Nanotechnology : an introduction / / Jeremy Ramsden

• Autore: Ramsden Jeremy
• Pubblicazione: Boston, : Elsevier, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Disciplina: 620.5
• Soggetto topico: Nanotechnology
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Nanotechnology: An Introduction; Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1.What is Nanotechnology?; 1.1Definitions and Concepts; 1.2An Ostensive Definition of Nanotechnology; 1.3A Brief History of Nanotechnology; 1.4Biology as Paradigm; 1.5Why Nanotechnology?; 1.6Summary; 1.7Further Reading; Chapter 2.The Nanoscale; 2.1The Size of Atoms; 2.2Molecules and Surfaces; 2.3Nucleation; 2.4Chemical Reactivity; 2.5Electronic and Optical Properties; 2.6Magnetic and Ferroelectric Properties; 2.7Mechanical Properties; 2.8Quantum Smallness; 2.9Summary; 2.10Further Reading ; Chapter 3.Forces at the Nanoscale3.1The Casimir Force; 3.2Intermolecular Interactions; 3.3 Capillary Force; 3.4Heterogeneous Surfaces; 3.5Weak Competing Interactions; 3.6Cooperativity; 3.7Percolation; 3.8The Structure of Water; 3.9Summary; 3.10Further Reading; Chapter 4.The Nano/Bio Interface; 4.1The ""Physical"" Nano/Bio Interface; 4.2Nanomedicine; 4.3Nanotoxicology; 4.4Summary; 4.5Further Reading; Chapter 5.Nanometrology; 5.1Topography; 5.2Chemical Surface Structure (Chemography); 5.3The Metrology of Self-Assembly; 5.4The Representation of Texture; 5.5Metrology of the Nano/Bio Interface ; 5.6Summary5.7Further Reading; Chapter 6.Nanomaterials and their Production; 6.1Nanoparticles; 6.2Nanofibers; 6.3Nanoplates and Ultrathin Coatings; 6.4Crystallization and Supramolecular Chemistry; 6.5Composites; 6.6Summary; 6.7Further Reading; Chapter 7.Nanodevices; 7.1Issues of Miniaturization; 7.2Digital Information Processing; 7.3Quantum Computing; 7.4Electronic Devices; 7.5Trends in the Miniaturization of Electronics; 7.6Spintronics (Magnetic Devices); 7.7Photonic Devices; 7.8Mechanical Devices; 7.9Fluidic Devices; 7.10Summary; 7.11Further Reading; Chapter 8.Nanofacture of Devices ; 8.1Top-Down Methods8.2Bottom-Up Methods; 8.3Bottom-to-Bottom Methods; 8.4Summary; 8.5Further Reading; Chapter 9. Carbon-Based Nanomaterials and Devices; 9.1Graphene; 9.2Carbon Nanotubes; 9.3Carbon Nanoparticles (Fullerenes); 9.4Materials Applications; 9.5Device Components and Devices; 9.6 Summary; 9.7Further Reading; Chapter 10.Nanosystems and their Design; 10.1Systems; 10.2 Materials selection; 10.3Defects in Nanograins; 10.4Spacial Distribution of Defects; 10.5Strategies to Overcome Component Failure; 10.6Computational Modeling; 10.7""Evolutionary"" Design; 10.8Performance Criteria ; 10.9 Scaleout10.10Standardization; 10.11Creative Design; 10.12Produceability; 10.13Summary; 10.14Further Reading; Chapter 11.Bionanotechnology; 11.1The Structural Nature of Biomolecules; 11.2Some General Characteristics of Biological Molecules; 11.3The Mechanism of Biological Machines; 11.4DNA as Construction Material; 11.5Biosensors; 11.6Biophotonic Devices; 11.7Summary; 11.8Further Reading; Chapter 12.The Impact of Nanotechnology; 12.1 Technical Revolutions; 12.2Scientific Impacts; 12.3Technical Impacts; 12.4Commercial and Economic Impacts; 12.5Environmental Impacts; 12.6Social Implications ; 12.7 Impacts on Individual Psychology
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides an overview of the rapidly growing and developing field of nanotechnology, focusing on key essentials and structured around a robust anatomy of the subject. The newcomer to nanotechnology, who may well have a strong background in one of the traditional disciplines such as physics, mechanical or electrical engineering, chemistry or biology or who may have been working in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology, is confronted with a bewildering range of information. This book brings together the principles, theory and practice of nanotechnology, giving a broad yet
• Titolo autorizzato: Nanotechnology
• ISBN: 1-283-16442-6; 9786613164421; 1-4377-7837-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911004747603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Micro & nano technologies.