Nanoscience the science of the small in physics, engineering, chemistry, biology and medicine / [[Book] :]
Hans-Eckhardt Schaefer.
- Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, c2010.
- xxiii, 772 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction and some physical principles -- Microscopy--nanoscopy -- Synthesis -- Nanocrystals--nanowires--nanolayers -- Carbon nanostructures--tubes, graphene, fullerenes, wave-particle duality -- Nanocrystalline materials -- Nanomechanics--nanophotonics--nanofluidics -- Nanomagnetism -- Nanotechnology for computers, memories, and hard disks -- Nanochemistry--from supramolecular chemistry to chemistry on the nanoscale, catalysis, renewable energy, batteries, and environmental protection -- Biology on the nanoscale -- Nanomedicine.