Nanotechnology: Principles and Practices

Giventherapidadvancesinthefield，thisbookoffersanup-to-dateintroductiontonanomaterialsandnanotechnology.Thoughcondensedintoarelativelysmallvolume，itspansthewholerangeofmultidisciplinarytopicsrelatedtonanotechnology.Startingwiththebasicconceptsofquantummechanicsandsolidstatephysics，itpresentsbothphysicalandchemicalsyntheticmethods，aswellasanalyticaltechniquesforstudyingnanostructures.Thesize-specificpropertiesofnanomaterials，suchastheirthermal，mechanical，opticalandmagneticcharacteristics，arediscussedindetail.Thebookgoesontoillustratethevariousapplicationsofnanomaterialsinelectronics，optoelectronics，cosmetics，energy，textilesandthemedicalfieldanddiscussestheenvironmentalimpactofthesetechnologies.Manynewareas，materialsandeffectsarethenintroduced，includingspintronics，softlithography，metamaterials，thelotuseffect，theGeckoeffectandgraphene.Thebookalsoexplainsthefunctionalprinciplesofessentialtechniques，suchasscanningtunnelingmicroscopy(STM)，atomicforcemicroscopy(AFM)，scanningnearfieldopticalmicroscopy(SNOM)，Ramanspectroscopyandphotoelectronmicroscopy.Inclosing，Chapter14，'Practicals'，providesahelpfulguidetosettingupandconductinginexpensivenanotechnologyexperimentsinteachinglaboratories.