramaniah, et al.

• On-Chip Flow Cytometry / Shady Gawad, Ana Valero, Thomas Braschler, David Holmes and Philippe Renaud
• Optical and Electronic Properties / Vanni Lughi
• Optical and Mechanical Nanostructured Coatings for Future Large-Scale Manufacturing / Tomasz Stapinski and Katarzyna Tkacz-Smiech
• Optical Frequency Magnetic Dipole Transitions / Sinan Karaveli and Rashid Zia
• Optical Properties of Metal Nanoparticles / Nadine Harris, Martin G. Blaber and George C. Schatz
• Optical Techniques for Nanostructure Characterization / Andrés Cantarero
• Optical Tweezers / Martin Hegner, Dorothea Brüggemann and Dunja Skoko
• Optoelectrically Enabled Multi-scale Manipulation / Han-Sheng Chuang, Aloke Kumar, Stuart Williams and Steven T. Wereley
• Optomechanical Resonators / Mo Li
• Organic Actuators / Wei Wu, Jianqiang Zhao and Yanlei Yu
• Organic Bioelectronics / Agneta Richter-Dahlfors and Magnus Berggren
• Organic Photovoltaics: Basic Concepts and Device Physics / Tingting Xu and Qiquan Qiao
• Organic Sensors / Soyoun Jung and Taeksoo Ji
• Perfluorocarbon Nanoparticles / Patrick M. Winter, Gregory M. Lanza and Samuel A. Wickline
• Photolithography / Marc Madou and Chunlei Wang
• Photonic Crystal Nanobeam Cavities / Parag B. Deotare and Marko Loncar
• Physical Vapor Deposition / Yoke Khin Yap
• Physicochemical Properties of Nanoparticles in Relation with Toxicity / Jérôme Rose, Mélanie Auffan, Olivier Proux, Vincent Niviere and Jean-Yves Bottero.

• Piezoelectric Effect at Nanoscale / Zhong Lin Wang and Ying Liu
• Piezoelectric MEMS Switches / R.G. Polcawich, J.S. Pulskamp and R.M. Proie
• Piezoresistivity / Woo-Tae Park
• Piezoresponse Force Microscopy and Spectroscopy / Sergei V. Kalinin, Brian J. Rodriguez and Andrei L. Kholkin
• Plasmon Resonance Energy Transfer Nanospectroscopy / Gang Logan Liu
• Plasmonic Structures for Solar Energy Harvesting / Jao van de Lagemaat
• Plasticity Theory at Small Scales / Lorenzo Valdevit and John W. Hutchinson
• Plating / Seajin Oh and Marc Madou
• Polarization-Induced Effects in Heterostructures / Katja Tonisch
• Polymer Coatings / Enrica De Rosa, Joseph Fernandez-Moure and Ennio Tasciotti
• Prenucleation Clusters / Denis Gebauer
• Pulsed High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound / Brian E. O'Neill and King C. Li
• Quantum Dot Nanophotonic Integrated Circuits / Lih Y. Lin
• Quantum-Dot Toxicity / Wafa' T. Al-Jamal and Kostas Kostarelos
• Rapid Electrokinetic Patterning / Jae-Sung Kwon, Raviraj Thakur and Steven T. Wereley
• Reactive Empirical Bond-Order Potentials / J. David Schall, Paul T. Mikulski, Kathleen E. Ryan, Pamela L. Keating and M. Todd Knippenberg, et al.
• Reliability of Nanostructures / Tuncay Alan
• Remotely Powered Propulsion of Helical Nanobelts / Gilgueng Hwang and Stéphane Régnier
• RNAi in Biomedicine and Drug Delivery / Michèle Riesen and Nuria Vergara-Irigaray
• Robot-Based Automation on the Nanoscale / Sergej Fatikow, Daniel Jasper, Christian Dahmen, Florian Krohs and Volkmar Eichhorn, et al.

• Rose Petal Effect / Bharat Bhushan and Michael Nosonovsky
• Scanning Electron Microscopy / Yimei Zhu and Hiromi Inada
• Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy / Achim Hartschuh
• Scanning Thermal Microscopy / Li Shi
• Scanning Tunneling Microscopy / Ada Della Pia and Giovanni Costantini
• Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy / Amadeo L. Vázquez de Parga and Rodolfo Miranda
• Selected Synchrotron Radiation Techniques / Antoine Barbier, Cristian Mocuta and Rachid Belkhou
• Self-Assembled Monolayers for Nanotribology / Bharat Bhushan
• Self-Assembly for Heterogeneous Integration of Microsystems / J.H. Hoo, K.S. Park, R. Baskaran and K.F. Böhringer
• Self-assembly of Nanostructures / Wei Lu
• Self-Repairing Materials / Michael Nosonovsky
• Self-repairing Photoelectrochemical Complexes Based on Nanoscale Synthetic and Biological Components / Moon-Ho Ham, Ardemis A. Boghossian, Jong Hyun Choi and Michael S. Strano
• Shark Skin Drag Reduction / Amy Lang, Maria Laura Habegger and Philip Motta
• Shark Skin Effect / Bharat Bhushan
• Silent Owl Wings / Thomas Bachmann and Hermann Wagner
• Simulations of Bulk Nanostructured Solids / Donald W. Brenner
• Single-Cell Impedance Spectroscopy / Jian Chen, Nika Shakiba, Qingyuan Tan and Yu Sun
• Size-Dependent Plasticity of Single Crystalline Metallic Nanostructures / Julia R. Greer
• Small-Angle Scattering of Nanostructures and Nanomaterials / M. Laver
• Smart Hydrogels / S.M. Khaled, Alessandro Parodi and Ennio Tasciotti.

