Our Nanotechnology Future.

• Superior document: Atlantis Advances in Nanotechnology, Material Science and Energy Technologies Series
• Author: Natowitz, Joseph.
• TeilnehmendeR: Ngô, Christian.
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, 2017.; ©2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Atlantis Advances in Nanotechnology, Material Science and Energy Technologies Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (245 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Introduction
• I. Nanoscience and nanotechnology
• The size domain of nanoscience and nanotechnology
• Nanotechnology in the past
• Intellectual foundations of nanotechnology
• Can we see atoms?
• The scanning tunneling microscope
• The atomic force microscope
• Manipulating atoms
• Summary
• II. The Quantum world
• Classical versus quantum mechanics
• Wave-particle duality
• Determinism versus a probabilistic approach
• Measurement
• Quantization
• Heisenberg uncertainty principle
• Quantum numbers
• Spin - an intrinsic property
• Fermions and bosons
• Quantum tunneling
• Summary
• III. The mesoscopic world
• The forces of nature
• The role of size
• Surface versus volume
• Surface tension
• Nanofluids
• Heat transfer
• Chemical bonding
• Intermolecular forces
• Van der Waals forces
• Hydrogen bonds
• Semi-classical approaches
• Summary
• IV. Nanomaterials and nanostructures
• Classifying nanomaterials
• Nanostructuration
• Dendrimers
• Hybrid organic-inorganic nanomaterials
• Nanocomposites
• Smart materials
• Summary
• V. Natural nanomaterials
• Nanomaterials in nature
• Self-cleaning surfaces
• Reversible adhesives
• Lightweight materials
• Manipulating light at the nanoscale
• Fibers stronger than steel
• Low-friction materials
• Multiscale structures
• Summary
• VI. Nanofabrication
• Top-down and bottom-up approaches
• Lithography
• Nanolithography
• e-beam lithography
• Helium-ion lithography
• Nanoimprint lithography
• Dip-pen nanolithography
• Deposition at the nanoscale
• Atomic layer deposition
• Self-assembled monolayers
• Covalent bonds
• Langmuir-Blodgett films
• Polishing, etching, patterning
• Chemical mechanical polish
• Summary
• VII. King carbon
• Fullerenes
• Graphene
• Carbon nanotubes
• Summary
• VIII. Health Diagnostics
• Major diseases.
• Diagnosis
• Imaging
• In-Vitro Diagostics
• Biosensors
• Biochips
• Labs-on-chips
• Cells-on-chips
• Summary
• IX. Therapeutics
• Drug delivery
• Delivery routes
• Drug carriers
• Nanoparticles and drug delivery
• Summary
• X. Regenerative medicine
• Biomaterials
• Cell therapy
• Implants
• Dentistry
• Nanosurgery
• Summary
• XI. The Food Chain
• Feeding people
• Agricultural Production
• Food processing
• Packaging
• Transportation
• Summary
• XII. From microelectronics to nanoelectronics
• Transistors
• Moore's law
• Technology nodes
• Memories
• Smaller, faster and cheaper
• Summary
• XIII. Quantum nanoelectronics
• Towards few-electron electronics
• Coulomb blockade
• The single electron transistor
• Quantum dots
• Spintronics
• Nanophotonics
• Confining and Controlling light
• Photonic crystals
• Plasmonics
• Metamaterials
• Summary
• XIV. Molecular electronics
• Electronic conduction
• Difficulties
• Molecular wires
• Molecular diodes and transistors
• Conductive polymers
• Self-assembled monolayers
• Summary
• XV. Nanocatalysis
• Catalysts make life easier
• Nanocatalysts for chemical reactions
• Enzymes speed up biological reactions
• Designing nanocatalysts
• Summary
• XVI. Energy production
• Fossil fuels
• Renewable energies
• Solar energy
• Wind energy
• Energy storage
• Batteries
• Supercapacitors
• Electricity
• Hydrogen
• Fuel cells
• Thermoelectricity
• Nuclear energy
• Summary
• XVII. Housing
• Outside the building
• Inside the buildings
• Insulation
• Lighting
• Heating, ventilating and air conditioning
• Summary
• XVIII. Nanotechnology in automobiles
• Bodywork
• Interior of the car
• Chassis and tires
• Power train
• Electronics
• Batteries and supercapacitors
• Summary
• XIX. Defense and security
• Defense
• The modern warrior
• Mobility.
• Weapons
• Homeland security
• Detection
• Protection
• Response
• Repair
• Summary
• XX. Nanotoxicity
• Hazard and risk
• Nanomaterials and nanoparticles
• Nanoparticle sources
• Nanoparticle exposure
• Toxicity of nanoparticles
• Natural nanoparticles
• Anthropogenic nanoparticles
• Engineered nanoparticles
• Summary
• Notes
• I. Nanoscience and nanotechnology
• II. The Quantum world
• III. The mesoscopic world
• VII. King carbon
• VIII. Health Diagnostics
• X. Regenerative medicine
• XV. Nanocatalysis
• XVI. Energy production
• XVII. Housing
• XX. Nanotoxicity
• List of illustrations' copyright and licensing
• Short bibliography
• Introduction
• I. Nanoscience and nanotechnology
• The size domain of nanoscience and nanotechnology
• Nanotechnology in the past
• Intellectual foundations of nanotechnology
• Can we see atoms?
