ISBN : 9780199533060
This is an agenda-setting and high-profile book that presents an authoritative and cutting-edge analysis of nanoscience and technology. The Oxford Handbook of Nanoscience and Technology provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of the major achievements in different aspects of this field. The Handbook comprises 3 volumes, structured thematically, with 25 chapters each. Volume I presents fundamental issues of basic physics, chemistry, biochemistry, tribology etc. of nanomaterials. Volume II focuses on the progress made with host of nanomaterials including DNA and protein based nanostructures. Volume III highlights engineering and related developments, with a focus on frontal application areas. All chapters are written by noted international experts in the field. The book should be useful for final year undergraduates specializing in the field. It should prove indispensable to graduate students, and serious researchers from academic and industrial sectors working in the field of Nanoscience and Technology from different disciplines including Physics, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Medicine, Materials Science, Metallurgy, Ceramics, Information Technology as well as Electrical, Electronic and Computational Engineering.
1. Role of Computatioanal Sciences in Si-Nano Technologies and Devices
2. Few-Electron Quantum Dot Spintronics
3. Spintronics with Metallic Nanowires
4. Molecular Nanomagnets: Towards Molecular Spintronics
5. Si/SiGe Heterostructures in Nanoelectronics
6. Quantum Dots: Self-Organized and Self-Limiting Assembly
7. Intersublevel Quantum-Dot Infrared Photodetectors
8. Nanoionics and its Device Applications
9. Molecular Electronics Based on Self-Assembled Monolayers
10. Self-Assembly Strategy of Nanomanufacturing of Hybrid Devices
11. Templated Carbon Nanotubes and the Use of their Cavities for Nanomaterial Synthesis
12. Nanocatalysis
13. Bi-Functional Nanomaterials for the Imaging and Treatment of Cancer
14. Nanoparticles in Medicine
15. Nanostructured Probes to Enhance Optical and Vibrational Spectroscopic Imaging for Biomedical Applications
16. Protein Based Nano-Devices
17. Bioconjugated Quantum Dots for Tumor Molecular Imaging and Profiling
18. Modulation Design of Plasmonics for Diagnostic and Drug Screening
19. Carbon Nanotube Field Emission Electron and X-Ray Technology for Medical Research and Clinical Applications
20. Theory of Hydrogen Storage in Nanoscale Materials
21. Electron Cold Sources: Nanotechnology Contribution to Field Emitters
22. Free-Standing Grid-Like Nanostructures Assembled into 3-D Open Architectures for Photovoltaic Devices
23. Nanolithography Using Molecular Films and Processing
24. Laser Applications in Nanotechnology
25. Evaluating the Risks Associated with Nanomaterials