• Sol-Gel Method / Bakul C. Dave and Sarah B. Lockwood
• Solid Lipid Nanoparticles -- SLN / Claudia Musicanti and Paolo Gasco
• Spider Silk / Fritz Vollrath
• Spray Technologies Inspired by Bombardier Beetle / Alexander Booth, Andy C. McIntosh, Novid Beheshti, Richard Walker and Lars Uno Larsson, et al.
• Stereolithography / Hyundoo Hwang and Yoon-Kyoung Cho
• Stimuli-Responsive Drug Delivery Microchips / Jian Chen, Michael Chu, Claudia R. Gordijo, Xiao Yu Wu and Yu Sun
• Structural Color in Animals / Mathias Kolle and Ullrich Steiner
• Structure and Stability of Protein Materials / Szu-Wen Wang
• SU-8 Photoresist / Frederik Ceyssens and Robert Puers
• Superelasticity and the Shape Memory Effect / Xiaodong Han, Shengcheng Mao and Ze Zhang
• Superoleophobicity of Fish Scales / Lei Jiang and Ling Lin
• Surface Electronic Structure / Regina Ragan
• Surface Energy and Chemical Potential at Nanoscale / Vanni Lughi
• Surface Forces Apparatus / Carlos Drummond and Marina Ruths
• Surface Plasmon Enhanced Optical Bistability and Optical Switching / Weiqiang Mu and John B. Ketterson
• Surface Plasmon-Polariton-Based Detectors / Pierre Berini
• Surface Tension Effects of Nanostructures / Ya-Pu Zhao and Feng-Chao Wang
• Surface-Modified Microfluidics and Nanofluidics / Shaurya Prakash
• Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes / Simon J. Henley, José V. Anguita and S. Ravi P. Silva
• Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles / Munish Chanana, Cintia Mateo, Verónica Salgueirino and Miguel A. Correa-Duarte.

• Synthesis of Graphene / Swastik Kar and Saikat Talapatra
• Synthesis of Subnanometric Metal Nanoparticles / Javier Calvo Fuentes, José Rivas and M. Arturo López-Quintela
• Terahertz Technology for Nano Applications / Nezih Pala and Ahmad Nabil Abbas
• Theory of Optical Metamaterials / Carsten Rockstuhl, Christoph Menzel, Stefan Mühlig and Falk Lederer
• Thermal Actuators / Joseph J. Brown and Victor M. Bright
• Thermal Cancer Ablation Therapies Using Nanoparticles / Steven Curley
• Thermal Conductivity and Phonon Transport / Yee Kan Koh
• Thermally Actuated Silicon Resonators / Siavash Pourkamali
• Thermoelectric Heat Convertors / Joseph P. Heremans and Audrey M. Chamoire
• TiO2 Nanotube Arrays: Growth and Application / Karthik Shankar
• Toward Bioreplicated Texturing of Solar-Cell Surfaces / Aditi Risbud, Akhlesh Lakhtakia and Michael H. Bartl
• Toxicology: Plants and Nanoparticles / Marie Carrière and Camille Larue
• Transmission Electron Microscopy / Helmut Kohl
• Tuning Electrical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes via Spark Plasma Sintering / Keqin Yang, Dale Hitchcock, Jian He and Apparao M. Rao
• Ultraprecision Machining (UPM) / Suhas S. Joshi
• Ultrashort Carbon Nanotubes / Lesa A. Tran and Lon J. Wilson
• Ultrasonic Machining / Suhas S. Joshi
• Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes, Collective Mechanical Behavior / Shelby B. Hutchens and Siddhartha Pathak
• Waypoint Detection / Richard P. Mann
• Wet Etching / Avinash P. Nayak, M. Saif Islam and V.J. Logeeswaran
• Wetting Transitions / Edward Bormashenko
• Whispering Gallery Mode Resonator Biosensors / Kerry Allan Wilson and Frank Vollmer
• 3D Micro/Nanomanipulation with Force Spectroscopy / H. Xie and Stéphane Régnier.

This encyclopedia introduces a large number of terms, devices, and processes relating to the important research topic of nanotechnology. For each entry or essay, a brief description is provided by experts in the field.

• NanoRobotics: The Vision and Applications
• Nanorobotics: Past, Present, and Future / Constantinos Mavroidis, Antoine Ferreira
• Nanomechanical Cantilever-Based Manipulation for Sensing and Imaging / Nader Jalili
• Swarms of Self-Organized Nanorobots / Ari Requicha
• Reservoir Nanoagents for In-Situ Sensing and Intervention / Mazen Y. Kanj
• Miniaturization and Micro/Nanotechnology in Space Robotics / Evangelos Papadopoulos, Iosif Paraskevas, Thaleia Flessa
• Diamondoid Nanorobotics / Robert A. Freitas Jr.
• Nano-Manipulation and Industrial NanoRobotics
• Virtual Tooling for Nanoassembly and Nanomanipulations / Zhidong Wang, Lianqing Liu, Jing Huo, Zhiyu Wang, Ning Xi, Zaili Dong
• Nanorobotic Mass Transport / Lixin Dong, Xinyong Tao, Zheng Fan, Li Zhang, Xiaobin Zhang, Bradley J. Nelson
• Nanorobotic Manipulation of 1D Nanomaterials in Scanning Electron Microscopes / Yan Liang Zhang, Yong Zhang, Changhai Ru, Jason Li, Yu Sun
• Nano-Manipulation in Biomedical Applications
• Nanorobotic Manipulation and Sensing for Biomedical Applications / Fumihito Arai, Hisataka Maruyama
• Nanohandling of Biomaterials / Michael Weigel-Jech, Sergej Fatikow
• Apply Robot-Tweezers Manipulation to Cell Stretching for Biomechanical Characterization / Youhua Tan, Dong Sun
• Inside the Body Nanorobotic Applications
• Propulsion and Navigation Control of MRI-Guided Drug Delivery Nanorobots / Laurent Arcese, Matthieu Fruchard, Antoine Ferreira
• Generating Magnetic Fields for Controlling Nanorobots in Medical Applications / Simone Schürle, Bradley E. Kratochvil, Salvador Pané, Mohammad Arif Zeeshan
• Techniques for MRI-Based Nanorobotics / Christian Dahmen, Tim Wortmann, Sergej Fatikow
• Therapeutic Bacterial Nanorobots for Targeted Drug Delivery Deep Inside Tumors / Sylvain Martel
• Sensing Strategies for Early Diagnosis of Cancer by Swarm of Nanorobots: An Evidential Paradigm / G.F. Cerofolini, P. Amato
• Bio-Nano Actruators for Nano-Robotics
• DNA Nanorobotics / Harish Chandran, Nikhil Gopalkrishnan, John Reif
• DNA for Self-Assembly / Ahlem Abbaci, Stéphane Régnier
• Local Environmental Control Technique for Bacterial Flagellar Motor / Toshio Fukuda, Kousuke Nogawa, Masaru Kojima, Masahiro Nakajima, Michio Homma
• Protein-Based Nanoscale Actuation / Gaurav Sharma, Atul Dubey, Constantinos Mavroidis.

