Rogers / Adams / Pennathur Nanotechnology

The Whole Story
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4665-0210-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 395 Seiten

Transistors using one electron at a time. Seemingly transparent sunscreens made with titanium dioxide particles that block harmful UV rays. Nanometer-sized specks of gold that change color to red and melt at 750°C instead of 1,064°C. Nanotechnology finds the unique properties of things at the nanometer scale and then puts them to use!

Although nanotechnology is a hot topic with a wide range of fascinating applications, the search for a true introductory popular resource usually comes up cold. Closer to a popular science book than a high-level treatise, Nanotechnology: The Whole Story works from the ground up to provide a detailed yet accessible introduction to one of the world’s fastest growing fields.

Dive headlong into nanotechnology! Tackling the eight main disciplines—nanomaterials, nanomechanics, nanoelectronics, nanoscale heat transfer, nanophotonics, nanoscale fluid mechanics, nanobiotechnology, and nanomedicine—this book explains what’s different at the nanoscale, and how we exploit those differences to make useful things. You’re holding the key to an exciting and rapidly evolving field.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Rogers, Ben

Adams, Jesse

Pennathur, Sumita

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Nanotechnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Big Picture of the Small World
Understanding the Atom: Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit
Nanotechnology Starts with a Dare: Feynman’s Big Little Challenges
Why One-Billionth of a Meter is a Big Deal
Thinking It Through: The Broad Implications of Nanotechnology
The Business of Nanotech: Plenty of Room at the Bottom Line Too

Introduction to Miniaturization
Background: The Smaller, the Better
Scaling Laws
Accuracy of the Scaling Laws

Introduction to Nanoscale Physics
Background: Newton Never Saw a Nanotube
One Hundred Hours and Eight Minutes of Nanoscale Physics
The Basics of Quantum Mechanics

Nanomaterials
Background: Matter Matters
Bonding Atoms to Make Molecules and Solids
Crystal Structures
Structures Small Enough to Be Different (and Useful)

Nanomechanics
Background: The Universe Mechanism
A High-Speed Review of Mot ion: Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration, and Force
Nanomechanical Oscillators: A Tale of Beams and Atoms
Feeling Faint Forces

Nanoelectronics
Background: The Problem (Opportunity)
Electron Energy Bands
Electrons in Solids: Conductors, Insulators, and Semiconductors
Fermi Energy
The Density of States for Solids
Turn Down the Volume! (How to Make a Solid Act More Like an Atom)
Quantum Confinement
Tunneling
Single-Electron Phenomena
Molecular Electronics

Nanoscale Heat Transfer
Background: Hot Topic
All Heat Is Nanoscale Heat
Conduction
Convection
Radiation

Nanophotonics
Background: The Lycurgus Cup and the Birth of the Photon
Photonic Properties of Nanomaterials
Optical Tweezers
Photonic Crystals: A Band Gap for Photo-ns

Nanoscale Fluid Mechanics
Background: Becoming Fluent in Fluids
Fluids at the Nanoscale: Major Concepts
How Fluids Flow at the Nanoscale
Applications of Nanofluidics

Nanobiotechnology
Background: Our World in a Cell
Introduction: How Biology Feels at the Nanometer Scale
The Machinery of the Cell
Applications of Nanobiotechnology

Nanomedicine
What Is Nanomedicine?
Medical Nanoparticles
Nanomedicine and Cancer
Biomimicry in Nanomedicine
Potential Toxicity
Environmental Concerns
Ethical Implications
Commercial Exploration

Über Autor(innen)

Ben Rogers lives in Reno, Nevada with his wife and daughters. He is a past recipient of a Nevada Arts Council Fellowship and two Sierra Arts Foundation Literary Artist Endowment Grants for his fiction. His short stories and essays have appeared in PANK, Timothy McSweeney s Internet Tendency, The Portland Review, The Nevada Review, Wag's Revue, Dark Sky Magazine, and the parenthood-themed anthology Mamas and Papas. He is also the lead author of Nanotechnology: Understanding Small Systems (CRC Press), the first-ever comprehensive college textbook on nanotechnology, now in its second edition.