Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Introduction to Nanoscale Science and Technology /Edited by: Massimiliano Di Ventra; Stephane Evoy; James R. Heflin, Jr.    p. cm. - (Nanostructure science and technology)  Includes index.

ISBN: (acid-free paper) - 1-4020-7720-3

ISBN: (electronic) - 1-4020-7757-2

ISBN: (electronic plus paper) - 1-4020-7758-0

QC176.8N35N3556 2004

620'.5 dc22

2003070222

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