Nanorobot devices now perform a wide variety of tasks at the nanoscale in a wide variety of fields including but not limited to fields such as manufacturing, medicine, supply chain, biology, and outer space. Nanorobotics: Current Approaches and Techniques is a comprehensive overview of this interdisciplinary field with a wide ranging discussion that includes nano-manipulation and industrial nanorobotics, nanorobotics in biology and medicine, nanorobotic sensing, navigation and swarm behavior, and protein and DNA-based nanorobotics. Also included is the latest on topics such as bio-nano-actuators and propulsion and navigation of nanorobotic systems using magnetic fields. Nanorobotics: Current Approaches and Techniques is an ideal book for scientists, researchers, and engineers actively involved in applied and robotic research and development.

• Experience from the Development of a Silicon-Based MEMS Six-DOF Force-Torque Sensor / Jörg Eichholz and Torgny Brogårdh
• Piezoelectrically Actuated Robotic End-Effector with Strain Amplification Mechanisms / Jun Ueda
• Autocalibration of MEMS Accelerometers / Iuri Frosio, Federico Pedersini and N. Alberto Borghese
• Miniaturization of Micromanipulation Tools / Brandon K. Chen and Yu Sun
• Digital Microrobotics Using MEMS Technology / Yassine Haddab, Vincent Chalvet, Qiao Chen and Philippe Lutz
• Flexure-Based Parallel-Kinematics Stages for Passive Assembly of MEMS Optical Switches / Wenjie Chen, Guilin Yang and Wei Lin
• Micro-Tactile Sensors for In Vivo Measurements of Elasticity / Peng Peng and Rajesh Rajamani
• Devices and Techniques for Contact Microgripping / Claudia Pagano and Irene Fassi
• A Wall-Climbing Robot with Biomimetic Adhesive Pedrail / Xuan Wu, Dapeng Wang, Aiwu Zhao, Da Li and Tao Mei
• Development of Bioinspired Artificial Sensory Cilia / Weiting Liu, Fei Li, Xin Fu, Cesare Stefanini and Paolo Dario
• Jumping Like an Insect: From Biomimetic Inspiration to a Jumping Minirobot Design / Weiting Liu, Fei Li, Xin Fu, Cesare Stefanini and Gabriella Bonsignori, et al.
• Modeling and H∞ PID Plus Feedforward Controller Design for an Electrohydraulic Actuator System / Yang Lin, Yang Shi and Richard Burton.

Advanced Mechatronics and MEMS Devicesdescribes state-of-the-art MEMS devices and introduces the latest technology in electrical and mechanical microsystems. The evolution of design in microfabrication, as well as emerging issues in nanomaterials, micromachining, micromanufacturing and microassembly are all discussed at length in this volume. Advanced Mechatronics also provides a reader with knowledge of MEMS sensors array, MEMS multidimensional accelerometer, artificial skin with imbedded tactile components, as well as other topics in MEMS sensors and transducers. The book also presents a number of topics in advanced robotics and an abundance of applications of MEMS in robotics, like reconfigurable modular snake robots, magnetic MEMS robots for drug delivery and flying robots with adjustable wings, to name a few. This book also covers the fundamentals of advanced mechatronics and MEMS devices while also presenting new state-of-the-art methodology and technology used in the application of these devices, presents numerous applications of MEMS technology in robotics, using novel applications of micro-robots based on MEMS design and implementation, uses an extensive number of case studies.

