Screen LibraryUnderstanding the nanotechnology revolution
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Wiley-VCH
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| Publisher Address: | Weinheim |
| Publication Dates: | c2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | x, 204 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
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9783527411092 (pbk.) 3527411097 |
| Index Number: | TB383 |
| CLC: | TB383 |
| Call Number: | TB383/W853 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Discovery, invention, and science in human progress -- Smaller is more, usually better, and sometimes entirely new! -- Systematics of scaling things down: L=1m->1nm -- Biology as successful nanotechnology -- The end of scaling: the lumpiness of all matter in the universe -- Quantum consequences for the macroworld -- Some natural and industrial self-assembled nanostructures -- Injection lasers and billion-transistor chips -- The scanning tunneling microscope and scanning tunneling microscope revolution -- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): nanophysics of spin 1/2 -- Nanophysics and nanotechnol "A unique introduction for general readers to the underlying concepts of nanotechnology, covering a wide spectrum ranging from biology to quantum computing. The material is simply presented and includes a few mathematical equations, but not mathematical derivations. It also outlines the major contributions to modern technology of physics-based nanophysical devices, such as the atomic clock, global positioning systems, and magnetic resonance imaging"--Publisher description. |