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Contents<br />
Part III<br />
Nanoparticles in Space and the<br />
Atmosphere 327<br />
13. Nanoparticles That Are Out of This World 329<br />
Frans J. M. Rietmeijer and Joseph A. Nuth<br />
13.1 Introduction 329<br />
13.2 Grain Coagulation 336<br />
13.3 Vapor Phase Condensation 338<br />
13.3.1 Equilibrium Condensation 338<br />
13.3.2 Non-Equilibrium Condensation 341<br />
13.4 Meteoroids and the Zodiacal Cloud 345<br />
13.4.1 Comet Nuclei 345<br />
13.4.2 Nanoparticles in Meteoroid Streams 346<br />
13.4.2.1 Leonid meteoroids impacting<br />
the Moon 347<br />
13.4.3 The Zodiacal Cloud 348<br />
13.5 Nanograins in the Mesosphere 350<br />
13.5.1 Meteors 350<br />
13.5.2 Mesospheric Metals 350<br />
13.5.3 Meteoric Dust 352<br />
13.6 Nanograins in the Stratosphere 353<br />
13.7 Summary 354<br />
14. Large Molecules and Nanograins in Space 361<br />
A.G.G.M. Tielens<br />
14.1 Nanomaterials in Space 362<br />
14.2 The Temperature of Nanomaterials in Space 370<br />
14.3 Interstellar Nanograins and the Heating of<br />
Interstellar Gas 373<br />
14.4 Evolution of Interstellar Nanomaterials 374<br />
14.5 Summary and Key Questions 380<br />
15. Nanoparticles in the Solar System 385<br />
Ingrid Mann<br />
15.1 Introduction 385<br />
15.2 Dust Measurements from Spacecraft 386<br />
15.3 Nanodust in the Interplanetary Medium 389<br />
15.4 Trajectories of Nanodust in the Solar Wind 390<br />
15.5 Dust in the Upper Earth’s Atmosphere 393<br />
15.6 Future Research 394
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