Includes bibliographical references (pages ix-xiii).

Preface to the third edition -- Sources of information -- A. From Abbe's principle to Azbel'-Kaner cyclotron resonance -- B. From B92 protocol to Burstein-Moss shift -- C. From C-AFM (conductive atomic force microscopy) to cyclotron resonance -- D. From D'Alembert equation to Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction -- E. From (e,2e) reaction to Eyring equation -- F. From Fabry-Perot resonator to FWHM (full width at half maximum) -- G. From gain-guided laser to gyromagnetic frequency -- H. From habit plane to hyperelastic scattering -- I. From IBID (ion-beam-induced deposition) to isotropy (of matter) -- J. From Jahn-Teller effect to Joule's law of electric heating -- K. From Kadowaki-Woods ratio to Kuhn-Thomas-Reiche sum rule -- L. From lab-on-a-chip to Lyman series -- M. From Mach-Zender interferometer to Murrell-Mottram potential -- N. From NAA (neutron activation analysis) to Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem -- O. From octet rule to oxide -- P. From PALM (photoactivable localization microscopy) to pyrrole -- Q. From Q-control to qubit -- R. From Rabi flopping to Rydberg gas -- S. From Sabatier principle to synergetics -- T. From Talbot's law to type II superconductors -- U. From ultraviolet-assisted nanoimprint lithography (UV-NIL) to Urbach rule -- V. From vacancy to von Neumann machine -- W. From Waidner-Burgess standard to WyckofF notation -- X. From XMCD (X-ray magnetic circular dichroism) to XRD (X-ray diffraction) -- Y. From Yasukawa potential to Yukawa potential -- Z. From Zeeman effect to Zundel ion -- Appendix : A list and a presentation of Scientific Journals which contain the stem Nano in their title ; Abbreviations for the scientific journals which appear as sources in the text ; Appendix -- main properties of intrinsic (or lightly doped) semiconductors.

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