chapter 1 The Quantum Nature of Nanoscience -- chapter 2 Theories for Nanomaterials to Realize a Sustainable Future -- chapter 3 Tools for Predicting the Properties of Nanomaterials -- chapter 4 Design of Nanomaterials by Computer Simulations -- chapter 5 Predicting Nanocluster Structures -- part Part II: Nanoscale Systems -- chapter 6 The Nanoscale Free-Electron Model -- chapter 7 Small-Scale Nonequilibrium Systems -- chapter 8 Nanoionics -- chapter 9 Nanoscale Superconductivity -- chapter 10 One-Dimensional Quantum Liquids -- chapter 11 Nanofluidics of Thin Liquid Films -- chapter 12 Capillary Condensation in Confined Media -- chapter 13 Dynamics at the Nanoscale -- chapter 14 Electrochemistry and Nanophysics -- part Part III: Thermodynamics -- chapter 15 Nanothermodynamics* -- chapter 16 Statistical Mechanics in Nanophysics -- chapter 17 Phonons in Nanoscale Objects -- chapter 18 Melting of Finite-Sized Systems -- chapter 19 Melting Point of Nanomaterials -- chapter 20 Phase Changes of Nanosystems -- chapter 21 Thermodynamic Phase Stabilities of Nanocarbon -- part Part IV: Nanomechanics -- chapter 22 Computational Nanomechanics -- chapter 23 Nanomechanical Properties of the Elements -- chapter 24 Mechanical Models for Nanomaterials -- part Part V: Nanomagnetism and Spins -- chapter 25 Nanomagnetism in Otherwise Nonmagnetic Materials -- chapter 26 Laterally Confined Magnetic Nanometric Structures -- chapter 27 Nanoscale Dynamics in Magnetism -- chapter 28 Spins in Organic Semiconductor Nanostructures -- part Part VI: Nanoscale Methods -- chapter 29 Nanometrology -- chapter 30 Aerosol Methods for Nanoparticle Synthesis and Characterization -- chapter 31 Tomography of Nanostructures -- chapter 32 Local Probes: Pushing the Limits of Detection and Interaction -- chapter 33 Quantitative Dynamic Atomic Force Microscopy -- chapter 34 STM-Based Techniques Combined with Optics -- chapter 35 Contact Experiments with a Scanning Tunneling Microscope -- chapter 36 Fundamental Process of Near-Field Interaction -- chapter 37 Near-Field Photopolymerization and Photoisomerization -- chapter 38 Soft X-Ray Holography for Nanostructure Imaging -- chapter 39 Single-Biomolecule Imaging -- chapter 40 Amplified Single-Molecule Detection.