Introduction to Nanotechnology

by Poole, Charles P., Jr.; Owens, Frank J.

• ISBN13: 9780470346624
• ISBN10: 0470346620
• Copyright: 2008-05-02
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

This self-confessed introduction provides technical administrators and managers with a broad, practical overview of the subject and gives researchers working in different areas an appreciation of developments in nanotechnology outside their own fields of expertise.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Introduction to Physics of the Solid State

Methods of Measuring Properties

Properties of Individual Nanoparticles

Carbon Nanostructures

Bulk Nanostructured Materials

Nanostructured Ferromagnetism

Optical and Vibrational Spectroscopy

Quantum Wells, Wires, and Dots

Self-Assembly and Catalysis

Organic Compounds and Polymers

Biological Materials

Nanomachines and Nanodevices

Formulas for Dimensionality

Tabulations of Semiconducting Material Properties

Index

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