Screen LibraryNanotechnology and functional materials for engineers /
This book focuses on key essentials and examples across the spectrum of nanomaterials as applied by engineers, including nanosensors, smart nanomaterials, nanopolymers, and nanotubes. Chapters cover their synthesis and characteristics, production methods, and applications, with specific sections exp...
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Elsevier,
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| Publisher Address: | Amsterdam, Netherlands : |
| Publication Dates: |
2017. ©2017 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Micro and nano technologies
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| Online Access: |
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780323512565 |
| Summary: |
This book focuses on key essentials and examples across the spectrum of nanomaterials as applied by engineers, including nanosensors, smart nanomaterials, nanopolymers, and nanotubes. Chapters cover their synthesis and characteristics, production methods, and applications, with specific sections exploring nanoelectronics and electro-optic nanotechnology, nanostructures, and nanodevices. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780323524667 0323524664 |
| Index Number: | T174 |
| CLC: | TB383 |
| Contents: |
Front Cover; Nanotechnology and Functional Materials for Engineers; Copyright Page; Contents; Biography; Preface; 1 An Introduction to Nanotechnology; 1.1 Definition; 1.2 Introduction; 1.3 History; 1.4 Applications; 1.5 Recent Research and Future Perspectives; 1.6 Conclusions; 2 Generic Methodologies for Characterization; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Scanning Probes; 2.2.1 Scanning Tunneling Microscopy; 2.2.2 Atomic Force Microscopy; 2.2.2.1 AFM instrumentation; 2.2.2.1.1 The microscope; 2.2.2.1.2 The tip and cantilever; 2.2.2.1.3 Deflection sensor; 2.2.2.1.4 Image formation. 2.2.3 Magnetic Force Microscopy2.3 Electron Microscopy; 2.3.1 Scanning Electron Microscopy; 2.3.2 Transmission Electron Microscopy; 2.4 Diffraction Techniques; 2.4.1 X-Ray Diffraction; 2.5 Spectroscopy Techniques; 2.5.1 Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy; 2.6 Surface Analysis and Depth Profiling; 2.6.1 Auger Electron Spectroscopy; 2.6.2 Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy; 2.7 Conclusions; 3 Smart Nanomaterials; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Nanoscale Materials; 3.2.1 Hydrogels; 3.2.2 Polymer Brushes; 3.2.3 Carbon Nanotubes; 3.2.4 Cellulose; 3.3 Mechanisms of Response. 3.3.1 pH-Responsive Nanomaterials3.3.2 Light-Responsive Nanomaterials; 3.3.3 Temperature-Responsive Nanomaterials; 3.3.4 Magnetic Field Responsive Nanomaterials; 3.3.5 Biological and Chemical Responsive Nanomaterials; 3.4 Synthesis; 3.4.1 Coacervation/Precipitation; 3.4.2 Layer-by-Layer Polymeric Shell; 3.4.3 Grafting onto the Surface of Particles; 3.4.4 Heterogeneous Polymerization; 3.5 Applications; 3.5.1 Entrapping Ability as Nanocarriers; 3.5.2 Biological Potential; 3.5.3 Field-Effect Transistors; 3.5.4 Field Emission Displays; 3.6 Current Research and Future Perspectives; 3.7 Conclusions. 4 Nanosensors4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Manufacturing Methods; 4.2.1 Top-Down Lithography; 4.2.2 Bottom-Up Assembly; 4.2.3 Molecular Self-Assembly; 4.3 Types of Nanosensors; 4.3.1 Chemical Nanosensors; 4.3.2 Nanobiosensors; 4.3.3 Nanoscale Electrometers; 4.3.4 Deployable Nanosensors; 4.3.5 Multianalyte Sensor Arrays; 4.4 Nanostructures and Materials; 4.4.1 Nanowires; 4.4.2 Carbon Nanotubes; 4.4.3 Thin Films; 4.4.4 Nanoparticles; 4.4.4.1 Noble metal nanoparticles; 4.4.4.2 Quantum dots; 4.4.5 Porous Silicon; 4.5 Applications; 4.5.1 Medicine; 4.5.2 Security; 4.5.3 Environmental; 4.5.4 Industrial. 4.6 Current Research and Future Perspectives4.7 Conclusions; 5 Nanoparticles; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Synthesis and Characteristics; 5.2.1 Magnetic Nanoparticles; 5.2.1.1 Characteristics of magnetic nanoparticles; 5.2.1.2 Synthesis method of magnetic nanoparticles; 5.2.1.2.1 Coprecipitation; 5.2.1.2.2 Thermal decomposition; 5.2.1.2.3 Microemulsion; 5.2.2 Metal Nanoparticles; 5.2.2.1 Synthesis methods; 5.2.2.2 Wet chemical methods; 5.2.2.2.1 Nucleation; 5.2.2.2.2 Growth; 5.2.2.2.3 Stabilization of colloidal metal particles in liquids; 5.2.2.3 Nanoparticles in aqueous solution. |