1. Nanoscale Science and Engineering in Romania

   • Dan Dascalu
   • Vladimir Topa
   • Irina Kleps

   OriginalPaper Pages: 343 - 352

2. International strategy for Nanotechnology Research

   • M.C. Roco

   OriginalPaper Pages: 353 - 360

3. Surface Enhanced Resonance of Metal Nano Clusters: A Novel Tool for Proteomics

   • Christian Mayer
   • Roland Palkovits
   • Thomas Schalkhammer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 359 - 369

4. Thermal Plasma Processing of Nanostructured Si-based Ceramic Materials

   • E. Bouyer
   • M. Müller
   • G. Schiller

   OriginalPaper Pages: 371 - 376

5. A Novel Ultraviolet Irradiation Technique for Fabrication of Polyacrylamide–metal (M = Au, Pd) Nanocomposites at Room Temperature

   • Y. Zhou
   • L.Y. Hao
   • Z.Y. Chen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 377 - 381

6. Copper and Copper Oxide Nanoparticle Formation by Chemical Vapor Nucleation From Copper (II) Acetylacetonate

   • Albert G. Nasibulin
   • P. Petri Ahonen
   • Igor S. Altman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 383 - 398

7. Synthesis and Characterization of Conductive Polyaniline Nanoparticles Through Ultrasonic Assisted Inverse Microemulsion Polymerization

   • Hesheng Xia
   • Qi Wang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 399 - 409

8. Synthesis and Rapid Densification of Nanoparticles of Barium Praseodymium Hafnium Oxide: A New Complex Perovskite

   • Asha M. John
   • R. Jose
   • J. Koshy

   OriginalPaper Pages: 411 - 415

9. Exhibition of High- and Low-spin States of the High-temperature Fcc Phase in Nanoparticles of Fe, Fe-rich and Co-rich Alloys

   • Yu.I. Petrov
   • E.A. Shafranovsky

   OriginalPaper Pages: 417 - 430

10. Homogeneity of Lanthanide Doped Ceria Nanocrystal Dispersions Using High-resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy

    • A. Hartridge
    • A.K. Bhattacharya
    • J.L. Hutchison

    OriginalPaper Pages: 431 - 439

11. Optical Properties of Ag and Au Nanoparticles Dispersed within the Pores of Monolithic Mesoporous Silica

    • Weiping Cai
    • H. Hofmeister
    • Wei Chen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 441 - 451

12. Describing Hydrodynamic Particle Removal from Surfaces Using the Particle Reynolds Number

    • G.M. Burdick
    • N.S. Berman
    • S.P. Beaudoin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 453 - 465

13. Spectroscopic Study of the Growth Mechanism of Silver Microclusters

    • G. Carotenuto
    • S. DeNicola
    • L. Nicolais

    OriginalPaper Pages: 467 - 473

14. Multiple Twinned Gold Nanorods Grown by Bio-reduction Techniques

    • G. Canizal
    • J.A. Ascencio
    • M. José Yacamán

    OriginalPaper Pages: 475 - 481

15. Enhancement of Molar Heat Capacity of Nanostructured Al2O3

    • Lan Wang
    • Zhicheng Tan
    • Guanghai Li

    OriginalPaper Pages: 483 - 487

16. InAs Quantum Dots On (001) GaAs Substrate with two Groups of Different Sizes Under Arsenic Shutter Closed Condition

    • Shiang-Feng Tang
    • Shih-Yen Lin
    • Si-Chen Lee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 489 - 492

17. Future conferences and symposia (October 2001 –)

    Conference Report Pages: 493 - 494

18. Volume Contents

    Volume Contents Pages: 495 - 497

19. Author's Index

    Authors Index Pages: 498 - 498