Nano The Essentials

by Pradeep, T.

• ISBN13: 9780071548298
• ISBN10: 0071548297
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-06
• Publisher: McGraw Hill

Summary

Provides you with everything needed to enter the discipline and prepare for nano-related jobs NanoThe Essentials is a comprehensive engineering introduction to the fundamentals of nanotechnology. Written to be understood by a technically trained non-specialist, it is the ideal text for engineers of any discipline who wish to move into a nano-related field.

Author Biography

T. Pradeep, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility (SAIF) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He is the author of Advances in Physical Chemistry and co-author of Nanofluids: Science and Technology. Dr. Pradeep also has written over 150 research papers and holds 5 patents.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Introduction--The Canvas of Nano

Experimental Methods

Investigating and Manipulating Materials in the Nanoscale

Diversity in Nanosystems

Fullerenes

Carbon Nanotubes

Self-assembled Monolayers

Gas Phase Clusters

Semiconductor Quantum Dots

Monolayer-protected Metal Nanoparticles

Core-shell Nanoparticles

Nanoshells

Evolving Interfaces of Nano

Nanobiology

Nanosensors

Nanomedicines

Molecular Nanomachines

Nanotribology

Society and Nano

Societal Implications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (in Developing Countries)

Appendix

Glossary

Index

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