| Description |
xvii, 377 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. 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 -- Gray goo -- Environmental impact -- the written word -- The business of nanotech ; plenty of room at the bottom line, too -- 2. Introduction to miniaturization -- Background : the smaller, the better -- Scaling laws -- The elephant and the flea -- Scaling in mechanics -- Scaling in electricity and electromagnetism -- Scaling in optics -- Scaling in heat transfer -- Scaling in fluids -- Scaling in biology -- Accuracy of the Scaling Laws -- 3. Introduction to nanoscale physics -- Background : Newton never saw a nanotube -- One hundred hours and eight minutes of nanoscale physics -- The basics of quantum mechanics -- Atomic orbitals (not orbits) -- Electromagnetic waves -- The quantization of energy -- Atomic spectra and discreteness -- The photoelectric effect -- Wave-particle duality : the double-slit experiment -- Bullets -- Water waves -- Electrons -- The uncertainty principle -- Particle in a well -- 4. Nanomaterials -- Background : matter matters -- Bonding atoms to make molecules and solids -- Ionic bonding -- Covalent bonding -- Metallic bonding -- Walking through Waals : van der Waals forces -- The dispersion force -- Repulsive forces -- Van der Waals force versus gravity -- Crystal structures -- Structures small enough to be different (and useful) -- Particles -- Colloidal particles -- Wires -- Films, layers, and coatings -- Porous materials -- Small-grained materials -- Molecules -- Carbon fullerenes and nanotubes -- Dendrimers -- Micelles -- 5. Nanomechanics -- Background : the universe mechanism -- Nanomechanics : which motions and forces make the cut? -- A high-speed review of motion : displacement, velocity, acceleration, and force -- Nanomechanical oscillators : a tale of beams and atoms -- Beams -- Free oscillation -- Free oscillation from the perspective of energy (and probability) -- Forced oscillation -- Atoms -- The Lennard-Jones interaction : how an atomic bond is like a spring -- The quantum mechanics of oscillating atoms -- The Schrödinger equations and the correspondence principle -- Phonons -- Nanomechanical oscillator applications -- Nanomechanical mass sensors : detecting low concentrations -- Feeling faint forces -- Scanning probe microscopes -- Pushing atoms around with the scanning tunneling microscope -- Skimming across atoms with the atomic force microscope -- Pulling atoms apart with the AFM -- Rubbing and mashing atoms with the AFM -- Mechanical chemistry : detecting molecules with bending beams -- 6. Nanaoelctronics -- Background : the problem (opportunity) -- Electron energy bands -- Electrons in solids : conductors, insulators, and semiconductors -- Fermi energy -- Density of states for solids -- electron density in a conductor -- Turn down the volume! : how to make a solid act more like an Atom -- Quantum confinement -- Quantum structures -- Conductors : the metal-to-insulator transition -- Semiconductors : confining excitons -- The band gap of nanomaterials -- Tunneling -- Single-electron phenomena -- The Coulomb Blockade -- Overcoming uncertainty -- Single-electron transistor (SET) -- Molecular electronics -- Molecular switches and memory storage. |
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7. Nanoscale heat transfer -- Background : hot topic -- All heat is nanoscale heat -- Boltzmann's constant -- Conduction -- thermal conductivity of nanoscale structures -- Mean free path and scattering of heat carriers -- thermoelectrics : better energy conversion with nanostructures -- Quantum of thermal conduction -- Convection -- Radiation -- Increased radiation heat transfer -- 8. Nanophotonics -- Background : the Lycurgus Cup and the birth of the photon -- Photonic properties of nanomaterials -- Photon absorption -- Photon emission -- Photon scattering -- Metals -- Permittivity and the free electron plasma -- Extinction coefficient of metal particles -- colors and uses of gold and silver particles -- Semiconductors -- Tuning the band gap of nanoscale semiconductors -- colors and uses of quantum dots -- Lasers based on quantum confinement -- Near-field light -- Limits of light : conventional optics -- Near-field optical microscopes -- Optical tweezers -- Photonic crystals : a band gap for photons -- 9. Nanoscale fluid mechanics -- Background : becoming fluent in fluids -- Concept of continuum -- fluid motion, continuum style : the Navier-Stokes equations -- Fluid motion : molecular dynamics style -- Fluids at the nanoscale : major concepts -- Reynolds Numbers -- Surface charges and the electrical double layer -- Surface charges at interfaces -- Gouy-Chapman-Stern model and electrical double layer -- Electrokinetic phenomena -- Molecular diffusion -- How fluids flow at the nanoscale -- Electroosmosis -- Ions and macromolecules moving through a channel -- The convection-diffusion-electromigration equation : nanochannel electrophoresis -- Macromolecules in a nanofluidic channel -- Applications of nanofluidics -- Analysis of biomolecules -- EO pumps : cooling off computer chips -- 10. Nanobiotechnology -- Background : our wold in a cell -- Introduction : how biology feels at the nanometer scale -- Biological shapes at the nanoscale : carbon and water are the essential tools -- Inertia and gravity are insignificant : the swimming bacterium -- Random thermal motion -- The machinery of the cell -- Sugars -- Fatty acids -- Nucleotides -- Amino acids -- ATP synthase -- Applications of nanobiotechnology -- Biomimetic nanostructures -- Molecular motors -- 11. Nanomedicine -- What is nanomedicine? -- Medical nanoparticles -- Nanoshells -- Lipid-based nanoparticles -- Polymer-based nanoparticles -- Drug delivery using nanoparticles -- Nanomedicine and cancer -- Biomimicry in nanomedicine -- Potential toxicity -- Environmental concerns -- Ethical implications -- Commercial exploration. |
| Subject |
Nanotechnology -- Popular works.
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Nanotechnology. |
| Genre/Form |
Popular works.
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| Added Author |
Adams, Jesse, 1974- author.
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Pennathur, Sumita, 1978- author.
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| Cover Title |
Nano |
| ISBN |
1439897808 (hardback : acid-free paper) |
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9781439897805 (hardback : acid-free paper) |
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