ABSTRACT

A Attractive Segment AF Attractive Force AFM Atomic Force Microscope AP Asymmetric Packing Segment APP Asymmetric Packing Process BAMs Bulk-Amorphous Metals BD Brownian Dynamics BSA Bovine Serum Albumin CNT Carbon Nanotube D Directional Segment DC Direct Current DF Directional Force DOD Dynamic Oblique Deposition DPD Dissipative Particle Dynamics DSMC Direct Monte Carlo Simulation E Energy of the System ED External Force-Induced Directional Factor EF-F External Force-Specific Functional Segment F-BU Fabrication Building Unit FET Field Effect Transistors LEDs Light Emitting Diodes M&S Modeling and Simulation MC Monte Carlo MCP Mechanochemical Processing MD Molecular Dynamics MEMS Micro Electromechanical Systems MMT Montmorillonite MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging MSA Molecular Self-Assembly MWCNT Multi Wall Carbon Nanotube N-CE Nano-Communication Element NEMS Nano Electromechanical Systems N-ME Nano-Mechanical Element

N-PE Nano-Property Element NSC National Science Foundation N-SE Nano-Structural Element NSET Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology PEM Proton Exchange Ma PMMA Polymethyl Methacrylate PSL Polystyrene Latex PZT Plumbum Zirconate Titanate R Repulsive Segment R-BU Reactive Building Unit RF Repulsive Force RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer RVE Representative Volume Element SA-BU Self-Assembly Building Unit SAMs Self-Assembled Monolayers SOFC Solid Oxide Fuel Cells SWCNT Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes TBT Tributyltin UV Ultraviolet VLS Vapor-Liquid-Solid