• Preface.- Single Piezo Actuator Driven Micro Robot for 2-Dimensional Locomotion, by F. Becker, V. Minchenya, K. Zimmermann, I. Zeidis.- Capsule Micromechanism Driven by Impulse, by T. Ito, Y. Kito, S. Ishimori, A. Phunopas, T. Hayashi.- Development of In-Pipe Micro Mobile Robot Using Peristalsis Motion Driven by Hydraulic Pressure, by Y. Nakazato, Y. Sonobel, S. Toyama.- Optimum Design of Mass Distribution of the Injection Molding Pantograph Mechanism with Constant Output Link Orientation, by M. Horie, Y. Hoshikawa, D. Kamiya.- Mathematical Synthesis of Compliant Mechanism as Cochlear Implant, by L. Zentner.- Flexure Hinge-Based Parallel Manipulators Enabling High-Precision Micro Manipulations, by I. Ivanov, B. Corves.- Cell-Grasping Compliant Mechanisms with Real-Time Haptic Feedback, by Santosh D.B. Bhargav, G. K. Ananthasuresh.- Fundamental Analysis of a Thin Film Type Conducting Polymer Actuator, by H. Terada, T. Yamagata.- Kinematics Study of Protein Chains and Protein Motion Simulation, by V. Petuya, M. Diez, M. Urizar, A. Hernandez.- Matrix Pad Transducer, by L. M. Dehelean, N. M. Dehelean, E. Ch. Lovasz.- Ultrasonic Hot Embossing and Welding of Micro Structures, by K. Burlage, C. Gerhardy, W. K. Schomburg.- On Binary Topology Design of Electro-Thermally-Compliant Mems, by Pranay Sharma, Anupam Saxena.- Author Index.- Subject Index.
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This book contains selected papers presented at MAMM 2010, the First Workshop on Microactuators and Micromechanisms. This workshop has brought together scientists, industry experts and students and has provided a special opportunity for know-how exchange and collaboration in various disciplines referring to microsystems technology. The conference was organized by the Technical Committees of Mechanical Transmissions and Micromachines under the patronage of IFToMM, the International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science.
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• Part 1. Foundation of Magnetism
• Basis of Magnetism
• Magnetism of Atoms
• Magnetism of Solids
• Exchange Interaction
• Magnetic Anisotropy
• Magnetostrictive Effects
• Magnetic Domain
• Micromagnetism
• Part 2. Magnetic Materials
• Soft Magnetism
• Hard Magnetism
• Part 3. Spintronics
• Magnetoresistance Effect
• Tunnel Magnetoresistance Effect
• MRAM
• Technology that Accompanies the Development of Spintronics Devices.

This book covers both basic physics of ferromagnetism, such as magnetic moment, exchange coupling, magnetic anisotropy, and recent progress in advanced ferromagnetic materials. Special focus is placed on NdFeB permanent magnets and the materials studied in the field of spintronics (explaining the development of tunnel magnetoresistance effect through the so-called giant magnetoresistance effect).

• Introduction
• High- Tc SQUIDs
• Magnetic Immunoassays
• Magnetoencephalography
• Ultra Low Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Conclusions.

This thesis describes the challenging task of developing high critical temperature superconducting quantum interference devices (high-Tc SQUIDs) and using them as sensors for biomedical applications, including magnetic immunoassays, magnetoencephalography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The first part of this work discusses the development of fast magnetic immunoassays, which can be used to improve the sensitivity, or to create new, unique point-of-care diagnostics systems. The second part shows that high-Tc SQUIDs might make magnetoencephalography more available, thus opening the field of high-Tc SQUID-based magnetoencephalography for recording brain functions. This technique can be combined with ultra-low field MRI which is discussed in the last part. This combination may provide a new unique tool for studies of brain functions. This work does not simply improve on existing technology but opens possibilities for novel advanced medical devices and techniques.

• Introduction
• Descriptions and Challenges of AFM Based Nanorobotic Systems
• Instrumentation Issues of an AFM Based Nanorobotic System
• Nanomechanics of AFM Based Nanomanipulation
• Teleoperation Based AFM Manipulation Control
• Automated Control of AFM Based Nanomanipulation
• Applications of AFM Based Nanorobotic Systems.

The atomic force microscope (AFM) has been successfully used to perform nanorobotic manipulation operations on nanoscale entities such as particles, nanotubes, nanowires, nanocrystals, and DNA since 1990s. There have been many progress on modeling, imaging, teleoperated or automated control, human-machine interfacing, instrumentation, and applications of AFM based nanorobotic manipulation systems in literature. This book aims to include all of such state-of-the-art progress in an organized, structured, and detailed manner as a reference book and also potentially a textbook in nanorobotics and any other nanoscale dynamics, systems and controls related research and education. Clearly written and well-organized, this text introduces designs and prototypes of the nanorobotic systems in detail with innovative principles of three-dimensional manipulation force microscopy and parallel imaging/manipulation force microscopy.

• Biological Archetypes and Robotic Pendants
• State of the Art in Robotics and Robotic Actuation
• Biomimetically Inspired Robot Prototype
• Results.

The book 'BiLBIQ: A biologically inspired Robot with walking and rolling locomotion' deals with implementing a locomotion behavior observed in the biological archetype Cebrennus villosus to a robot prototype whose structural design needs to be developed. The biological sample is investigated as far as possible and compared to other evolutional solutions within the framework of nature's inventions. Current achievements in robotics are examined and evaluated for their relation and relevance to the robot prototype in question. An overview of what is state of the art in actuation ensures the choice of the hardware available and most suitable for this project. Through a constant consideration of the achievement of two fundamentally different ways of locomotion with one and the same structure, a robot design is developed and constructed taking hardware constraints into account. The development of a special leg structure that needs to resemble and replace body elements of the biological archetype is a special challenge to be dealt with. Finally a robot prototype was achieved, which is able to walk and roll - inspired by the spider Cebrennus villosus.

