Nanotechnology

This book provides readers with an overview of the design, fabrication, simulation, and reliability of nanoscale semiconductor devices, MEMS, and sensors, as they serve for realizing the next-generation internet of things.

In the present scenario, green technologies are playing significant role in changing the course of nation's economic growth towards sustainability and providing an alternative socio-economic model that will enable present and future generations to live in a clean and healthy environment, in harmony with nature.

This book covers smart polymer nanocomposites with perspectives for application in energy harvesting, as self-healing materials, or shape memory materials.

This book highlights the recent advances and state of the art in the use of functionalized nanostructured environments on catalysis.

This brief offers a comprehensive discussion of magnetic targeted drug delivery of silica-coated nanodevices.

This book illustrates original pathways to manipulate light at the nanoscale by means of surface electromagnetic waves (here, Bloch surface waves, BSWs) on planar dielectric multilayers, also known as one-dimensional photonic crystals.

This book summarizes recent research and development in the field of nanostructured ceramics and their composites.

This book presents the recent progress in the field of nanophotonics.

This book describes the technology of charge-trapping non-volatile memories and their uses.

This thesis offers a comprehensive introduction to surface acoustic waves in the quantum regime.

This thesis investigates the effect of the magnetic field on propagating surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs), or surface plasmons for short.

This book describes different aspects of characterization and detection of nanomaterials in liquid disperse systems, such as suspensions, emulsions and suspoemulsions.

Reviews in Plasmonics 2016, the third volume of the new book series from Springer, serves as a comprehensive collection of current trends and emerging hot topics in the field of Plasmonics and closely related disciplines.

In today's nanotechnology and pharmaceutical research, alternative toxicology testing methods are crucial for ethically and commercially sound practice.

This book discusses recent progress in endohedral fullerenes - their production and separation techniques, as well as their characterization and properties.

This concise book offers an essential introduction and reference guide for the many newcomers to the field of physics of elemental 2D materials.

This book presents a comprehensive survey about conducting polymers and their hybrids with different materials.

This Brief focuses on the cancer therapy available till date, from conventional drug delivery to nanomedicine in clinical trial.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the structural, nanotribological and nanomechanical properties of skin with and without cream treatment as a function of operating environment.

In the last decade, numerous studies have demonstrated the existence of alternative pathways to nucleation and crystallisation that oppose the classical view.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the potential use of graphene-based materials in two important societal areas: medicine and the environment.

A unique feature of this book is its focus on nanotechnological solutions for the production of bioenergy and biofuels.

This thesis focuses on the electrochemical synthesis of multi-segmented nanowires.

This thesis describes novel substrate embedded physical sensors that can be used to monitor different types of cell-based assays non-invasively and label-free.

This book discusses the current direction of the research approach to extreme biomimetics through biological materials-inspired chemistry and its applications in modern technology and medicine.

This book introduces the various aspects of the emerging field of carbon dots.

This book focuses on the experimental and theoretical aspects of the time-dependent breakdown of advanced dielectric films used in gigascale electronics.

This book provides a unique and comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art understanding of the molecular and nano-scale processes that play significant roles in ion-beam cancer therapy.

Micro-and Nanomechanics, Volume 5 of the Proceedings of the 2016 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the fifth volume of ten from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book provides a comprehensive summary of nanowire research in the past decade, from the nanowire synthesis, characterization, assembly, to the device applications.

This book introduces readers to a wide range of applications for elements in Group 16 of the periodic table, such as, optical fibers for communication and sensing, X-ray imaging, electrochemical sensors, data storage devices, biomedical applications, photovoltaics and IR detectors, the rationale for these uses, the future scope of their applications, and expected improvements to existing technologies.

This book describes 200 bio-polymers, including the most recent and advanced nanotechnology applications.

This popular textbook provides an introduction to the theory and practice of electron microscopy.

This book details all current techniques for converting bulk polymers into nano-size materials.

This book provides in-depth theoretical and practical information on recent advances in micro-manufacturing technologies and processes, covering such topics as micro-injection moulding, micro-cutting, micro-EDM, micro-assembly, micro-additive manufacturing, moulded interconnected devices, and microscale metrology.

This thesis presents a method for reliably and robustly producing samples of amyloid- (A) by capturing them at various stages of aggregation, as well as the results of subsequent imaging with various atomic force microscopy (AFM) methods, all of which add value to the data gathered by collecting information on the peptide's nanomechanical, elastic, thermal or spectroscopical properties.

This book is devoted to the engineering of protein-based nanostructures and nanomaterials.

This book describes in detail the use of natural cellulose fibers for the production of innovative, low-cost, and easily recyclable lithium-ion (Li-ion) cells by means of fast and reliable papermaking procedures that employ water as a solvent.

This book compiles all current information on the different types of functionalization of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene, both covalent and non-covalent.

This fundamental book presents the most comprehensive summary of the current state in chemistry of cage metal complexes.

This book presents the versatile and pivotal role of electron spin interactions in nature.

This brief is the result of the research the author has performed in recent years covering electrical fluctuations in numerous systems, including molecular electrical fluctuations, ionic fluctuations, ionic dielectric relaxation, spherical and cylindrical polyelectrolytes, ionic polarizability in polyelectrolytes, pH fluctuation in vesicles and electrical fluctuations in proteins.

This book presents a unique combination of chapters that togetherprovide a practical introduction to multiscale modeling applied to nanoscalematerials mechanics.

This book presents wet chemical sol-gel and hydrothermal methods for 1D oxide nanostructure preparation.

The series Advances in Polymer Science presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in polymer and biopolymer science.

This book discusses the mechanisms of electric conductivity in various ionic liquid systems (protic, aprotic as well as polymerized ionic liquids).

This book aims to address how nanotechnology risks are being addressed  by scientists, particularly in the areas of human health and the environment and how these risks can be measured in financial terms for insurers and regulators.

This book presents the perspectives of nanotechnology educators from around the world.

This book introduces nanocomposite materials possessing a broad range of multifunctionality.

This contributed volume is inspired by the seminal discovery and identification of C60.