Dec 10, 2013 |
Nanotechnology in a nutshell: From simple to complex systems
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(Nanowerk News) This book shows where nanotechnology is now—a fascinating time when the science is transitioning into complex systems with impact on new products.
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Present and future developments are addressed, as well as a larger number of new industrial and research opportunities deriving from this domain.
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The authors provide an overview for professionals, researchers and policy-makers of this very rapidly expanding field-including many applications such as information and communication technologies, environmental sciences and engineering, societal life and medicine, with provision of customized treatments.
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Brief chapters and colour figures with a contained overall length make the book attractive—a must for every professional’s shelf.
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Table of contents: Exploring and Working in the Nano world.- Seeing and Moving Atoms.- Making Nano-Objects.- Quantum and Mesoscopic Physics.- Nanomaterials: Doing More with Less.- New Forms of Carbon and New Opportunities.- Nanoengineering for Material Technology.- From Microelectronics to Nano electronics.- Major Trends in Nano electronics.- Emerging Quantum Devices.- Molecular Electronics.- Diagnostics.- Therapeutics and Regenerative Medicine.- Nanotechnologies in Agriculture and Food.- Sensors for Measuring and Monitoring.- Nanotechnology Applications for Air, Water and Soil.- Water Demands for Nanotechnology.- Products for the Home of the Future.- Nanomaterials and Cosmetics.- Nanotechnology for the Textile Industry.- Nano technology and the Energy Challenge.- Housing.- Road Transport.- Nanomaterials in Industrial Application.- Nano catalysts: Fascinating Opportunities.- Nanotechnology for Defence and Security.- Risks and Toxicity of Nanoparticles.- Protection of Society and Economical Aspects.- Social Impact of Nanoscience and Nano technology.- Outlook.
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