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tailoring of SAMs 841, 1006 tapping amplitude 529 tapping-mode 332, 373, 456, 501, 910 – AFM 456, 459 – etched silicon probe (TESP) 341 – resistance measurement 914 – tip assembly 507 targeting of nanomaterials 296 Taylor dispersion pattern 266 technical PVC 664 technological convergence 1139 Teflon layer 652 temperature – annealing 227 – critical 423, 434, 1059 – dependence of friction 645 – domain 664 – effect 873 – regulation 720 – sensitive microcantilever 303 temperature-dependent resistance 118 template – manufacturing 170, 176, 179 – synthesis 100 template-assisted synthesis 100 templates 103 templating technique 57 temporal scales 749 tensile – load 1027 – maximum stress 783 – straining 1059 – stress 767, 1026, 1035, 1046 – test 1036 terabit 903 terabyte 901 test environment 824 tethering – flexible 491 tetraarylmethane 13 tetracene 20 – channel 21 tetramethyl-aluminum hydroxide (TMAH) 204, 254 tetrapods 108 tetrathiofulvane (TTF) 916 T-filter 266 therapeutic – bioactivity 312 – nanodevices 280 – nanomaterials 281 – nanotechnology 285 – photo-oxidation 299 thermal – activation 894 – activation model of friction 884 – activation model of lubricated friction 887 – conductivity 125, 133 – drift 414, 417 – effect 642 – energy 481 – expansion coefficient 388, 1042 – expansion mismatch 1056 – fluctuation 633 – fluctuation forces 564 – fluctuations and velocity 890 – force 751 – frequency noise 415 – management 1112, 1122 – mismatch 1125 – noise 481, 891 – sensing 925 – vibration amplitude 377 thermocouples 123 thermodynamic forces 293 thermoelastic behavior 1040 thermoelectric – applications 125, 133 – figure of merit 125, 133 – properties 122, 123 thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA) 72 thermomechanical – load 1040, 1058 – noise 433 – write/read 924 thermomechanics of multilayer film 1046 thermoplastics 257 thermopneumatic actuation 258 theta condition 561 thick film lubrication see elastohydrodynamic lubrication thickness 1047 thickness of nanotubes 668 thin film 701, 707 thin oxide film 913 thin-film – limit 1051 – lubrication 498 – microstructure 1040, 1041 thin-plate theory 1046, 1054 thiol 464, 837 three-axis accelerometer 233 three-digit input/output strings 20 three-dimensional force field spectroscopy 437 three-dimensional micromixers 265 three-input NOR gate 22 three-layer symmetric plate 1052 three-state molecular switch 18 three-terminal devices 31 three-way microvalve system 258 threshold potential 726 through wafer etching 1113 through-thickness – average 1044 – cracking 807 thymine 10 Ti atom 405 TiAl alloy 675 TiC grains 508 tight-binding approximation 402 tilt angle of SAMs 855 time scales 721 timing field 943 timing recovery 945 TiO2 400, 402, 425 – substrate 405 TiO2(100) 400 TiO2(110) 405 TiO2-terminated layer 401 tip – anion-terminated 399 – apex 435, 477, 655, 927 – artifact 392 – atom(s) 415 – atomic structure 383 – characterization 618 – deflection 503 – displacement 941 – Fe-coated 403 – ferromagnetic 441 – geometry 377 – hydrophilic 616 – load 933 – material 383 – mount 329 – oscillation 373 – oscillation amplitude 654 – performance 382 – preparation in UHV 635 – preparation method 330 – properties 382 – radius effect 339, 515, 813, 876, 878 – shape 611 – surface 477 – vibration 460 – vibration amplitude 664 tip-bound – antigens 484 – biomolecule 303 tip-broadened image 374 tip–cantilever assembly 376 tip-induced atomic relaxation 435 tip-induced quantum dot 424 tip–liquid interface 531, 868 tip–molecule – distance 419 – gap 406 – long-range force 406 tip–particle distance 29 tip–polymer interface 935 tip–sample 451 – contact 467 – dissipative interaction 468 – distance 388, 396, 399, 401, 435, 451, 459, 507 – electric field 656 – energy dissipation 389 – force 373, 388, 433, 436, 450, 453, 455, 460, 461 – force gradient 391 – gap 910 – interaction 391, 433, 441, 455, 456, 462, 654 – interaction force 608 – interaction potential 464 – interface 372 – junction 468 – potential 390 – separation 467, 608, 609 – system 664 tip–surface – distance 406, 468 – interaction 490, 651 – potential 636 – separation 480 tip-terminated atom 400 tire pressure monitor 1094 tissue dendritic cells (DCs) 296 tissue engineering scaffolds 310 titin 485 TMR sources 969 Tomlinson model 631, 636 – finite temperature 642 – of friction 884 – one-dimensional 636 – two-dimensional 637 tooth enamel 675 top-down – approach 10, 133 – materials 281 topographic – AFM image 611 – images 331 topographical asymmetry 403 topography measurement 334 torsion mirror – vertical 238 torsional plate 1068 torus model calculation 360 total internal reflection microscopy (TIRM) 550 touch mode architecture 228 Townsend electron avalanche theory 1077 toxicity monitoring 274 trabecular bone 679 track – centerline 943, 945 – following 943 – mis-registration (TMR) 969 – pitch (TP) 943 track-etched – polycarbonate membranes 102 – polymers 100 track-following controller 971 tracking servo loop 943 tracks per inch (TPI) 952 transducer component 302 transfer time 901 transformation – strain 1041 – stress 1044 transistors 132 transition metal complexes 31 transition metal oxides 402 transitions between smooth and stick–slip sliding 585 translational microactuator 958 transmembrane channel 741 transmission 129 transmission electron microscopy (TEM) 111, 374, 521, 693 transplant rejection 311 transport properties of nanowires 115, 118 transversal piezo-resistive effect 356 transverse – magnetoresistance 121 – midplane displacement 1055 – relaxation time (T2) 305 traveling direction of the sample 346 Tresca criterion 695 triangular cantilever 339, 349, 354 triaryl 13 tribochemical – oxidation 999 – reaction 531, 872 tribological – characterization of coating 805 – computer simulations 721 tribological issues – inMEMS 989 – inNEMS 989 tribological performance 996 – of coatings 822 tribological properties – of SAM 841 – of silicon 996 tribometer 996 (tridecafluoro-1,1,2,2-tetrahydrooct- 1-yl) trichlorosilane (n-C6F13CH2CH2SiCl3, FTS) 842 triethanolamine 14 triethoxysilane 644 trifluoromethyl-terminated SAM 843 triggering 288 – external 284 – strategy 298 trimer tip apex 452 true atomic resolution 389, 392, 434 true tip-sample interaction 608 truth table 17, 21 T-SLAM 663 tubulin monomer 740 tumor – architecture 307 – associated antigens (TAAs) 307 – deposition 309 – properties 307 – targeting 307 – vasculature 307 tungsten 330 – sphere 633 – tip 330, 468, 614 tunneling – current 327, 388, 389, 424 – detector 331 – junctions 25 – tip 431 turn-on voltage 117 two-body potentials 719 two-digit input strings 20 two-dimensional – elasticity 754 – electron gas (2-DEG) 438 – electron system (2-DES) 428 two-layer beam 1045 two-state switch 19 two-terminal nanowire device 132