Product Description

This self-confessed introduction provides technical administrators and managers with a broad, practical overview of the subject and gives researchers working in different areas an appreciation of developments in nanotechnology outside their own fields of expertise.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #652839 in Books
• Published on: 2003-05-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 400 pages

Review
"…recommended for research scientists." (IEEE Circuits and Devices, July/August 2005)

"...a very nice reference text...gives a solid overview of the topics and techniques…" (MRS Bulletin, May 2005)

"...a unique text for exploration of nanotechnology basics..." (IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Medicine, March/April 2005)

"The two authors working together have maintained a consistent perspective and level throughout the book." (Physics Today, September 2004)

"…well written and nicely illustrated…offers a large amount of useful information to those who want to be introduced to the nanotechnologies…" (Clinical Chemistry, Vol. 50, No. 2, May 2004)

"The book has achieved its goal of providing a summary and commentary on this subject." (JOM, February 26, 2004)

"…the authors have achieved their aims and have hit the right tone and level of treatment…should also be suitable for advanced students…who are interested in the field…" (Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2004/43)

"…a fascinating overview of nanotechnology and its applications. It offers a complete picture of the diversity of the technology's applications." (International Journal of General Systems, December 2003)

"…nicely designed, highly readable, and stylistically coherent…a superb addition to an already first-class lineup of contemporary textbooks on nanotechnology…" (Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Issue 32:02)

"...an introduction and overview of this innovative and increasingly important area of research..." (Materials Evaluation, August 2003)

"...wonderful introductory overview...an invaluable interdisciplinary look at the science of miniaturization and mesoscopic materials...an important resource for technical administrators and managers, as well as students and individuals..." (Polymer News)

“...an excellent introduction to nanotechnology, especially for researchers who do not currently work in the field...provides a fantastic overview of nanotechnology and would appeal to anyone wanting to learn more about this exciting area...a great book...” (IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine)

"&nicely designed, highly readable, and stylistically coherent&a superb addition to an already first-class lineup of contemporary textbooks on nanotechnology&" -- Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Issue 32:02

"...an introduction and overview of this innovative and increasingly important area of research..." -- Materials Evaluation, August 2003

"The book has achieved its goal of providing a summary and commentary on this subject." -- JOM, February 26, 2004

"The two authors working together have maintained a consistent perspective and level throughout the book." -- Physics Today, September 2004

From the Back Cover
"Nanotechnology may well rival the development of the transistor or telecommunications in its ultimate impact."
–– Charles M. Vest, President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"Nanotechnology has given us the tools. . .to play with the ultimate toy box of nature–– atoms and molecules. Everything is made from it. . . .The possibilities to create new things appear limitless. . ."
–– Horst Stormer, Nobel Laureate, Columbia University, Lucent Technologies

Currently receiving vast amounts of research funding from government and industry alike, nanotechnology is the science of matter at the scale of one-billionth of a meter or 1/75,000th the size of a human hair. In addition to the numerous advantages provided by this scale of miniaturization, quantum physics effects at this size range provide additional novel properties. By manipulating atoms at this building-block level, scientists can create stronger, lighter materials with tailored properties. Combining research from many disciplines, near-future nanotechnology applications involve everything from scratch-proof glass to internal drug delivery systems to a sugar cube—sized computer capable of storing the information from the entire United States Library of Congress.

In this fascinating overview of the field the authors provide broad coverage of nanotechnology and its applications, with an eye toward giving researchers in different areas an appreciation of nanotechnological developments outside their own fields of expertise. Rather than focusing on the latest developments in nanotechnology, the authors use representative examples of research in many fields to focus on the diversity of its applications. Included is coverage of:

• Carbon nanostructures
• Organic compounds and polymers
• Bulk nanostructured materials
• Self-assembly
• Nanostructured ferromagnetism
• Catalysis
• Optical and vibrational spectroscopy
• Biological materials
• Quantum wells, wires, and dots
• Nano machines and devices

About the Author
CHARLES P. POOLE Jr., PhD, a professor emeritus in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of South Carolina is a member of the USC nanotechnology center.
FRANK J. OWENS, PhD, is a senior research scientist of the U.S. Army’s Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center, and a professor of physics in the graduate school of Hunter College of the City University of New York.
Both authors are Fellows of the American Physical Society.END

Customer Reviews

A good introduction to nanotechnology
I started reading this book trying to get a good initial grip on the notions and progress made in nanotechnology. This book helped me exactly as I wanted. Very clearly written it takes you through a wide range of topics and in the end one manages to form a pretty good idea about development in one area or another of this very multiform field and, more importantly, gives a sense of where to go and what to expect from a certain branch.
Overall is a good starter and a valuable guide in nanotechnology.

Presents abridged versions of other reviews
This book merely presents abridged versions of other reviews on nanotechnology. For example, the chapter on self-assembly misses most if not all if the initial discoveries and describes second and third generation reports that merely duplicate the concepts with new chemical building blocks. If one reads the reviews cited at the end of the chapters one will get a better view of the respective topics.

Who writes a book on a subject they don't understand?
This is probably the worst book I've ever had to read. The authors either misses the point or misunderstands the point, systematically. Most of the examples in the early parts of the book are about the authors own research, on mass spectrometry (who cares about 5nm xenon clusters in nanotech?). It has nothing to do with tuning of functional properties in materials, witch nanotechnology is really all about. The solid state physics part is very thin, and the models used (exitons and jellium) are not especially good, and they are old. The chemistry part in this book is awful, no one will pass even basic chemistry with this degree of knowledge. The parts about characterisation is ok, but all the figures is copy-pasted from articles and is not really consistent. They don't look the same and the axises is reversed on every other figure.

The books definition is also strict to everything that is bigger than an atom, but smaller than 100nm is nanotechnology. This is used to justify i.e. why (the authors claim) that proteins and DNA is nanotechnology.

My conclusion is: If you need an introduction to nanotechnology find another book.