Nanodesign : some basic questions / / Wolfram Schommers |
Autore | Schommers Wolfram |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Hackensack, New Jersey : , : World Scientific Publishing Company, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
Disciplina | 620.5 |
Soggetto topico |
High technology
Nanotechnology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 981-4520-35-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Preface; CONTENTS; Chapter One: Nanodesign: Description at the Ultimate Level; 1.1 Treatment on the Same Footing; 1.2 Complexity of Nanosystems; 1.3 Nanotechnological Changes; 1.4 Brain Functions; 1.4.1 World Views; 1.4.2 Gödel's Theorem; 1.5 The Relevance of Basic Quantum Theory to Nanotechnology; 1.5.1 Temperature Effects; 1.5.2 Quantum Devices; 1.6 Summary; Chapter Two: Principal Remarks; 2.1 Simple Nanoclusters; 2.1.1 Bifurcation Phenomena; Discussion of Fig. 5; 2.1.2 Analogies with Biological Systems; Does there exist creativity at the nanolevel?
2.1.3 What is the Reason for Nanoeffects? A Few RemarksThe behavior of surface particles; Description of anharmonicities; Effects due to the anharmonicities; 2.1.4 Interaction Potential for Al; 2.1.5 Temperature Effects; 2.1.6 Methods of Description; Properties as a function of the particle number; New situation; 2.1.7 Concluding Remark and Summary; 2.1.8 What is Important?; 2.1.9 Solving the Equation of Motion; On the application of simplifying models; Basic information; 2.1.10 On the Design of Specific Nanosystems; Ferroelectric nanodevices; Design of specific materials Low density lipoproteinBiomolecular nanomotors; Avidin-biotin technology; Biomolecular translocations; Hierarchical nanostructures; Nanoparticles as vectors in gene delivery; Mechanical properties of nanostructures; Conclusion; 2.1.11 Theoretical and Computational Methods; General remarks; The most important techniques; 2.1.12 Features of the Methods; Molecular dynamics; Nonequilibrium molecular dynamics; Quantum molecular dynamics; The Monte Carlo method; Multiscale modeling; Multiscale modeling: a typical example; 2.2 Food Chemistry: What is a Nanopizza?; 2.3 Medicine; Brain Research On the Impact of Nanotechnology2.3.1 Brain Research; Self-organizing process; 2.3.2 Levels of Reality; On the description of brain functions; Living systems described mathematically; Application of Gödel's Theorem; Summary; 2.3.3 What Kind of Reality Do We Observe?; Experiments with animals; Respectively correct, but not comparable with each other; Nanotechnological changes of the brain functions; 2.3.4 The Strategy of Nature; An important principle: "as little outside world as possible"; Some principle remarks on biological evolution Not cognition but the differentiation between "favorable to survival" and "hostile to survival"Nanotechnological manipulations; Summary; Lashley and Pribham; Von Foerster; The world we experience is an invention of the brain; 2.3.5 Scientific Realism; The naive point of view; The role of the equations of motion; Conclusion; Consequences for physics; 2.3.6 Kant's Philosophy; 2.3.7 Experiments with Distorting Glasses; 2.3.8 D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson; Fish; Application to nanoscience; 2.3.9 Compatibility: Some Principal Remarks; The solution of specific problems; Species-preserving principles Petrol in an electric car? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453640603321 |
Schommers Wolfram | ||
Singapore ; ; Hackensack, New Jersey : , : World Scientific Publishing Company, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Nanodesign : some basic questions / / Wolfram Schommers, Karlsruhe Institut fur Technologie (KIT), Germany |
Autore | Schommers Wolfram |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Jersey : , : World Scientific, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 183 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Disciplina | 620.5 |
Collana | Gale eBooks |
Soggetto topico | Nanotechnology |
ISBN | 981-4520-35-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Preface; CONTENTS; Chapter One: Nanodesign: Description at the Ultimate Level; 1.1 Treatment on the Same Footing; 1.2 Complexity of Nanosystems; 1.3 Nanotechnological Changes; 1.4 Brain Functions; 1.4.1 World Views; 1.4.2 Gödel's Theorem; 1.5 The Relevance of Basic Quantum Theory to Nanotechnology; 1.5.1 Temperature Effects; 1.5.2 Quantum Devices; 1.6 Summary; Chapter Two: Principal Remarks; 2.1 Simple Nanoclusters; 2.1.1 Bifurcation Phenomena; Discussion of Fig. 5; 2.1.2 Analogies with Biological Systems; Does there exist creativity at the nanolevel?
