Overview
Guides readers from the fundamental principles of science required as background knowledge for nanomaterials
Enriches readers with the latest developments from research on nanomaterials
Introduces readers to common jargon with simplified explanation and illustrations, enabling them to follow state-of-the-art advances published in the archival literature
Provides a thorough overview of common nanomaterial synthesis, characterization and measurement methods, making the text a good reference for advanced undergraduate and graduate students
Includes practical examples, references and future perspectives to familiarize readers with challenges and trade-offs encountered in actual R&D
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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One Dimensional Nanomaterials
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Two Dimensional Nanomaterials
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Nanomaterial Interfaces and Nanofluids
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Ganesh Balasubramanian is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics at Lehigh University. Previously he was an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and (by courtesy) of Materials Science and Engineering at Iowa State University. He received his BME degree in Mechanical Engineering from Jadavpur University, India in 2007, his PhD in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech in 2011, and was a postdoctoral research associate in the Theoretical Physical Chemistry unit at TU Darmstadt in Germany till 2012. His research and teaching interests are in computational materials engineering, strongly disordered materials, and nanoscale transport and mechanics. Some of his recognitions include the ASEE Outstanding New ME Educator award, AFRL Summer Faculty Fellowship, Miller Faculty Fellowship at Iowa State, the Graduate Man of the Year and Liviu Librescu Scholarship at Virginia Tech, Young Engineering Fellowship from the Indian Institute of Science.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advances in Nanomaterials
Book Subtitle: Fundamentals, Properties and Applications
Editors: Ganesh Balasubramanian
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64717-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-64715-9Published: 03 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87853-9Published: 12 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-64717-3Published: 19 October 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 180
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 53 illustrations in colour
Topics: Nanotechnology, Materials Engineering, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials