Index  439

lone pair electrons 329

Lorentz oscillators 91

Lorentzian 216–​18, 225, 260

low-​voltage electron microscopy see

LVEM

lymphocyte 272

lysozyme 193, 296, 424

LVEM 166

magnetic bead 226–​30, 259

magnetic resonance 9, 15, 161, 168, 182,

190–​1, 200, 303–​4, 409

magnetic resonance imaging see MRI

magnetic tweezers 9, 209–​10, 226,

228–​31, 233, 237, 239, 255–​6, 258–​9,

263, 266, 271, 328, 356–​7, 406

magnetofection 275, 424–​6

magnetoreception 424–​6

magnetospirilum 424

magnetotaxis see magnetoreception

magnetron 290

magnification 59, 70–​2, 98, 103, 107,

114–​16, 125, 154, 166, 295, 299, 376,

419

MALDI 227

maleimide 266

many-​body potential energy function 323

Markov process 352

mass spectrometry 226–​8, 246, 296, 411

mass-​to-​charge ratio 227

matter waves 145, 150, 162

matrix-​assisted laser desorption ionization

see MALDI

maximum a posteriori 369

maximum entropy methods 369

maximum likelihood methods 369

Maxwell–​Boltzmann distribution 317

Maxwell’s electromagnetic equations 211

Maxwell’s relations 267

MDS 316–​19, 387

mean free collision path 165

median filter 378

membrane protein 20, 53, 67, 104–​6, 108,

164, 170, 186, 260, 180, 365, 369, 392,

409

MEMS 287, 289

merodiploid 279

mesoscale 255, 333, 335, 384

metalloproteins 180

metal-​oxide semiconductor 73, 420

metamaterials 287, 412

methanethiosulfonate 267

methicillin-​resistant S. aureus 249, 416

methyl-​accepting chemotaxis proteins

400

metropolis criterion 324

Michaelis-​Menten kinetics 358

microbial flora 296

microelectromechanical systems see

MEMS

microfabrication 287–​93

microfluidics 9, 65, 95, 152, 207, 239, 253,

256, 286–​7, 293–​6, 299–​300, 311–​12,

365, 417, 419

microlenses 138

microplate reader 296, 299

microRNA 277

microtome 164

Mie/​Tyndall light scattering 63, 140–​1,

144–​6, 150

mini cell 353

minimal model 352–​3, 360

MiniSOG 169

missing wedge 144

MM see MDS

model organisms 9, 270–​3, 277, 310, 421

modularity 399, 404

molecular combing 209–​10

molecular docking 333, 421

molecular dynamics see MD

molecular heterogeneity 14, 30, 177, 204

molecular interaction maps 101

molecular machines 1, 14–​15, 19, 30, 35,

39, 44, 49, 51, 53, 117, 128, 130, 164,

204–​5, 210, 230, 252–​3, 370, 379,

403–​4, 410, 420

molecular mechanics see MD

molecular motors see molecular machines

molecular ruler 114

molecular signature 62, 152, 191, 199, 237,

239, 249, 260, 368

molecular statics 316

molecular weight 52, 54–​5, 87, 89, 135,

145, 155, 168, 191, 206, 208, 237, 244–​5,

258, 266–​7, 269, 282, 339, 388, 390, 409,

418

monochromator 60, 174, 180

monoclonal 268

Monod–​Wyman–​Changeux (MWC)

model 337

Monte Carlo methods 323–​6, 328, 334,

336

Moore’s law 335, 413

morphogenesis 353

Morse potential 233

MOS see metal oxide semiconductor

Moseley’s law 173, 180

Mössbauer spectroscopy 195–​6

motifs 60, 66, 219, 269, 316, 333, 357, 377,

399, 406

motility assay 94

Mouse ear cress see Arabidopsis

MPE see multiphoton excitation

MRI 191, 303–​8

MS see molecular statics

MSA see multivariate statistical analysis

Mu phage 271

multidimensional NMR 191

multilayered solvent model 331–​2

multiphoton excitation 101, 140, 279, 426

multiplane imaging 124

multivariate statistical analysis 370

muscle 2–​3, 15–​16, 29–​31, 37, 49, 95, 120,

142–​4, 149, 162, 165, 178, 204, 209,

218–​19, 222, 224, 236–​7, 245, 248, 255,

262, 303–​4, 307–​8, 342, 349, 352, 370,

380–​1, 390, 420–​1

Mycoplasma 37, 413–​14

N@C60 425

NAMD 335

nanobots 420

nanodroplets 63, 250, 403

nanoeye 250

nanofluidics see microfluidics

nanoimprimpt 289

nanomedicine 416, 419–​21, 432

nanostructures 35, 286, 407–​10, 420–​1,

432

nanowires 411

narrow-​field 102–​3, 125–​6, 135, 376, 390

Navier–​Stokes equation 254–​5, 323–​4

ND 78, 96

near-​field optical microscopy 231

near-​TIRF see oblique epifluorescence

Nernst equation 44, 246, 391

nerves 2–​3, 37, 198, 272, 279, 281

neuroengineering 281

neutral density filter see ND

NeutrAvidin see Streptavidin

neutron diffraction 9, 197–​8

Newtonian fluid 293

Nipkow disk see high-​speed spinning disk

confocal microscopy

nitroxide 192

NSOM see near-​field optical microscopy

numerical aperture 70–​2, 93–​4, 98–​9,

103–​4, 106–​8, 112, 121, 139, 163, 220

numerical focusing see ptychography

NMR 161, 168–​9, 171, 178, 182–​94, 196,

199–​200, 226, 304, 317, 356, 377, 409

noncontact mode 235–​6

nonequilibrium states 328

normal modes 328, 357

nuclear imaging 306

nuclear magnetic resonance see NMR

nuclear overhauser effect 187

Nyquist theory 115

O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase

see AGT

objective lens 70–​2, 74–​7, 79–​80, 90–​4,

96–​9, 103–​4, 106–​8, 112–​14, 120–​1,

125, 135–​6, 139, 152, 154–​6, 180, 211,

213, 290, 299, 311, 433

objective lens method 83

oblique epifluorescence 90–​1, 103

OCT 143

OD see optical density

Ohm’s law 246, 410

OLID 89

oligo inserts see oligonucleotide labeling

oligonucleotide labeling 268