Clusters, 77, 115, 191, 224, 284, 302,
427, 432, 462, 474, 475, 483–488,
492, 519–524, 545, 552, 554, 638,
640, 641
CMOS. See Complementary metal-oxide-
semiconductor
CMOS IC. See Complementary metal-oxide-
semiconductor integrated circuit
CMP. See Chemical mechanical polishing
CNT. See Carbon nanotube
Coatings, 118, 122, 141, 144, 158, 171,
184, 218–220, 296, 352, 362, 376,
382, 384, 386, 459, 546, 559, 624
Coercive magnetic field, 223
Coinage metals, 204–208, 483
Cold FE, 595, 596
Cold-walled reactors, 302
Cold-welding, 176
Cold-working, 185, 200, 203
Colligative property index, 358
Collodion, 598
Colloidal, 114, 131, 132, 135, 322, 503,
510, 511
growth, 503, 510
suspensions, 114, 131
Colloids, 460, 476, 544, 655
Colored golds, 207
CoMoCAT
®
, 550
Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor
(CMOS), 260, 271–274, 276, 278,
292, 295, 304, 536
Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor
integrated circuit (CMOS IC), 271,
273, 276, 278, 292
Composites CNT-based, 541
Compression-strained channel, 269
Concrete, 82, 121, 136–138, 538, 671
Condensation, 51–53, 114–115, 118, 305,
356, 358, 373, 374, 376, 498, 505,
545, 627, 628
polymerization, 358
Condenser, 593, 612, 687, 691
Conduction, 52, 53, 93, 103–108, 113, 136,
205, 206, 239, 241–247, 249, 262,
269, 325, 328, 335, 337, 340, 427,
478–480, 561, 615
Conduction band, 52, 53, 93, 103–108, 113,
136, 205, 206, 239, 241–247, 249,
262, 269, 325, 328, 335, 337, 340, 427,
478–480
Conductive polymers, 354, 417–427, 429
Conformal, 296, 298, 299, 303–305, 414
Contact lenses, 10, 141, 393, 402–410,
672, 674
Convergent, 378, 381, 382, 603
Convergent beam electron diffraction
(CBED), 603
Convergent dendrimer, 381
Cooling curves, 179, 189, 191, 236
Cooper pair, 51–53, 55, 422–423
Coordination number, 23, 33, 37, 43, 44,
115, 175, 274, 615, 632
Copolymer, 317, 352, 354, 382, 384, 387,
398, 404–406, 411, 412, 515, 656, 674
Corrosion, 130, 139, 141, 158, 169, 171, 197,
200–204, 211, 213, 214, 217–220, 228
resistance, 169, 171, 197, 200–202, 211,
213, 214, 217–220, 228
Corundum, 41, 42, 67, 89, 92, 94, 96
Cossee–Arlman mechanism, 370–372
Covalent bonding, 16, 18, 21, 41, 44,
191–192, 209, 213, 356, 502
Covalent network solids, 16, 18, 21, 41, 44,
191–192, 209, 213, 356, 502
Covalent sidewall, 541, 543
Critical temperatures, 51–53, 55, 155,
179, 429, 431
Critical thinking, 6–11
Cross-linked, 24, 313, 317, 320, 321, 403
micelles, 515
Crown glass, 130
Crystal, 1, 13, 178, 240, 364, 478, 588,
672, 700
classes, 59, 102
field theory, 94–96
lattice, 16–18, 22, 29, 30, 34–37, 44, 56,
58, 62, 68, 71, 72, 74–76, 78, 79, 84,
87–89, 92, 93, 99, 103, 106, 108, 113,
130, 178, 191–193, 195, 199, 207, 208,
213, 240–241, 246, 247, 252, 293, 603
Crystalline, 1, 13–15, 17, 18, 20, 22–114,
120, 126, 127, 140, 141, 144, 210, 217,
218, 249, 254, 269, 292, 331, 337, 351,
352, 380, 390, 391, 398, 437, 476, 530,
531, 553, 559, 593, 594, 603–605, 623,
631, 632, 700–702, 704, 714, 715, 717
Crystallinity, 139, 352, 354, 380, 388, 390,
398, 411, 460, 476, 502, 638, 701
Crystallographic axes, 30, 32, 99
Crystallographic point group(s), 56, 58–63,
101, 102
Crystallography, 56, 72, 75, 620–621, 623
Crystal systems, 30, 40, 59, 62, 63, 65, 85,
99, 102
722 Index