• Bioinspired Nanoscale Water Channel and its Potential Applications / Haiping Fang, Chunlei Wang, Rongzheng Wan, Hangjun Lu, Yusong Tu
• Survival from the Cold Winter: Freezing and Ice Crystallization Inhibition by Antifreeze Proteins / Ning Du, Guoyang William Toh, Xiang Yang Liu
• Biomineralization: Mechanisms of Hydroxyapatite Crystal Growth / Kazuo Onuma, Toru Tsuji, Mayumi Iijima
• Biomineralization: Apatite Protein Interaction / Toru Tsuji, Mayumi Iijima, Kazuo Onuma
• Biomineralization: Tooth Enamel Formation / Mayumi Iijima, Kazuo Onuma, Toru Tsuji
• Amorphous Calcium Carbonate: Synthesis and Transformation / Jun Jiang, Min-Rui Gao, Yun-Fei Xu, Shu-Hong Yu
• Modeling of Biomineralization and Structural Color Biomimetics by Controlled Colloidal Assembly / Xiang Yang Liu, Ying Ying Diao
• Photonic Structures for Coloration in the Biological World / Jian Zi, Biqin Dong, Tianrong Zhan, Xiaohan Liu
• Superhydrophobic Surfaces: Beyond Lotus Effect / X.D. Zhao, G.Q. Xu, X.Y. Liu.

Methods in bioinspiration and biomimicking have been around for a long time. However, due to current advances in modern physical, biological sciences, and technologies, our understanding of the methods have evolved to a new level. This is due not only to the identification of mysterious and fascinating phenomena but also to the understandings of the correlation between the structural factors and the performance based on the latest theoretical, modeling, and experimental technologies. Bioinspiration: From Nano to Micro Scale provides readers with a broad view of the frontiers of research in the area of bioinspiration from the nano to macroscopic scales, particularly in the areas of biomineralization, antifreeze protein, and antifreeze effect. It also covers such methods as the lotus effect and superhydrophobicity, structural colors in animal kingdom and beyond, as well as behavior in ion channels. A number of international experts in related fields have contributed to this book, which offers a comprehensive and synergistic look into challenging issues such as theoretical modeling, advanced surface probing, and fabrication. The book also provides a link to the engineering of novel advanced materials playing an important role in advancing technologies in various fields.
This book explores the frontiers of research in bioinspiration, particularly in the areas of biomineralization, antifreeze protein and antifreeze effect. Includes the lotus effect and superhydrophobicity, structural colors in the animal kingdom and more.

• Cancer Biomarkers: Important Tools for Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis.- Transcription factors as detection and diagnostic biomarkers in cancer.- Cancer biomarkers immunosensing strategies based on graphene surface engineered materials.- Label-free biosensors for early diagnosis of cancer based on G-quadruplex and isothermal amplification.- Point-of-care and implantable biosensors in cancer research and diagnosis.- Electrochemical Redox Cycling Amplification Technology for Point-of-Care Cancer Diagnosis.- Hyperbolic metamaterials-based ultra-sensitive plasmonic biosensors for early stage cancer detection.- SERS-based biosensors as potential next generation point-of-care cancer diagnostic platforms.- Nucleic acid-based aptasensors for cancer diagnostics - An insight into immobilisation strategies.- Nanobiosensing technologies for prostate cancer diagnostics/prognostics: Tiny smart medicine.- Developments in the Electrochemical Bionanosensors for the Predictive Diagnosis of Prostate and Breast Cancer.- Oligopeptides for Cancer and other Biomedical Sensing Applications.- Microfluidic immunoassay devices as next generation cancer and medical diagnostics platform.- Point-of-care device with plasmonic gold nanoarray sensing chip for biomarker detections.- Sers Biosensing and Bioimaging: Design and Applications in Cancer Diagnostics.- Microfluidic Paper-based Analytical Devices for Point-of-Care Diagnosis.
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This book presents recent research on cancer detection methods based on nanobiosensors, which offer ultrasensitive point-of-care diagnosis. Several methods for diagnosing cancer have been discovered and many more are currently being developed. Conventional clinical approaches to detecting cancers are based on a biopsy followed by histopathology, or on the use of biomarkers (protein levels or nucleic acid content). Biopsy is the most widely used technique; however, it is an invasive technique and is not always applicable. Furthermore, biomarker-based detection cannot be relied on when the biomarkers are present in an extremely low concentration in the body fluids and in malignant tissues. Thus, in recent years highly sensitive and robust new cancer diagnosis techniques have been developed for clinical application, and may offer an alternative strategy for cancer diagnosis. As such, this book gathers the latest point-of-care cancer diagnostic methods and protocols based on biomedical sensors, microfluidics, and integrated systems engineering. It also discusses recent developments and diagnostics tests that can be conducted outside the laboratory in remote areas. These technologies include electrochemical sensors, paper-based microfluidics, and other kit-based diagnostic methods that can be adapted to bring cancer detection and diagnostics to more remote settings around the globe. Overall, the book provides students, researchers, and clinicians alike a comprehensive overview of interdisciplinary approaches to cancer diagnosis.
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• Nucleation and Growth of Bimetallic Nanoparticles / Christophe Petit and Vincent Repain
• Bimetallic Nanoparticles, Grown Under UHV on Insulators, Studied by Scanning Probe Microscopy / Claude Henry and Clemens Barth
• Probing Nanoalloy Structure and Morphology by X-Ray Scattering Methods / Pascal Andreazza
• Transmission Electron Microscopy: A Multifunctional Tool for the Atomic-scale Characterization of Nanoalloys / Damien Alloyeau
• Electronic Structure of Nanoalloys: A Guide of Useful Concepts and Tools / Guy Tréglia, Christine Goyhenex, Christine Mottet, Christine Legrand and Francois Ducastelle
• Chemical Order and Disorder in Alloys / François Ducastelle
• Segregation and Phase Transitions in Reduced Dimension: From Bulk to Clusters via Surfaces / Jérôme Creuze, Fabienne Berthier and Bernard Legrand
• Computational Methods for Predicting the Structures of Nanoalloys / Riccardo Ferrando
• Magnetism of Low-Dimension Alloys / Véronique Pierron-Bohnes, Alexandre Tamion, Florent Tournus and Véronique Dupuis
• Optical, Structural and Magneto-Optical Properties of Metal Clusters and Nanoparticles / Emmanuel Cottancin, Natalia Del Fatti and Valérie Halté
• Surface Studies of Catalysis by Metals: Nanosize and Alloying Effects / Laurent Piccolo.

