Principles and methods

Design and Theory The Quantum Nature of Nanoscience, Marvin L. Cohen Theories for Nanomaterials to Realize a Sustainable Future, Rodion V. Belosludov, Natarajan S. Venkataramanan, Hiroshi Mizuseki, Oleg S. Subbotin, Ryoji Sahara, Vladimir R. Belosludov, and Yoshiyuki Kawazoe Tools for Predicting the Properties of Nanomaterials, James R. Chelikowsky Design of Nanomaterials by Computer Simulations, Vijay Kumar Predicting Nanocluster Structures, John D. Head Nanoscale Systems The Nanoscale Free-Electron Model, Daniel F. Urban, Jerome Burki, Charles A. Stafford, and Hermann Grabert Small-Scale Nonequilibrium Systems, Peder C.F. Moller and Lene B. Oddershede Nanoionics, Joachim Maier Nanoscale Superconductivity, Francois M. Peeters, Arkady A. Shanenko, and Mihail D. Croitoru One-Dimensional Quantum Liquids, Kurt Schonhammer Nanofluidics of Thin Liquid Films, Markus Rauscher and Siegfried Dietrich Capillary Condensation in Confined Media, Elisabeth Charlaix and Matteo Ciccotti Dynamics at the Nanoscale, A. Marshall Stoneham and Jacob L. Gavartin Electrochemistry and Nanophysics, Werner Schindler Thermodynamics Nanothermodynamics, Vladimir Garcia-Morales, Javier Cervera, and Jose A. Manzanares Statistical Mechanics in Nanophysics, Jurij Avsec, Greg F. Naterer, and Milan Marcic Phonons in Nanoscale Objects, Arnaud Devos Melting of Finite-Sized Systems, Dilip Govind Kanhere and Sajeev Chacko Melting Point of Nanomaterials, Pierre Letellier, Alain Mayaffre, and Mireille Turmine Phase Changes of Nanosystems, R. Stephen Berry Thermodynamic Phase Stabilities of Nanocarbon, Qing Jiang and Shuang Li Nanomechanics Computational Nanomechanics, Wing Kam Liu, Eduard G. Karpov, and Yaling Liu Nanomechanical Properties of the Elements, Nicola M. Pugno Mechanical Models for Nanomaterials, Igor A. Guz, Jeremiah J. Rushchitsky, and Alexander N. Guz Nanomagnetism and Spins Nanomagnetism in Otherwise Nonmagnetic Materials, Tatiana Makarova Laterally Confined Magnetic Nanometric Structures, Sergio Valeri, Alessandro di Bona, and Gian Carlo Gazzadi Nanoscale Dynamics in Magnetism, Yves Acremann and Hans Christoph Siegmann Spins in Organic Semiconductor Nanostructures, Sandipan Pramanik, Bhargava Kanchibotla, and Supriyo Bandyopadhyay Nanoscale Methods Nanometrology, Stergios Logothetidis Aerosol Methods for Nanoparticle Synthesis and Characterization, Andreas Schmidt-Ott Tomography of Nanostructures, Gunter Mobus and Zineb Saghi Local Probes: Pushing the Limits of Detection and Interaction, Adam Z. Stieg and James K. Gimzewski Quantitative Dynamic Atomic Force Microscopy, Robert W. Stark and Martin Stark STM-Based Techniques Combined with Optics, Hidemi Shigekawa, Osamu Takeuchi, Yasuhiko Terada, and Shoji Yoshida Contact Experiments with a Scanning Tunneling Microscope, Jorg Kroger Fundamental Process of Near-Field Interaction, Hirokazu Hori and Tetsuya Inoue Near-Field Photopolymerization and Photoisomerization, Renaud Bachelot, Jerome Plain, and Olivier Soppera Soft X-Ray Holography for Nanostructure Imaging, Andreas Scherz Single-Biomolecule Imaging, Tsumoru Shintake Amplified Single-Molecule Detection, Ida Grundberg, Irene Weibrecht, and Ulf Landegren Index