An Accessible, Scientifically Rigorous Presentation That Helps Your Students Learn the Real Stuff
Winner of a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Award 2011
"… takes the revolutionary concepts and techniques that have traditionally been fodder for graduate study and makes them accessible for all. … outstanding introduction to the broad field of nanotechnology provides a solid foundation for further study. … Highly recommended."
—N.M. Fahrenkopf, University at Albany, CHOICE Magazine 2011
Give your students the thorough grounding they need in nanotechnology. A rigorous yet accessible treatment of one of the world’s fastest growing fields, Nanotechnology: Understanding Small Systems, Third Edition provides an accessible introduction without sacrificing rigorous scientific details. This approach makes the subject matter accessible to students from a variety of disciplines. Building on the foundation set by the first two bestselling editions, this third edition maintains the features that made previous editions popular with students and professors alike.
See What’s New in the Third Edition:
Updated coverage of the eight main facets of nanotechnology
Expanded treatment of health/environmental ramifications of nanomaterials
Comparison of macroscale systems to those at the nanoscale, showing how scale phenomena affects behavior
New chapter on nanomedicine
New problems, examples, and an exhaustive nanotech glossary
Filled with real-world examples and original illustrations, the presentation makes the material fun and engaging. The systems-based approach gives students the tools to create systems with unique functions and characteristics. Fitting neatly between popular science books and high-level treatises, the book works from the ground up to provide a gateway into an exciting and rapidly evolving area of science.
Introduces the historical figures who founded, sculpted, and defined the field as it exists today
Supports the discussion with homework problems, applications, and examples of nanotechnology ("back-of-the-envelope" examples) in everyday life
Compares macroscale systems to those at the nanoscale, showing how scale phenomena affect behavior
Provides the latest understanding of the human health ramifications of nanomaterials
Includes original figures, developed explicitly for this book, i.e. not a hodgepodge cut out of journal articles
Preface
Chapter 1 : Big Picture and Principles of the Small World Chapter 2 : Introduction to Miniaturization Chapter 3 : Introduction to Nanoscale Physics Chapter 4 : Nanomaterials Chapter 5 : Nanomechanics Chapter 6 : Nanoelectronics Chapter 7 : Nanoscale Heat Transfer Chapter 8 : Nanophotonics Chapter 9 : Nanoscale Fluid Mechanics Chapter 10 : Nanobiotechnology Chapter 11 : Nanomedicine