• Nanoalloys; Preface; Contents; 1 NucleationNucleation and Growth of Bimetallic Nanoparticles; Abstract; 1 ... Introduction; 2 ... Chemical Routes; 2.1 General Concepts; 2.2 Reduction of Metallic Salts; 2.2.1 Synthesis in Reverse Micelles; 2.2.2 Two-Phase Synthesis; 2.2.3 Single Phase Synthesis; 2.3 The Organometallic Route: Thermal Decomposition Method; 2.4 Other Chemical Methods; 3 ... Physical Routes; 3.1 Experimental Techniques and Examples; 3.1.1 Typical Experimental Setup; 3.1.2 Evaporation Techniques; Molecular Beam Epitaxy; Pulsed Laser Deposition.

Bimetallic nanoparticles, also called nanoalloys, are at the heart of nanoscience because of their ability to tune together composition and size for specific purposes. By approaching both their physical and chemical properties, Nanoalloys: Synthesis, Structure & Properties provides a comprehensive reference to this research field in nanoscience by addressing the subject from both experimental and theoretical points of view, providing chapters across three main topics: Growth and structural properties Thermodynamics and electronic structure of nanoalloys Magnetic, optic and catalytic properties The growth and elaboration processes which are the necessary and crucial part of any experimental approach are detailed in the first chapter. Three chapters are focused on the widely used characterization techniques sensitive to both the structural arrangements and chemistry of nanoalloys. The electronic structure of nanoalloys is described as a guide of useful concepts and theoretical tools. Chapters covering thermodynamics begin with bulk alloys, going to nanoalloys via surfaces in order to describe chemical order/disorder, segregation and phase transitions in reduced dimension. Finally, the optical, magnetic and catalytic properties are discussed by focusing on nanoparticles formed with one element to track the modifications which occur when forming nanoalloys. The range and detail of Nanoalloys: Synthesis, Structure & Properties makes it an ideal resource for postgraduates and researchers working in the field of nanoscience looking to expand and support their knowledge of nanoalloys.

• Introduction
• Thermal Transport
• First Principles Calculations
• Thermal Transport of Bulk Semiconductors in the KCM
• Low Dimension Thermal Conductivity in the KCM
• Phonon Spectrum and Transient Regimes in the KCM
• Geometric Effects in Complex Experiments
• Conclusions.

• 6 Phonon Spectrum and Transient Regimes in the KCM6.1 Phonon Spectrum; 6.1.1 KCM Phonon Spectrum of Si; 6.1.2 KCM Phonon Spectrum of Si1-xGex and InxGa1-xAs; 6.1.3 KCM Phonon Spectrum in Low κ Compounds; 6.1.4 KCM Phonon Spectrum of Graphene; 6.2 Transient Regimes; 6.3 The Role of Low Energy Phonons; 6.4 Relaxation Times from the Full Scattering Matrix; References; 7 Geometric Effects in Complex Experiments; 7.1 1D Heat Propagation; 7.2 2D Heat Propagation; 7.3 Steady State and Transient Heat Transport; 7.4 Effective Modeling of KCM; References; 8 Conclusions.

• 2.4 Thermal Boundary Resistance2.5 Thermal Measurements; 2.5.1 3ω Method; 2.5.2 Time/Frequency Domain Thermo-Reflectance; 2.5.3 Phonon Measurements; 2.6 Thermoelectric Properties; 2.6.1 Electronic Properties; 2.7 Note on Phonon Drag; References; 3 First Principles Calculations; 3.1 Total Energy Calculations; 3.1.1 Born-Oppenheimer Approximation; 3.1.2 Hartree-Fock Approximation; 3.1.3 Density Functional Theory (DFT); 3.1.4 Periodic Supercell and Bloch's Theorem; 3.1.5 Perturbation Theory; 3.2 Interatomic Force Constants; 3.2.1 Harmonic Force Constants; 3.2.2 Anharmonic Force Constants.

Starting from a broad overview of heat transport based on the Boltzmann Transport Equation, this book presents a comprehensive analysis of heat transport in bulk and nanomaterials based on a kinetic-collective model (KCM). This has become key to understanding the field of thermal transport in semiconductors, and represents an important stride. The book describes how heat transport becomes hydrodynamic at the nanoscale, propagating very much like a viscous fluid and manifesting vorticity and friction-like behavior. It introduces a generalization of Fourier's law including a hydrodynamic term based on collective behavior in the phonon ensemble. This approach makes it possible to describe in a unifying way recent experiments that had to resort to unphysical assumptions in order to uphold the validity of Fourier's law, demonstrating that hydrodynamic heat transport is a pervasive type of behavior in semiconductors at reduced scales.

• Fast PVT Verification and Design
• Efficiently Managing Process-Voltage-Temperature Corners
• A Pictorial Primer on Probabilities: Intuition on PDFs and Circuits
• 3-Sigma Verification and Design: Rapid Design Iterations with Monte Carlo Accuracy
• High-Sigma Verification and Design: The Accuracy of Five Billion Monte Carlo Samples in Minutes
• Variation-Aware Design: Manual Sizing, Automated Sizing, and an Integrated Approach
• Conclusion.

