Book description
Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology explains nanotechnology to an audience that does not necessarily have a scientific background. It covers all aspects, including the new areas of biomedical applications and the use of nanotechnology to probe the "quantum vacuum." After discussing the present state of the art in nanotechnology, the book makes estimates of where these technologies are going and what will be possible in the future.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Nanotechnology Time Line
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Size Matters
- Chapter 2: Nanoparticles Everywhere
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Chapter 3: Carbon Nanostructures: Bucky Balls and Nanotubes
- Why Carbon?
- Discovery of the First Fullerene: C60
- Structural Symmetry of the Closed Fullerenes
- Smaller Fullerenes and “Shrink-Wrapping” Atoms
- Larger Fullerenes
- Electronic Properties of Individual Fullerenes
- Materials Produced by Assembling Fullerenes (Fullerites and Fullerides)
- Discovery of Carbon Nanotubes
- Structure of SWNTs
- Electronic Properties of SWNTs
- Electronic Transport in Carbon Nanotubes
- Mechanical Properties of Nanotubes
- Thermal Conductivity of Nanotubes
- Carbon Nanohorns
- Carbon Nanobuds and Pea Pods
- Chapter 4: The Nanotechnology Toolkit
- Chapter 5: Single-Nanoparticles Devices
- Chapter 6: Magic Beacons and Magic Bullets: The Medical Applications of Functional Nanoparticles
- Chapter 7: Radical Nanotechnology
- Chapter 8: Prodding the Cosmic Fabric
- Glossary
- Index
Product information
- Title: Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
- Author(s):
- Release date: June 2010
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9780471776475
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