This book is meant to serve as a textbook for beginners in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology. It can also be used as additional reading in this multifaceted area. It covers the entire spectrum of nanoscience and technology: introduction, terminology, historical perspectives of this domain of science, unique and widely differing properties, advances in the various synthesis, consolidation and characterization techniques, applications of nanoscience and technology and emerging materials and technologies.
Author(s): B.S. Murty, P. Shankar, Baldev Raj, B B Rath, James Murday (auth.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 244
Tags: Nanotechnology and Microengineering;Nanoscale Science and Technology;Nanotechnology
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Big World of Nanomaterials....Pages 1-28
Unique Properties of Nanomaterials....Pages 29-65
Synthesis Routes....Pages 66-106
Applications of Nanomaterials....Pages 107-148
Tools to Characterize Nanomaterials....Pages 149-175
Nanostructured Materials with High Application Potential....Pages 176-213
Concerns and Challenges of Nanotechnology....Pages 214-223
Back Matter....Pages 9-9