This book targets custom IC designers who are encountering variation issues in their designs, especially for modern process nodes at 45nm and below, such as statistical process variations, environmental variations, and layout effects. It teaches them the state-of-the-art in Variation-Aware Design tools, which help the designer to analyze quickly the variation effects, identify the problems, and fix the problems. Furthermore, this book describes the algorithms and algorithm behavior/performance/limitations, which is of use to designers considering these tools, designers using these tools, CAD researchers, and CAD managers-- Source other than Library of Congress.

• High Precision Local Electrical Probing: Potential and Limitations for the Analysis of Nanocontacts and Nanointerconnects / B. Guenther, M. Maier, J. Koeble, A. Bettac and F. Matthes, et al.
• Ultra-Compact Multitip Scanning Probe Microscope with an Outer Diameter of 50 mm / Vasily Cherepanov, Evgeny Zubkov, Hubertus Junker, Stefan Korte and Marcus Blab, et al.
• Atomic Scale Interconnection Machine / O.A. Neucheva, R. Thamankar, T.L. Yap, C. Troadec and J. Deng, et al.
• The DUF Project: A UHV Factory for Multi-Interconnection of a Molecule Logic Gates on Insulating Substrate / D. Martrou, L. Guiraud, R. Laloo, B. Pecassou and P. Abeilhou, et al.
• Challenges and Advances in Instrumentation of UHV LT Multi-Probe SPM System / Zhouhang Wang
• On the Road to Multi-Probe Non-Contact AFM / T. Vančura, S. Schmitt, V. Friedli, S. Torbrügge and O. Schaff
• Atomically Precise Manufacturing: The Opportunity, Challenges, and Impact / John N. Randall, James R. Von Ehr, Joshua Ballard, James Owen and Rahul Saini, et al.
• Combined STM and Four-Probe Resistivity Measurements on Single Semiconductor Nanowires / M. Berthe, C. Durand, T. Xu, J.P. Nys and P. Caroff, et al.
• Probing Electronic Transport of Individual Nanostructures with Atomic Precision / Shengyong Qin and An-Ping Li.

• Surface Conductance Measurements on a MoS2 Surface Using a UHV-Nanoprobe System / R. Thamankar, O.A. Neucheva, T.L. Yap and C. Joachim
• Multi-Probe Characterization of 1D and 2D Nanostructures Assembled on Ge(001) Surface by Gold Atom Deposition and Annealing / M. Wojtaszek, M. Kolmer, S. Godlewski, J. Budzioch and B. Such, et al.
• Nanometer-Scale Four-Point Probe Resistance Measurements of Individual Nanowires by Four-Tip STM / S. Hasegawa, T. Hirahara, Y. Kitaoka, S. Yoshimoto and T. Tono, et al.
• Silicon Surface Conductance Investigated Using a Multiple-Probe Scanning Tunneling Microscope / Janik Zikovsky, Mark H. Salomons, Stanislav A. Dogel and Robert A. Wolkow
• Atomic-Scale Devices in Silicon by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy / J.A. Miwa and M.Y. Simmons
• Electronic Transport on the Nanoscale / C.A. Bobisch, A.M. Bernhart, M.R. Kaspers, M.C. Cottin and J. Schaffert, et al.
• Solid State Nano Gears Manipulations / Cedric Troadec, Jie Deng, Francisco Ample, Ramesh Thamankar and Christian Joachim
• Probing Single Molecular Motors on Solid Surface / Haiming Guo, Yeliang Wang, Min Feng, Li Gao and Hongjun Gao.

Annotation This volume documents the first International Workshop on Atomic Scale Interconnection Machines organised by the European Integrated Project AtMol in June 2011 in Singapore. The four sessions, discussed here in revised contributions by high level speakers, span the subjects of multi-probe UHV instrumentation, atomic scale nano-material nanowires characterization, atomic scale surface conductance measurements, surface atomic scale mechanical machineries. This state-of-the-art account brings academic researchers and industry engineers access to the tools they need to be at the forefront of the atomic scale technology revolution.

• Recent Progress in Fabrication of Hollow Nanostructures / Ryusuke Nakamura, Hideo Nakajima
• Computer Simulation of Diffusion and Reaction in Metallic Nanoparticles / A.V. Evteev, E.V. Levchenko, I.V. Belova
• Controlled Synthesis of Gold Nanorods via Seeded Growth Approach / Teoh Poay Ling, Khairunisak Abdul Razak
• Calculation of Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering in Metal Nanoparticles / Carlos Caro, Ana Paula Zaderenko
• Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Nanoparticles for Medical Applications / Cristina I. Olariu, Humphrey H.P. Yiu
• Transport Processes of Nanoparticles in Gases and Liquids / V. Ya. Rudyak, A.A. Belkin
• Nanocomposite Materials from Theory to Application / H.R. Rezaie, A. Shokuhfar, F. Arianpour
• Mechanics of Cellulose Nanocrystals and their Polymer Composites / Anahita Pakzad
• Shift of Lines in Phase Diagrams for Nanograined Materials / Boris B. Straumal, Andrey A. Mazilkin
• Modeling Carbon Nanotube Electrical Properties in CNT/Polymer Composites / Jaime Silva, Ricardo Simoes
• Simulation of Thermal and Electrical Transport in Nanotube and Nanowire Composites / Satish Kumar, Muhammad A. Alam
• Elastic Properties of Co/Cu Nanocomposite Nanowires / J.C. Jiménez-Sáez, A.M.C. Pérez-Martín
• On the Continuum Mechanics Approach in Modeling Nanosized Structural Elements / Holm Altenbach, Victor A. Eremeyev.

