Nanotechnology: Understanding Small Systems - Rilegato

Rogers, Ben; Adams, Jesse; Pennathur, Sumita

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ISBN 10: 0849382076 ISBN 13: 9780849382079

Casa editrice: CRC Press, 2007

Riassunto

Although nanotechnology is a hot topic, the search for a true introductory textbook usually comes up cold. Students in a first course on nanotechnology come from a wide variety of backgrounds, so the text must not assume understanding of too much background material, nor be too focused on any particular area. And still, those students are capable of understanding the hard details of the science, so the text must not gloss over the rigorous scientific explanations. Nanotechnology: Understanding Small Systems fits perfectly between popular science books and high-level treatises, neither of which suit the needs of students approaching this field for the first time.

Working from the ground up, this text provides a detailed yet accessible introduction to the world’s fastest growing field. Through real-world examples, hundreds of homework problems, original illustrations, and a clear approach, the authors accomplish the delicate task of keeping the book engaging while not avoiding real explanations of complex concepts. They take a systems-based approach, demonstrating how an understanding of the various areas underlying nanotechnology come together to create systems with unique functions and characteristics. In every case, comparing nanoscale systems to macroscale systems reveals the complex and fundamental differences between phenomena at different scales and uncovers the specific challenges posed by nanotechnology.

With comprehensive coverage conveyed in an engaging and entertaining style, Nanotechnology: Understanding Small Systems provides a gateway into the exciting and rapidly evolving area of nanotechnology.

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Recensione

... It is written in an easily understandable manner, not requiring from the reader deep knowledge in the related topics of physics and mathematics before reading this book. It uncovers the most important things about nanotechnology explained in a very illustrative manner with many simple examples, figures, and ‘back-of-the-envelope’ calculations, so that the reader can get a good feeling for the numbers of nanotechnology. ...
―Zentralblatt MATH 1185

Contenuti

Big Picture and Principles of the Small World
Background: Promises, Promises
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
Summary
Nanomaterials
Background: Matter Matters
Bonding Atoms to Make Molecules and Solids
Crystal Structures
Structures Small Enough to be Different (and Useful)
Summary
Nanomechanics
Background: The Universe Mechanism
A High-Speed Review of Motion: Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration, and Force
Nanomechanical Oscillators: A Tale of Beams and Atoms
Feeling Faint Forces
Summary
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
Summary
Nanoscale Heat Transfer
Background: Hot Topic
All Heat is Nanoscale Heat
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Summary
Nanophotonics
Background: The Lycurgus Cup and the Photon’s Birthday
Photonic Properties of Nanomaterials
Near-Field Light
Optical Tweezers
Photonic Crystals—A Band Gap for Photons
Summary
Nanoscale Fluid Mechanics
Background: Becoming Fluent in Fluids
Fluids at the Nanoscale—Major Concepts
How Fluids Flow at the Nanoscale
Applications of Nanofluidics
Summary
Nanobiotechnology
Background: Our World in a Cell
Introduction: How Biology “Feels” at the Nanometer Scale
The Machinery of the Cell
Applications of Nanobiotechnology
Summary
Index

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: CRC Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0849382076
• ISBN 13: 9780849382079
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 416