2.1.3 What is the Reason for Nanoeffects? A Few RemarksThe behavior of surface particles; Description of anharmonicities; Effects due to the anharmonicities; 2.1.4 Interaction Potential for Al; 2.1.5 Temperature Effects; 2.1.6 Methods of Description; Properties as a function of the particle number; New situation; 2.1.7 Concluding Remark and Summary; 2.1.8 What is Important?; 2.1.9 Solving the Equation of Motion; On the application of simplifying models; Basic information; 2.1.10 On the Design of Specific Nanosystems; Ferroelectric nanodevices; Design of specific materials Low density lipoproteinBiomolecular nanomotors; Avidin-biotin technology; Biomolecular translocations; Hierarchical nanostructures; Nanoparticles as vectors in gene delivery; Mechanical properties of nanostructures; Conclusion; 2.1.11 Theoretical and Computational Methods; General remarks; The most important techniques; 2.1.12 Features of the Methods; Molecular dynamics; Nonequilibrium molecular dynamics; Quantum molecular dynamics; The Monte Carlo method; Multiscale modeling; Multiscale modeling: a typical example; 2.2 Food Chemistry: What is a Nanopizza?; 2.3 Medicine; Brain Research On the Impact of Nanotechnology2.3.1 Brain Research; Self-organizing process; 2.3.2 Levels of Reality; On the description of brain functions; Living systems described mathematically; Application of Gödel's Theorem; Summary; 2.3.3 What Kind of Reality Do We Observe?; Experiments with animals; Respectively correct, but not comparable with each other; Nanotechnological changes of the brain functions; 2.3.4 The Strategy of Nature; An important principle: "as little outside world as possible"; Some principle remarks on biological evolution Not cognition but the differentiation between "favorable to survival" and "hostile to survival"Nanotechnological manipulations; Summary; Lashley and Pribham; Von Foerster; The world we experience is an invention of the brain; 2.3.5 Scientific Realism; The naive point of view; The role of the equations of motion; Conclusion; Consequences for physics; 2.3.6 Kant's Philosophy; 2.3.7 Experiments with Distorting Glasses; 2.3.8 D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson; Fish; Application to nanoscience; 2.3.9 Compatibility: Some Principal Remarks; The solution of specific problems; Species-preserving principles Petrol in an electric car? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790748403321 |
Schommers Wolfram | ||
New Jersey : , : World Scientific, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Nanodesign : some basic questions / / Wolfram Schommers, Karlsruhe Institut fur Technologie (KIT), Germany |
Autore | Schommers Wolfram |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Jersey : , : World Scientific, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 183 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Disciplina | 620.5 |
Collana | Gale eBooks |
Soggetto topico | Nanotechnology |
ISBN | 981-4520-35-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Preface; CONTENTS; Chapter One: Nanodesign: Description at the Ultimate Level; 1.1 Treatment on the Same Footing; 1.2 Complexity of Nanosystems; 1.3 Nanotechnological Changes; 1.4 Brain Functions; 1.4.1 World Views; 1.4.2 Gödel's Theorem; 1.5 The Relevance of Basic Quantum Theory to Nanotechnology; 1.5.1 Temperature Effects; 1.5.2 Quantum Devices; 1.6 Summary; Chapter Two: Principal Remarks; 2.1 Simple Nanoclusters; 2.1.1 Bifurcation Phenomena; Discussion of Fig. 5; 2.1.2 Analogies with Biological Systems; Does there exist creativity at the nanolevel?
2.1.3 What is the Reason for Nanoeffects? A Few RemarksThe behavior of surface particles; Description of anharmonicities; Effects due to the anharmonicities; 2.1.4 Interaction Potential for Al; 2.1.5 Temperature Effects; 2.1.6 Methods of Description; Properties as a function of the particle number; New situation; 2.1.7 Concluding Remark and Summary; 2.1.8 What is Important?; 2.1.9 Solving the Equation of Motion; On the application of simplifying models; Basic information; 2.1.10 On the Design of Specific Nanosystems; Ferroelectric nanodevices; Design of specific materials Low density lipoproteinBiomolecular nanomotors; Avidin-biotin technology; Biomolecular translocations; Hierarchical nanostructures; Nanoparticles as vectors in gene delivery; Mechanical properties of nanostructures; Conclusion; 2.1.11 Theoretical and Computational Methods; General remarks; The most important techniques; 2.1.12 Features of the Methods; Molecular dynamics; Nonequilibrium molecular dynamics; Quantum molecular dynamics; The Monte Carlo method; Multiscale modeling; Multiscale modeling: a typical example; 2.2 Food Chemistry: What is a Nanopizza?; 2.3 Medicine; Brain Research On the Impact of Nanotechnology2.3.1 Brain Research; Self-organizing process; 2.3.2 Levels of Reality; On the description of brain functions; Living systems described mathematically; Application of Gödel's Theorem; Summary; 2.3.3 What Kind of Reality Do We Observe?; Experiments with animals; Respectively correct, but not comparable with each other; Nanotechnological changes of the brain functions; 2.3.4 The Strategy of Nature; An important principle: "as little outside world as possible"; Some principle remarks on biological evolution Not cognition but the differentiation between "favorable to survival" and "hostile to survival"Nanotechnological manipulations; Summary; Lashley and Pribham; Von Foerster; The world we experience is an invention of the brain; 2.3.5 Scientific Realism; The naive point of view; The role of the equations of motion; Conclusion; Consequences for physics; 2.3.6 Kant's Philosophy; 2.3.7 Experiments with Distorting Glasses; 2.3.8 D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson; Fish; Application to nanoscience; 2.3.9 Compatibility: Some Principal Remarks; The solution of specific problems; Species-preserving principles Petrol in an electric car? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823617403321 |
Schommers Wolfram | ||
New Jersey : , : World Scientific, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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