1. Nanoparticles and Nanotechnology Research

   • M.C. Roco

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 6

2. Supramolecular Architectures through Self-organization

   • Jean-Marie Lehn
   • Nobel Laureate

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 7

3. Polymer-like Behavior of Inorganic Nanoparticle Chain Aggregates

   • S.K. Friedlander

   OriginalPaper Pages: 9 - 15

4. Migration-coalescence of Nanoparticles During Deposition of Au, Ag, Cu, and GaAs on Amorphous SiO2

   • Hiroaki Shirakawa
   • Hiroshi Komiyama

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 30

5. The Effect of Substrate Temperature on the Properties of Nanostructured Silicon Carbide Films Deposited by Hypersonic Plasma Particle Deposition

   • J. Blum
   • N. Tymiak
   • J.V.R. Heberlein

   OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 42

6. Surface Sol–gel Synthesis of Ultrathin Titanium and Tantalum Oxide Films

   • Mingming Fang
   • Chy Hyung Kim
   • Thomas E. Mallouk

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 49

7. Computational Materials Chemistry at the Nanoscale

   • Tahir Çağın
   • Jianwei Che
   • William A. Goddard

   OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 69

8. From Molecules to Particles: Quantum-chemical View Applied to Fumed Silica

   • E. Sheka
   • V. Khavryutchenko
   • E. Nikitina

   OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 81

9. Excitation of Intra-4f Shell Luminescence of Rare Earth Ions (Er3+ and Yb3+) by the Energy Transfer from Si Nanocrystals

   • M. Fujii
   • S. Hayashi
   • K. Yamamoto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 90

10. Macrophage Activation by a Lipophilic Derivative of Muramyldipeptide within Nanocapsules: Investigation of the Mechanism of Drug Delivery

    • Isabelle Seyler
    • Martine Appel
    • Gillian Barratt

    OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 97

11. The Effect of Nanoscale Roughness on Long Range Interaction Forces

    • John Y. Walz
    • Lakkapragada Suresh
    • Martin Piech

    OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 113

12. A High Efficiency, High Throughput Unipolar Aerosol Charger for Nanoparticles

    • Da-Ren Chen
    • David Y.H. Pui

    OriginalPaper Pages: 115 - 126

13. Nanocomposite Mullite/Mullite Powders by Spray Pyrolysis

    • Daniel M. Dabbs
    • Nan Yao
    • Ilhan A. Aksay

    OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 130

14. Nanoscience and Engineering: The Next Five Years

    • Calvin F. Quate

    OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 136

15. From Discoveries to Novel Nanodevices

    • Herb Goronkin
    • Raymond K. Tsui

    OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 139

16. Nanotechnology at NASA

    • Meyya Meyyappan
    • Carl A. Kukkonen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 141 - 143

17. First Joint ESF-NSF Symposium on Aerosols for Nanostructured Materials and Devices, Edinburgh, Scotland, September 12, 1998

    • David Y.H. Pui
    • Heinz Fissan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 145

18. Making the Nanoworld Comprehensible: Instructional Materials for Schools and Outreach

    • Arthur B. Ellis
    • Thomas F. Kuech
    • Karen J. Nordell

    OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 150

19. Electronic Applications of Carbon Nanotubes Become Closer to Reality

    • V. Zhirnov
    • D. Herr
    • M. Meyyappan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 152

20. Instructions for Authors

    OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 157