Nanotechnology: Volume 1: Principles and Fundamentals

Research on the nanoscale has led to the development of completely novel materials that will undoubtedly find numerous applications. With eight volumes plus an index, the Nanotechnology series collates the entire academic knowledge on this multidisciplinary topic, linking current and future uses in engineering, electronics, medical and life sciences, chemistry, materials science and analysis.
Volume I: Principles and Fundamentals (Editor: Gunter Schmid)
Volume 2: Environmental Aspects (Editor: Harald Krug)
Volume 3: Information Technology I (Editor: Rainer Waser)
Volume 4: Information Technology II (Editor: Rainer Waser)
Volume 5: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology (Editor: Viola Vogel)
Volume 6: Nanoprobes (Editor: Harald Fuchs)
Volume 7: Light and Energy (Editors: Michael Gratzel and Kuppuswamy Kalyanasundaram)
Volume 8: Nanostructured Surfaces (Editor: Lifeng Chi)
Volume 9: Index
The first Volume in the series deals with the principles and fundamentals of nanotechnology, explaining what nanoscience and nanotechnology really means and, equally importantly, what it does not mean.

Spis treści:
List of Contributors.
1. Introduction (Günter Schmid).
2. The Nature of Nanotechnology (Günter Schmid).
3. Top–Down Versus Bottom–Up (Wolfgang J. Parak, Friedrich C. Simmel, and Alexander W. Holleitner).
4. Fundamental Principles of Quantum Dots (Wolfgang J. Parak, Liberato manna, and Thomas Nann).
5. Fundamentals and Functionality of Inorganic Wires, Rods and Tubes (Jörg J. Schneider, Alexander Popp, and Jörg Engstler).
6. Biomolecule–Nanoparticle Hybrid Systems (Maya Zayats and Itamar Willner).
7. Philosophy of Nanotechnoscience (Alfred Nordmann).
8. Ethics of Nanotechnology. State of the Art and Challenges Ahead (Armin Grunwald).
9. Outlook and Consequences (Günter Schmid).
References.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Gunter Schmid, Professor em. at the University of Duisburg–Essen. His research is focused on the interface between chemistry an physics, covering clusters, nanoparticles and nanosciences. He published about 350 papers and edited several books on nanomaterials and nanotechnology. He acts as a member in several editorial boards, e.g. for Small and Advanced Functional Materials. In 2003 he received the prestigious Wilhelm–Klemm award of the German Chemical Society.

Okładka tylna:
Research on the nanoscale has led to the development of completely novel materials that will undoubtedly find numerous applications. With eight volumes plus an index, the Nanotechnology series collates the entire academic knowledge on this multidisciplinary topic, linking current and future uses in engineering, electronics, medical and life sciences, chemistry, materials science and analysis.
Volume I: Principles and Fundamentals (Editor: Gunter Schmid)
Volume 2: Environmental Aspects (Editor: Harald Krug)
Volume 3: Information Technology I (Editor: Rainer Waser)
Volume 4: Information Technology II (Editor: Rainer Waser)
Volume 5: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology (Editor: Viola Vogel)
Volume 6: Nanoprobes (Editor: Harald Fuchs)
Volume 7: Light and Energy (Editors: Michael Gratzel and Kuppuswamy Kalyanasundaram)
Volume 8: Nanostructured Surfaces (Editor: Lifeng Chi)
Volume 9: Index
The first Volume in the series deals with the principles and fundamentals of nanotechnology, explaining what nanoscience and nanotechnology really means and, equally importantly, what it does not mean.