by Michel Wautelet, Philippe Dubois, Pierre Gillis, Yves Gossuin, Robert Muller, Assia Ouakssim, Alain Roch, Damien Duvivier, Johnny Robert, Fabien Monteverde, Rachel Gouttebaron, Michel Hecq, David Beljonne, Jean-Luc Brédas, Jérôme Cornil, Roberto Lazzaroni, Philippe Leclère and Michael Alexandre preface by Jean-Marie Lehn translated by Aboubacar Chaehoi
The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2009 Paper: 978-0-86341-941-6 | eISBN: 978-1-84919-097-8 (all) Library of Congress Classification T174.7.N3667 2009 Dewey Decimal Classification 620.5
ABOUT THIS BOOK | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
How can single atoms be manipulated? Are the laws of physics still valid at the nanostructure scale? How could nanotechnologies help cure disease? What are the application fields of nanotechnologies and what ethical issues do they raise? These questions and many others are answered in this clearly presented, fascinating book.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: The nanotechnology revolution
Chapter 2: Atomic structure and cohesion
Chapter 3: Electronic structures of nanosystems
Chapter 4: Molecular electronics
Chapter 5: Neuroelectronics
Chapter 6: Plastic electronics
Chapter 7: Fabrication of nanostructures
Chapter 8: Organic-matrix-based nanocomposites
Chapter 9: Nanomagnetism
Chapter 10: Nanotechnologies in perspective
Appendix 1: Electron microscopy
Appendix 2: X photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) and secondary ions mass spectroscopy (ToF SIMS)