In the heart of so-called nanotechnology one can engineer the finest building blocks of atoms and molecules to achieve outstanding properties and quality of material and create so- called nanostructured materials or nanomaterials. Nanomaterials include atomic clusters, layered films, filamentary structures, and bulk nanomaterials. More precisely nanomaterials are materials with at least one dimension in the range of 1-100 nanometers. They consist of atoms or clusters of single or mixed elements, all packed together to form a nanoparticle or at a larger scale, a bulk nanomaterial and in a special case a nanocomposite. The development of nanomaterials opens the possibility for new materials with outstanding properties compared to classical engineering materials. These materials can find applications in different fields such as medical treatment or structural mechanics. This monograph focuses on two major groups of nanomaterials, i.e. nanoparticels and nanocomposites. Nanopartices, for example in the form of hollow particles, allow for new possibilities in drug delivery. Different aspects of nanoparticles ranging from manufacturing to modeling and simulation are covered. Nanocomposite materials are formed by mixing two or more dissimilar materials at the nanoscale in order to control and develop new and improved structures and properties. The properties of nanocomposites depend not only on the individual components used but also on the morphology and the interfacial characteristics. Nanocomposite coatings and materials are one of the most exciting and fastest growing areas of research and novel properties being continuously developed which are previously unknown in the constituent materials. Thus, the second part of this monograph gives an overview on the latest developments in the area of composites and coatings based on nanomaterials.

• Micromachining
• Analysis of contact between chip and tool using nanostructured coated cutting tools
• Characterization and use of nanostructured tools.

The purpose of the brief is to explain how nanostructured tools can be used to machine materials at the microscale. The aims of the brief are to explain to readers how to apply nanostructured tools to micromachining applications. This book describes the application of nanostructured tools to machining engineering materials and includes methods for calculating basic features of micromachining. It explains the nature of contact between tools and work pieces to build a solid understanding of how nanostructured tools are made.

• The Polyol Process / Fernand Fiévet and Roberta Brayner
• Synthesis of Organic and Bioorganic Nanoparticles: An Overview of the Preparation Methods / Joachim Allouche
• Quantum Dots as Biomarker / Michel Boissiere
• Magnetic Nanoparticles for Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Hyperthermia Applications / Emil Pollert, Graziella Goglio, Stéphane Mornet and Etienne Duguet
• Nanomaterials: Applications in Drug Delivery / Christine Vauthier, Patrick Couvreur and Elias Fattal
• Titanium Dioxide in Photocatalysis / S. Cassaignon, C. Colbeau-Justin and O. Durupthy
• Nanotechnology Assets in Biosensors Design for Environmental Monitoring / Claude Durrieu, Florence Lagarde and Nicole Jaffrezic-Renault
• Respiratory Toxicity of Carbon Nanotubes / Sophie Lanone
• Fate and Health Impact of Inorganic Manufactured Nanoparticles / Armelle Baeza-Squiban, Sandra Vranic and Sonja Boland
• Impacts and Physico-Chemical Behavior of Inorganic Nanoparticles in the Environment / Melanie Auffan, Jerome Rose, Armand Masion, Jerome Labille, Corinne Chaneac, Mark R. Wiesner and Jean-Yves Bottero
• Ecotoxicological Impact of ZnO and CdE (E = S, Se, Te) Quantum Dots on Microorganisms / Alice da Rocha and Roberta Brayner
• Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles: Structure, Applications, Reactivity, and Eco-Toxicology / Mercedes Perullini, Sara A. Aldabe Bilmes and Matías Jobbágy
• Nanomaterials from Renewable Resources / Niki Baccile
• Emerging Questions for Emerging Technologies: Is There a Law for the Nano? / Stéphanie Lacour
• Nanomaterials in Political Life: In the Democracies of Nanotechnology / Brice Laurent.

"With the increased presence of nanomaterials in commercial products such as cosmetics and sunscreens, fillers in dental fillings, water filtration process, catalysis, photovoltaic cells, bio-detection, a growing public debate is emerging on toxicological and environmental effects of direct and indirect exposure to these materials. Nanomaterials: A Danger or a Promise? forms a balanced overview of the health and environmental issues of nanoscale materials. By considering both the benefits and risks associated with nanomaterials, Nanomaterials: A Danger or a Promise? compiles a complete and detailed image of the many aspects of the interface between nanomaterials and their real-life application. The full cycle of nanomaterials life will be presented and critically assessed to consider and answer questions such as: How are nanomaterials made?; What they are used for?; What is their environmental fate?; Can we make them better? Including coverage of relevant aspects about the toxicity of manufactured nanomaterials, nanomaterials life cycle, exposure issues, Nanomaterials: A Danger or a Promise? provides a comprehensive overview of the actual knowledge in these fields but also presents perspectives for the future development of a safer nanoscience. This comprehensive resource is a key reference for students, researcher, manufacturers and industry professionals alike."--Publisher's description

• Machine generated contents note: Electrostatics and Quasielectrostatics / Nicolas G. Green
• Dielectrophoresis and AC Electrokinetics / Nicolas G. Green
• Fundamentals of Electrowetting and Applications in Microsystems / Frieder Mugele
• Electrohydrodynamic Pumping in Microsystems / Antonio Ramos
• Electrohydrodynamic Stability / Chuan-Hua Chen.

Among the most promising techniques to handle small objects at the micrometer scale are those that employ electrical forces, which have the advantages of voltage-based control and dominance over other forces. The book provides a state-of-the-art knowledge on both theoretical and applied aspects of the electrical manipulation of colloidal particles and fluids in microsystems and covers the folllowing topics: dielectrophoresis, electrowetting, electrohydrodynamics in microsystems, and electrokinetics of fluids and particles. The book is addressed to doctoral students, young or senior researchers, chemical engineers and/or biotechnologists with an interest in microfluidics, alb-on-chip or MEMS.