The document summarizes the contents of the book "Nanotechnology: Understanding Small Systems" which provides a rigorous yet accessible treatment of nanotechnology. It discusses the 10 chapters of the book which cover fundamental concepts in nanoscale physics, materials, mechanics, electronics, heat transfer, photonics, fluid mechanics, and applications in nanobiotechnology. The book emphasizes both basic principles and complex topics, using realistic examples and illustrations to demonstrate how various areas underlie nanotechnology.
The document summarizes the contents of the book "Nanotechnology: Understanding Small Systems" which provides a rigorous yet accessible treatment of nanotechnology. It discusses the 10 chapters of the book which cover fundamental concepts in nanoscale physics, materials, mechanics, electronics, heat transfer, photonics, fluid mechanics, and applications in nanobiotechnology. The book emphasizes both basic principles and complex topics, using realistic examples and illustrations to demonstrate how various areas underlie nanotechnology.
The document summarizes the contents of the book "Nanotechnology: Understanding Small Systems" which provides a rigorous yet accessible treatment of nanotechnology. It discusses the 10 chapters of the book which cover fundamental concepts in nanoscale physics, materials, mechanics, electronics, heat transfer, photonics, fluid mechanics, and applications in nanobiotechnology. The book emphasizes both basic principles and complex topics, using realistic examples and illustrations to demonstrate how various areas underlie nanotechnology.
The document summarizes the contents of the book "Nanotechnology: Understanding Small Systems" which provides a rigorous yet accessible treatment of nanotechnology. It discusses the 10 chapters of the book which cover fundamental concepts in nanoscale physics, materials, mechanics, electronics, heat transfer, photonics, fluid mechanics, and applications in nanobiotechnology. The book emphasizes both basic principles and complex topics, using realistic examples and illustrations to demonstrate how various areas underlie nanotechnology.
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REYNANOVIE C.
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NANOTECHNOLOGY: Understanding Small Systems
Ben Rogers Sumita Pennathur Jesse Adams
Nanotechnology: Understanding Small Systems, which is written by
Ben Rogers, Sumita Pennathur and Jesse Adams, provides a rigorous yet accessible treatment of the worlds fastest-growing field. Nanotechnology represents a convergence of many sciences and technologies. The approached used in the book is system-based, demonstrating how an understanding of the various areas underlying nanotechnology. Here you will find realistic examples, creative homework problems and makes use of original illustrations. The authors emphasize both the fundamentals and the more complex concepts, making the material accessible as well as challenging. The explanations were straightforward, engaging and has a lot of surprises. The book consists of ten chapters. The first chapter is a review lesson about the smallest particle that can exist by itself which is atom. The second chapter continues with the discussion of miniaturization. Miniaturization comes with multifunctionality, from cellphones becoming smaller, laptops getting lighter and many other things getting tinnier. Chapter 3 introduces about Nanoscale Physics. It provides us information about classical physics that perfectly describes many natural phenomena. Quantum mechanics were also discussed which stresses the necessity of understanding atoms, electrons and proton. It also introduces the Uncertainty Principle which dictates that the more precisely somethings position is determined, the less precisely its momentum is known. The last seven chapters comprise the seven main facets of nanotechnology: nanomaterials, nanomechanics, nanoelectronics, nanoscale heat transfer, nanophotonics, nanoscale fluid mechanics, and nanobiotechnology.
The fourth chapter which is the discussion of Nanomaterials covers
about composition of material. Starts with an explanation about how matter matters greatly in nanotechnology. The usefulness of quantum mechanics in some of the nanomaterials discussed in this chapter remains a focus in the study of nanotechnology. Nanomechanics in Chapter 5 tells that both classical mechanics and quantum mechanics can be used to study the forces that move nanoscale objects. Rogers et. al use finger-like tools to create topographical images of surfaces, measure the forces between molecules, move atoms around surface one at a time, and measure surface properties such as coefficient of friction. Some topics in this chapter are discuss further in Chapter 7. In the discussion of Nanoelectronics in Chapter 6, it is highlighted that individual molecules may be useful as wires, switches, logic gates, transistors, and memory storage elements. Nanoscale Heat Transfer of Chapter 7 is a hot topic discoursing about heat which is often discuss from a macroscale perspective. Heat is zoom in all the way to the nanoscale to see the stuff that heat is actually made of. Nanophotonics is all about photons. The eight chapter starts with the birth of photons going back 1700 years ago or so, during the Roman Empire. It continues with the discussion of how material interacts with photons. Illustration of the patterns of materials with different permittivities are shown. These patterns make it possible for photons to be confine, guided and filtered. Concepts of Nanoscale Fluid Mechanics is discussed in Chapter 9. The authors introduce the theory than can predict the movement of small molecules in nanochannels using Stokes flow. The applications of these sorts of flows include the analysis of biomolecules, electrosmotic pumps for cooling and pumping purposes. The final chapter which is Nanobiotechnology, touches a couple of applications of nanotechnology, including biomimetic structures and biomolecular motors. Although these fields of study are both in their infancy, there is an open door of possibilities in using existing biological structures for technological applications.