• The scanning tunneling microscope
• The atomic force microscope
• Manipulating atoms
• Summary
• II. The Quantum world
• Classical versus quantum mechanics
• Wave-particle duality
• Determinism versus a probabilistic approach
• Measurement
• Quantization
• Heisenberg uncertainty principle
• Quantum numbers
• Spin - an intrinsic property
• Fermions and bosons
• Quantum tunneling
• Summary
• III. The mesoscopic world
• The forces of nature
• The role of size
• Surface versus volume
• Surface tension
• Nanofluids
• Heat transfer
• Chemical bonding
• Intermolecular forces
• Van der Waals forces
• Hydrogen bonds
• Semi-classical approaches
• Summary
• IV. Nanomaterials and nanostructures
• Classifying nanomaterials
• Nanostructuration
• Dendrimers
• Hybrid organic-inorganic nanomaterials
• Nanocomposites
• Smart materials
• Summary
• V. Natural nanomaterials
• Nanomaterials in nature
• Self-cleaning surfaces
• Reversible adhesives
• Lightweight materials.
• Manipulating light at the nanoscale
• Fibers stronger than steel
• Low-friction materials
• Multiscale structures
• Summary
• VI. Nanofabrication
• Top-down and bottom-up approaches
• Lithography
• Nanolithography
• e-beam lithography
• Helium-ion lithography
• Nanoimprint lithography
• Dip-pen nanolithography
• Deposition at the nanoscale
• Atomic layer deposition
• Self-assembled monolayers
• Covalent bonds
• Langmuir-Blodgett films
• Polishing, etching, patterning
• Chemical mechanical polish
• Summary
• VII. King carbon
• Fullerenes
• Graphene
• Carbon nanotubes
• Summary
• VIII. Health Diagnostics
• Major diseases
• Diagnosis
• Imaging
• In-Vitro Diagostics
• Biosensors
• Biochips
• Labs-on-chips
• Cells-on-chips
• Summary
• IX. Therapeutics
• Drug delivery
• Delivery routes
• Drug carriers
• Nanoparticles and drug delivery
• Summary
• X. Regenerative medicine
• Biomaterials
• Cell therapy
• Implants
• Dentistry
• Nanosurgery
• Summary
• XI. The Food Chain
• Feeding people
• Agricultural Production
• Food processing
• Packaging
• Transportation
• Summary
• XII. From microelectronics to nanoelectronics
• Transistors
• Moore's law
• Technology nodes
• Memories
• Smaller, faster and cheaper
• Summary
• XIII. Quantum nanoelectronics
• Towards few-electron electronics
• Coulomb blockade
• The single electron transistor
• Quantum dots
• Spintronics
• Nanophotonics
• Confining and Controlling light
• Photonic crystals
• Plasmonics
• Metamaterials
• Summary
• XIV. Molecular electronics
• Electronic conduction
• Difficulties
• Molecular wires
• Molecular diodes and transistors
• Conductive polymers
• Self-assembled monolayers
• Summary
• XV. Nanocatalysis
• Catalysts make life easier
• Nanocatalysts for chemical reactions
• Enzymes speed up biological reactions.
• Designing nanocatalysts
• Summary
• XVI. Energy production
• Fossil fuels
• Renewable energies
• Solar energy
• Wind energy
• Energy storage
• Batteries
• Supercapacitors
• Electricity
• Hydrogen
• Fuel cells
• Thermoelectricity
• Nuclear energy
• Summary
• XVII. Housing
• Outside the building
• Inside the buildings
• Insulation
• Lighting
• Heating, ventilating and air conditioning
• Summary
• XVIII. Nanotechnology in automobiles
• Bodywork
• Interior of the car
• Chassis and tires
• Power train
• Electronics
• Batteries and supercapacitors
• Summary
• XIX. Defense and security
• Defense
• The modern warrior
• Mobility
• Weapons
• Homeland security
• Detection
• Protection
• Response
• Repair
• Summary
• XX. Nanotoxicity
• Hazard and risk
• Nanomaterials and nanoparticles
• Nanoparticle sources
• Nanoparticle exposure
• Toxicity of nanoparticles
• Natural nanoparticles
• Anthropogenic nanoparticles
• Engineered nanoparticles
• Summary
• Notes
• I. Nanoscience and nanotechnology
• II. The Quantum world
• III. The mesoscopic world
• VII. King carbon
• VIII. Health Diagnostics
• X. Regenerative medicine
• XV. Nanocatalysis
• XVI. Energy production
• XVII. Housing
• XX. Nanotoxicity
• List of illustrations' copyright and licensing
• Short bibliography
• Introduction
• I. Nanoscience and nanotechnology
• The size domain of nanoscience and nanotechnology
• Nanotechnology in the past
• Intellectual foundations of nanotechnology
• Can we see atoms?
• The scanning tunneling microscope
• The atomic force microscope
• Manipulating atoms
• Summary
• II. The Quantum world
• Classical versus quantum mechanics
• Wave-particle duality
• Determinism versus a probabilistic approach
• Measurement
• Quantization
• Heisenberg uncertainty principle
• Quantum numbers.
• Spin - an intrinsic property.