Nanotechnology: Understanding Small Systems - Couverture rigide

Rogers, Ben; Adams, Jesse; Pennathur, Sumita

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0849382076 ISBN 13 : 9780849382079

Editeur : CRC Press Inc, 2007

Synopsis

Book by Rogers Ben Adams Jesse Pennathur Sumita

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Ben Rogers graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (2001) and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (2002), from the University of Nevada, Reno. He's worked on a due diligence team to evaluate and mentor start-up companies, and as a staff writer for multiple newspapers.. More recently, he's worked as a research scientist at Nanogen, Inc., the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Nanomechanics Research Group at the University of Nevada. He's coauthored 19 technical papers in journals including Nature and Applied Physics Letters, has two patents and has served as a reviewer for both scientific and educational journals, as well as the National Science Foundation. He is the lead author of Nanotechnology: Understanding Small Systems (CRC Press), a first-of-its kind, comprehensive textbook on nanotechnology, and teaches a course on the topic. Ben currently serves as the principal engineer at Nevada Nanotech Systems, Inc., working to commercialize a new sensor technology. He lives in Reno with his wife and two daughters. In his spare time, he loves to write and has published a novel as well as many short stories and essays.

Professor Sumita Pennathur started her tenure at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) in July 2007. Prior to UCSB, she held postdoctoral positions at both University of Twente in the Netherlands and Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore CA. She received her PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University in March 2006, where her research investigated electrokinetic transport of fluids at the nanoscale. Prior to Stanford, she received both her B.S. and M.S. in Aerospace and Aeronautical Engineering from M.I.T. where she studied microscale cavitation in MEMS devices. In addition to co-authoring an undergraduate textbook about Nanotechnology, she is the recipient of both the 2008 DARPA Young Faculty Award and the 2009 UC Junior Regents Faculty Award.

Jesse Adams received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering with a business minor from the University of Nevada, Reno. He graduated Summa Cum Laude and also received the outstanding mechanical engineering senior award. After winning a NSF graduate fellowship, Jesse went to Stanford University, where he received a Masters of Science in mechatronics. His research interests led him to pursue a Ph.D. in nanotechnology working with the co-inventor of the Atomic Force Microscope, Calvin Quate. He developed a high-speed multi-probe AFM, which necessitated extensive work in the Stanford clean room to fabricate active AFM probes. This research was enhanced by a learning technology and educational reform component under the direction of Larry Leifer, then Director of the Stanford Learning Laboratory. While at Stanford, Jesse served on a special committee for the provost, then Condoleezza Rice, to explore and recommend emergency graduate housing solutions. Jesse also served two terms as the assistant director of the respected sophomore college at Stanford.

While an assistant professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, Jesse did research on a self-sensing microcantilever platform being investigated for explosives detection, chemical vapor detection, and water quality sensing. In addition to this research, Jesse developed a new course in nanotechnology that trained students in a broad understanding of the field. Jesse is a co-author of a first-of-its-kind textbook, Nanotechnology: Understanding Small Systems, as well as 25 technical papers. He has multiple patents and patents pending, has given invited talks on scanning probe microscopy and microcantilever chemical sensing and won a regional and a national speaking award, as well as a national design award, a university innovation award, and the 2004 Scientific American 50 award in the defense category.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Although nanotechnology is a hot topic, the search for a true introductory textbook usually comes up cold. Students in a first course on nanotechnology come from a wide variety of backgrounds, so the text must not assume understanding of too much background material, nor be too focused on any particular area. And still, those students are capable of understanding the hard details of the science, so the text must not gloss over the rigorous scientific explanations. Nanotechnology: Understanding Small Systems fits perfectly between popular science books and high-level treatises, neither of which suit the needs of students approaching this field for the first time.

Working from the ground up, this text provides a detailed yet accessible introduction to the world’s fastest growing field. Through real-world examples, hundreds of homework problems, original illustrations, and a clear approach, the authors accomplish the delicate task of keeping the book engaging while not avoiding real explanations of complex concepts. They take a systems-based approach, demonstrating how an understanding of the various areas underlying nanotechnology come together to create systems with unique functions and characteristics. In every case, comparing nanoscale systems to macroscale systems reveals the complex and fundamental differences between phenomena at different scales and uncovers the specific challenges posed by nanotechnology.

With comprehensive coverage conveyed in an engaging and entertaining style, Nanotechnology: Understanding Small Systems provides a gateway into the exciting and rapidly evolving area of nanotechnology.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CRC Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0849382076
• ISBN 13: 9780849382079
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 416