Nanotechnology

NOTE EDITORE

Winner of an Outstanding Academic Title Award from CHOICE MagazineTransistors 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. So get The Whole Story…

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Big Picture of the Small WorldUnderstanding the Atom: Ex Nihilo Nihil FitNanotechnology Starts with a Dare: Feynman’s Big Little ChallengesWhy One-Billionth of a Meter is a Big DealThinking It Through: The Broad Implications of NanotechnologyThe Business of Nanotech: Plenty of Room at the Bottom Line TooIntroduction to MiniaturizationBackground: The Smaller, the BetterScaling LawsAccuracy of the Scaling LawsIntroduction to Nanoscale PhysicsBackground: Newton Never Saw a NanotubeOne Hundred Hours and Eight Minutes of Nanoscale PhysicsThe Basics of Quantum MechanicsNanomaterialsBackground: Matter MattersBonding Atoms to Make Molecules and SolidsCrystal StructuresStructures Small Enough to Be Different (and Useful)NanomechanicsBackground: The Universe MechanismA High-Speed Review of Mot ion: Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration, and ForceNanomechanical Oscillators: A Tale of Beams and AtomsFeeling Faint ForcesNanoelectronicsBackground: The Problem (Opportunity)Electron Energy BandsElectrons in Solids: Conductors, Insulators, and SemiconductorsFermi EnergyThe Density of States for SolidsTurn Down the Volume! (How to Make a Solid Act More Like an Atom)Quantum ConfinementTunnelingSingle-Electron PhenomenaMolecular ElectronicsNanoscale Heat TransferBackground: Hot TopicAll Heat Is Nanoscale HeatConductionConvectionRadiationNanophotonicsBackground: The Lycurgus Cup and the Birth of the PhotonPhotonic Properties of NanomaterialsOptical TweezersPhotonic Crystals: A Band Gap for Photo-nsNanoscale Fluid MechanicsBackground: Becoming Fluent in FluidsFluids at the Nanoscale: Major ConceptsHow Fluids Flow at the NanoscaleApplications of NanofluidicsNanobiotechnologyBackground: Our World in a CellIntroduction: How Biology Feels at the Nanometer ScaleThe Machinery of the CellApplications of NanobiotechnologyNanomedicineWhat Is Nanomedicine?Medical NanoparticlesNanomedicine and CancerBiomimicry in NanomedicinePotential ToxicityEnvironmental ConcernsEthical ImplicationsCommercial Exploration

AUTORE

Ben Rogers is a writer and an engineer (BS 2001; MS 2002, University of Nevada, Reno). He has done research at Nanogen, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and published many technical papers, as well as fictional works and essays (which can be found at http://www.readrogers.com). He is currently the principal engineer at NevadaNano.Jesse Adams (BS 1996, University of Nevada; MS 1997 and PhD 2001, Stanford University) is the vice president and CTO of NevadaNano. He is working to bring multifunctional microsensor technology to the chemical sensing market space. Sumita Pennathur is currently an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara (BS 2000, MS 2001, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; PhD 2005, Stanford University). She has been actively contributing to the fields of nanofluidics and nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS), and was awarded both a Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering (PECASE) in 2011, and well as a DARPA Young Faculty Award in 2008.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781439897805
• Dimensioni: 9.25 x 6.25 in Ø 1.75 lb
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Illustration Notes: 180 b/w images, 12 tables and 41
• Pagine Arabe: 395