ABSTRACT
Volume II, Chapter 7, where we deal with thin film properties and surface micromachining. In the case of nanoparticles, deviation from expected bulk theory is even more pronounced (see Chapter 3 on quantum mechanics and the band theory of solids in the current volume). The crystal structure of a nanoparticle is not necessarily the same as that of the bulk material. Nanoparticles of ruthenium (2-3 nm in diameter), for example, have body-centered cubic (lattice point at each corner plus one at the center; see below) and face-centered cubic structures (lattice points at each corner as well as in the centers of each face; see below) not found in bulk ruthenium.
