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backbone chain 839 backflow 261 bacmid 283 bacteriophage 744, 755 bacteriorhodopsin 742 BaF2 398 ball and spring model 724 ball grid arrays (BGA) 1113 ballistic phonon transport 126 ballistic transport 115, 121 balloon angioplasty 189 bamboo texture 52, 61 band gap tunability 128 band structure – electronic 128 barcode reading 233 barcode tags 136 barrier-hopping 887 – fluctuations 890 basic switching operations 15 batch fabrication 249 – techniques 373 batch nanotube tip fabrication 380 B-cell epitopes 311 bc-MWNT (bamboo-concentric) 44 BDCS (biphenyldimethylchlorosilane) 849 beam – two-layer 1045 beam bending energy 745 beam deflection 455 beam failure 775 beam-deflection FFM 633 beam-steering mirror 239 behavior – unethical 1143 Bell’s formula 483 bending – moment 767, 783 – stiffness 349 – strength 767, 774, 775, 785 – stress 767, 781 – test 765, 766, 769 Berkovich – indenter 765 – indenter tip 677 – pyramid 696 – tip 815 BGA (ball grid arrays) 1113 bh-MWNT (bamboo-herringbone) 44 Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+? (BSCCO) 431 Bi1?xSbx nanowires 123 bias voltage 328 biaxial strain 1042 biaxial stress 1053 BiCMOS 229 bidirectional micropump 261 bifurcation 1056 bilayer – beam 1054 – cantilever 1046 – film 1059 – model-lipid-lubricant 889 – plate 1050 – system 1042 bimetallic catalyst 51, 62 binary compound 397 bio force probe (BFP) 480 biochemical fluids 254 biochemical reaction 262, 270 biocompatibility 263, 311 bioconjugate chemistry 295, 296 bioconjugation method 288 biofilter 271 – surface-mounted 272 biofluidic chip 273, 987 biofunctionalized cantilever 742, 743, 745 biogenic amorphous silicon shells 314 biological – activity 316 – affinity 297 – affinity reagents 303 – device 742 – device components 304 – evolution 751 – macromolecules 299 – nanotechnology 739, 760 – self-assembly 293 biomaterials 711 biomechanics 675 biomedical device 189 BioMEMS (Biological or Biomedical Microelectromechanical Systems) 253, 262, 764, 987 – actuation 269 biomimetic valves 262 biomolecules bound to carbon nanotubes 303 biomolecules in therapeutic nanodevices 293 bio–nano interface 744 BioNEMS (Biological or Biomedical Nanoelectromechanical Systems) 764, 989 bio-sampling – magnetic bead-based 271 biosensors 80, 302 bio-surfaces 489 biotechnology 1139 – limits of 281 biotin 80, 476 biotin-avidin 622 – spectrum 487 biotin-directed IgG 476 biotinylated AFM tip 489 biphenyl 419 bipyridine – building block 12, 31 – centered LUMOs 26 birefringent crystal 352 bismuth nanowire 118, 134 bistability 459, 916 bit pitch (BP) 943 bit strings 938 bits per inch (BPI) 952 blister test 691 Bloch states 428 Bloch wave 427 block co-polymer 291 block-like debris 823 blood cell analysis 310 blood flow measurement 304 blood-pool agents 306 BN nanotubes 68 Bode plot 976 Bohr radius of excitons 135 Boltzmann ansatz 482 Boltzmann distribution 887 bond – angle 67 – breakage 483 – lifetime 482 – rupture 487 – scission 623 – strength 550 bonded lubricant film 864 bonded PFPE 1012 bonding – energy 386 – kinetics 893 – techniques 1114 bone – lamellae 675 – lamellation 679 – tissue 675 boron – diffusion 227 – doped Si 205 – ion implantation 330 bottom-up – approach 99, 107, 285 – chemical strategies 10 – materials 281 – scheme 133 boundary – element (BE) 1063 – film formation 861 – lubricant 729, 861 – lubricant film 832 – lubrication 530, 569–571, 580, 583, 585, 852, 866, 885 – lubrication measurement 507 – lubrication regime 884 – scattering effects 125 bovine serum albumin (BSA) 476 bpsi (bits per square inch) 901 BPT (1, 1 -biphenyl-4-thiol) 854, 1007 BPTC (cross-linked BPT) 1007 branched hydrocarbon lubricants 889 breakdown – electrical 1076 bridging of polymer chains 562, 563 broken beams 777 broken coating chip 817 brush see polymer brush brush-like structures 109 buckling 808, 812, 1026 – force 377 – stress 813 bulge test 691 bulk – addressing 22 – atoms 387 – conduction band 424 – diamond 793, 801, 803 – etched silicon wafer 263 – fluid transport 261 – graphitic carbon 824 – micromachining 229 – Si wafers 205 – state 428 – viscosity 731 – xenon 436