Overview
- A comprehensive and up-to-date textbook on nanomaterials and nanotechnologies
- Strikes the right balance in presenting syntheses, materials, analytical techniques and applications
- Covers the physical, chemical and biological properties of nanomaterials
- Introduces novel materials, including graphene and metamaterials
- Enriched with many useful illustrations
- Includes six useful appendices
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Applications of nanotechnology
- Basic textbook on nanomaterials and nanotechnology
- Introduction to nanotechnology
- Nano building blocks
- Nanomanufacturing techniques
- Nanomaterials for electronics
- Nanoparticle assembly
- Nanoscience and nanotechnology textbook
- Nanostructure characterization
- Physical and chemical methods to synthesize nanomaterials
- Physics and chemistry of nanomaterials
- Top-down and bottom-up approaches to making nanostructures
About this book
Given the rapid advances in the field, this book offers an up-to-date introduction to nanomaterials and nanotechnology. Though condensed into a relatively small volume, it spans the whole range of multidisciplinary topics related to nanotechnology. Starting with the basic concepts of quantum mechanics and solid state physics, it presents both physical and chemical synthetic methods, as well as analytical techniques for studying nanostructures. The size-specific properties of nanomaterials, such as their thermal, mechanical, optical and magnetic characteristics, are discussed in detail.
The book goes on to illustrate the various applications of nanomaterials in electronics, optoelectronics, cosmetics, energy, textiles and the medical field and discusses the environmental impact of these technologies. Many new areas, materials and effects are then introduced, including spintronics, soft lithography, metamaterials, the lotus effect, the Gecko effect and graphene. The book also explains the functional principles of essential techniques, such as scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning near field optical microscopy (SNOM), Raman spectroscopy and photoelectron microscopy. In closing, Chapter 14, ‘Practicals’, provides a helpful guide to setting up and conducting inexpensive nanotechnology experiments in teaching laboratories.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nanotechnology: Principles and Practices
Authors: Sulabha K. Kulkarni
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09171-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-09170-9Published: 17 November 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79163-0Published: 27 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-09171-6Published: 03 November 2014
Edition Number: 3
Number of Pages: XXIV, 403
Number of Illustrations: 328 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour
Additional Information: Jointly published with Capital Publishing Company, New Delhi, India. 1st and 2nd edition published by Capital Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2007 and 2011
Topics: Nanotechnology, Nanoscale Science and Technology, Nanochemistry