The new frontiers of organic and composite nanotechnology [[electronic resource] /] / Victor Erokhin, Manoj Ram, Ozlem Yavuz, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777019603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Elsevier Science, 2008
• ISBN: 1-281-07050-5; 9786611070502; 0-08-055407-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (505 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ErokhinVictor; RamManoj Kumar; YavuzOzlem
• Disciplina: 620.5
• Soggetti: Nanotechnology; Nanostructured materials - Design and construction
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; The New Frontiers of Organic and Composite Nanotechnology; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; List of contributors; Chapter 1 Layer-by-layer assembly; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Layer-by-layer Self-assembly; 1.2.1. Basic Principles; 1.2.2. Building Blocks for Layer-by-layer Self-assembly; 1.2.3. Kinetics of Multilayer Adsorption; 1.2.4. Tuning of Layer-by-layer Self-assembly; 1.3. Fabrication of Nanocomposite Thin Films; 1.3.1. Silica/Polyion Multilayer; 1.3.2. Semiconductor Nanoparticle/Polyion Multilayers; 1.3.3. Au Nanoparticle/Polycation Multilayer; 1.3.4. Layered Ceramic Plates1.3.5. Conductive Polymers/Polyion Multilayer; 1.3.6. Carbon Nanotube/Polyion Multilayer; 1.3.7. Protein/Polyion Multilayer; 1.3.8. DNA Multilayer; 1.4. Modified Procedures; 1.4.1. Spin Layer-by-layer Self-assembly; 1.4.2. Spray Layer-by-layer Self-assembly; 1.4.3. Covalent Layer-by-layer Self-assembly; 1.5. Surface Patterning; 1.6. Current and Potential Applications; 1.6.1. Current Applications; 1.6.2. Potential Applications; 1.6.3. Difficulties and Solutions; 1.7. Conclusions; References; Chapter 2 Multifunctional microcontainers with tuned permeability for ; delivery and (bio)chemical reactions2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Novel Polymer Materials for Low Permeable Capsule Walls and Encapsulation; 2.3. Release of Encapsulated Materials from Polyelectrolyte Capsules; 2.3.1. Enzyme-mediated Release of Encapsulated Materials; 2.3.2. Release by Laser; 2.4. Applications and Perspectives; References; Chapter 3 Advanced optical spectroscopies in nanotechnology; 3.1. Introduction: Spectroscopy on the Nanoscale; 3.2. The Nanoworld; 3.2.1. Small Objects; 3.2.2. Small Structures; 3.3. Advanced Optical Spectroscopies3.3.1. Single-molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopies; 3.3.2. The SERS Effect and Enhanced Spectroscopies; 3.3.3. Tip-enhanced Spectroscopies; 3.4. Some Applications; 3.4.1. Blinking, Statistics and PCS; 3.4.2. Surface Plasmon Engineering and Sensors; 3.4.3. Quantum Dots and Nanoparticles; 3.4.4. Polarization and Anisotropy Effects; 3.4.5. Innovative Methods and Results; 3.4.6. 'Normal' Spectroscopy on Nanostructured Systems; 3.5. Conclusions and Perspectives; Bibliographical Appendix; Bibliography; Chapter 4 Conducting nanocomposite systems; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Classification4.3. Host and Guest Materials for Conducting Nanocomposite Systems; 4.3.1. Host Materials; 4.3.2. Guest Materials; References; Chapter 5 Electrochemically assisted scanning probe microscopy: A powerful tool in nano(bio)science; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Electrochemical Scanning Tunnelling Microscope (EC-STM); 5.2.1. Bipotentiostatic Approach; 5.2.2. Tip Preparation; 5.2.3. Tip Characterization; 5.2.4. Substrate Electrode Preparation; 5.2.5. Tunnelling in Water; 5.3. EC-STM for Studying Underpotential Deposition; 5.4. Visualization of Potential-Induced Molecular Assembling and Phase Transitions
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is an attempt to illustrate current status of modern nanotechnology. The book is divided into 3 main sections, introduction and conclusion. The introduction describes general questions of the problem and main lines of the research activities. In the first section methods of the nanostructures construction are described. Second section is dedicated to the Structure-property relationship. Special attention is paid to the description of the most powerful experimental methods and tools used in nanotechnology, such as probe microscopies, spectroscopied, and scattering methods, including t

Before and beyond divergence : the politics of economic change in China and Europe / / Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, R. Bin Wong

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910966307403321
• Autore: Rosenthal Jean-Laurent
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2011
• ISBN: 9780674061293; 0674061292
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (291 p.)
• Classificazione: QG 000
• Altri autori (Persone): WongRoy Bin
• Disciplina: 330.94
• Soggetti: Comparative economics; China Economic conditions; China Economic policy; Europe Economic conditions; Europe Economic policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-262) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Miracles, Myths, and Explanations in Economic History -- 1 Space and Politics -- 2 Population, Resources, and Economic Growth -- 3 Formal and Informal Mechanisms for Market Development -- 4 Warfare, Location of Manufacturing, and Economic Growth in China and Europe -- 5 Credit Markets and Economic Change -- 6 Autocrats, War, Taxes, and Public Goods -- 7 Political Economies of Growth, 1500- 1950 -- Conclusion: Findings, Methods, and Implications -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: China has reemerged as a powerhouse in the global economy, reviving a classic question in economic history: why did sustained economic growth arise in Europe rather than in China?Many favor cultural and environmental explanations of the nineteenth-century economic divergence between Europe and the rest of the world. This book, the product of over twenty years of research, takes a sharply different tack. It argues that political differences which crystallized well before 1800 were responsible both for China's early and more recent prosperity and for Europe's difficulties after the fall of the Roman Empire and during ; early industrialization.Rosenthal and Wong show that relative prices matter to how economies evolve; institutions can have a large effect on relative prices; and the spatial scale of polities can affect the choices of institutions in the long run. Their historical perspective on institutional change has surprising implications for understanding modern transformations in China and Europe and for future expectations. It also yields insights in comparative economic history, essential to any larger social science account of modern world history.