Chapter 13. Nanoscale Materials
Overview
Mark Reed
Materials form the basic underlying building block of nearly every advanced technology, and nanotechnology is no exception. Most technologies have various levels of differentiation, which can be broken down roughly into (1) materials, (2) design and fabrication, and (3) integration. In the case of some conceptual nanotechnologies, the path to achieve the last two levels is not at all clear. However, the science and technology of nanomaterials are both vibrant fields, with breathtaking advances on a daily basis. In many ways contemporary nanoscience is essentially the study of nanomaterials.
What differentiates nanomaterials from classical materials science, chemistry, and the like is the degree of ...
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