Nano the Essentials: Understanding Nanoscience and Nanotechnology - Couverture rigide

Pradeep, T.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0071548297 ISBN 13 : 9780071548298

Editeur : McGraw-Hill Professional, 2008

Synopsis

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Master the Fundamentals of Nanotechnology to Prepare for Nano-Related Career Opportunities

If you want to move into the fast-growing field of nanotechnology, you can't afford to miss Nano--The Essentials. This career-building resource offers a rigorous, technological introduction to the fundamentals of nanotechnology, providing everything you need to enter this burgeoning discipline and prepare for nano-related jobs.

Packed with over 100 detailed illustrations and lots of practical work-related advice, the book covers the experimental tools of nanotechnology, the basics of nanomaterials, and key applications in fields such as nanosensors, nanobiology, nanomedicine, and nanomachines. This on-target guide takes readers step-by-step through the manipulation of materials in the nanoscale …fullerenes…carbon nanotubes…self-assembled nanolayers… gas-phase clusters…monolayer-protected metal nanoparticles…core-shell nanoparticles…and much more. Comprehensive and easy-to-understand, Nano--The Essentials features:

• A solid introduction to the fundamentals of nanomaterials
• Full details on the experimental tools used in nanotechnology
• The latest advances in nanobiology and nanomedicine
• Breakthroughs in the development of nanosensors
• Cutting-edge innovations in molecular nanomachines

Inside this Expert Introduction to the Basics of Nanotechnology

• Introduction • Manipulating Materials in the Nanoscale • Fullerenes • Carbon Nanotubes • Self-Assembled Nanolayers • Gas-Phase Clusters • Semiconductor Quantum Dots • Monolayer-Protected Metal Nanoparticles • Core-Shell Nanoparticles • Nanoshells • Nanobiology • Nanosensors • Nanomedicines • Molecular Nanomachines • Nanotribology • Societal Implications

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

T. Pradeep is a professor of chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India. He earned his Ph.D. from the Indian Institutes of Science and had post doctoral training at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley and Purdue University, West Lafayette. He held positions of visiting faculty at many leading universities and institutes in Asia and Europe. He is a recipient of several awards including the shanty Swaroop Bhatnagar Prize, BM Birla Science Prize and National Award for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. He is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences. He has authored over 250 scientific papers in journals and is an inventor in 35 patents or patent applications. One of his technologies has been commercialized. For more information, please see, http://www.dstuns.iitm.ac.in/pradeep-research-group.php.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0071548297
• ISBN 13: 9780071548298
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 456
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible