Nanotechnology

The book provides an up-to-date overview of the fast growing area of Raman spectroscopy.

This book throws light on the various methods of preparation and characterization of liposomes.

Molecular self-assembly has been exploited by nature for developing the higher functional macromolecular structures of both the genome and proteome.

The focus of this book lies at the meeting point of electromagnetic waveguides and photonic crystals.

The Quantum Cellular Automaton (QCA) concept represents an attempt to break away from the traditional three-terminal device paradigm that has dominated digital computation.

Gold has traditionally been regarded as inactive as a catalytic metal.

This volume is concerned with functional nanomaterials: materials containing specific, predictable nanostructure whose chemical composition or interfacial structure enable them to perform a specific job - destroy, sequester or detect some material that constitutes an environmental threat.

Written by a leading nanobiologist actively involved at the forefront of the field both as a researcher and an educator, this book takes the reader from the fundamentals of nanobiology to the most advanced applications.

This volume takes a much needed multiphysical approach to the numerical and experimental evaluation of the mechanical properties of MEMS and NEMS.

Materials development has reached a point where it is difficult for a single material to satisfy the needs of sophisticated applications in the modern world.

This book outlines a selection of exciting advances currently being made worldwide in the field of modern engineering at the nanometer scale.

Combining engineering and medicine research projects with biological applications, the contributions in this volume constitute the efforts of both distinguished scientists and young investigators in various fields of biomedical engineering at Tohoku University, one of Japan's leading scientific research universities.

This novel book is the first comprehensive text on dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT), which has emerged over the past two decades as one of the most powerful new developments in many-body physics.

Quantum dot nano structures are interesting for applications in information technology and play a growing role in data storage, medical and biological applications.

This book reviews research on single-electron devices and circuits in silicon.

Catalyst technologies account for over $1 trillion of revenue in the U.

This book is concerned with functional nanomaterials, materials containing specific, predictable nanostructures whose chemical composition, or interfacial structure enables them to perform a specific job: to destroy, sequester, or detect some material that constitutes an environmental threat.

The outstanding properties of ceramics have guaranteed their use for millennia and they remain vitally important in modern technology.

Photonic crystal nanostructures, whose photonic properties can be tuned in response to external stimuli, are desired for a wide range of applications in colour displays, biological and chemical sensors, and inks and paints.

Research into polymer nanofibers has increased significantly over the last decade, prompting the need for a comprehensive monograph examining the subject as knowledge of their properties and potential applications has increased.

Understanding the chemistry behind works of art and heritage materials presents an opportunity to apply scientific techniques to their conservation and restoration.

The exceptional mechanical, optical, surface and biocompatibility properties of nanodiamond have gained it much interest.

Lab-on-a-chip devices for point of care diagnostics have been present in clinics for several years now.

The inner architecture of a material can have an astonishing effect on its overall properties and is vital to understand when designing new materials.

Chemically-modified carbon nanotubes (CNTs) exhibit a wide range of physical and chemical properties which makes them an attractive starting material for the preparation of super-strong and highly-conductive fibres and films.

Graphene is an emerging material for generating polymer nanocomposites.

The expanding field of nanotechnology is now one of the most promising areas of science.

This timely publication bridges and presents the latest trends and updates in three hot topics of current and future society: nanomaterials, energy and environment.

Bioanalytical applications in nanopores are an exciting field of research which have seen rapid development over the last ten plus years.

Many nanomaterials exhibit anti-microbial properties and demand for such materials grows as new applications are found in such areas as medicine, environmental science and specialised coatings.

This book is as a result of the conference NanoFormulation 2011 held in Singapore as part of the ICMAT group of symposia.

There has been significant growth in the field of nanofluidics, where nanoscale analytical instruments employ micromachined features and are able to manipulate fluid samples with high precision and efficiency and have many advantages over their conventional (larger) analogues.

Naturally occurring or manufactured through chemical and/or physical processes, particulate materials are substances consisting of individual particles which have significance to the global economy, society and environments.

Techniques and strategies for the production of nanomaterials and nanostructures have developed to an advanced level.

When a biomaterial is placed inside the body, a biological response is triggered almost instantaneously.

Research and literature on nanomaterials has exploded in volume in recent years.

Nanoscience is one of the most exciting areas of modern physical science as it encompasses a range of techniques rather than a single discipline.

The manipulation of cells and microparticles within microfluidic systems using external forces is valuable for many microscale analytical and bioanalytical applications.

Surface area has a directly relationship with the efficiency of energy devices.

Polymer nanocomposites revolutionized research in the composites area by achieving the nanoscale dispersion of the inorganic filler (clay platelets) in the polymer matrices after suitable surface modifications of the filler phase.

This unique book is the first treatment of nanotechnology as the science controlled by the behaviour of thermodynamic small systems.

This exciting new book is a unique compilation of data from a wide range of chemical and spectroscopic instrumentation and the integration of nanostructure characterisation drawn from physical, chemical, electrochemical, spectroscopic and electron microscopic measurements.

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.

Is Bigger Always Better?

Magnetic composite particles offer much potential for use in a variety of applications, including manufacturing, environmental protection, microfluidics, microelectronics, and biomedicine.

This expanded and updated edition of the 2007 version introduces readers from various backgrounds to the rapidly growing interface between biology and nanotechnology.

Several books and many papers have been published during the last decade on the design and the use of new nanomaterials in medicine and technology, which describe major concepts of nanotechnology.

Nanotechnology is about small things and medicine usually deals with bigger things - with patients and their diseases.

Recent developments in the field of nanotechnology have paved the way for lots of innovation in a number of industrial and consumer sectors, including food and food packaging.

The book gives a comprehensive up-to-date summary of the existing information on the structural/electronic properties, chemistry and catalytic properties of vanadium and molybdenum containing catalysts.