Description

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IntroductionIntroduction and Some Physical Principlesphysical principles .- MicroscopyMicroscopy - Nanoscopynanoscopy .- Synthesis 3. Synthesis .- NanocrystalsNanocrystals - Nanowiresnanowires - Nanolayersnanolayers .- Carbon NanostructuresCarbon nanostructures - Tubes, Graphenegraphene, Fullerenesfullerenes, Wave-Particle Dualitywave-particle duality .- Nanocrystalline MaterialsNanocrystalline materials .- NanomechanicsNanomechanics - Nanophotonicsnanophotonics - Nanofluidicsnanofluidics .- NanomagnetismNanomagnetism .- Nanotechnology for ComputersNanotechnology for computers, Memoriesmemories, and Hard Diskshard disks .- NanochemistryNanochemistry - From Supramolecular Chemistrysupramolecular chemistry to Chemistry on the Nanoscalechemistry on the nanoscale, Catalysiscatalysis, Renewable Energyrenewable energy, Batteriesbatteries, and Environmental Protectionenvironmental protection .- Biology on the NanoscaleBiology on the nanoscale .- NanomedicineNanomedicine .

About the Author

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Prof. Dr. Hans-Eckhardt Schaefer received his Dr. rer. nat. in physics from Stuttgart University, Germany. His main research fields are solid state physics and nanoscience. He gave courses in nanoscience at Stuttgart University and is a guest professor in Japan, China, and South America. He received the Tammann Medal of the German Materials Research Society and the Lee Xun Research Award of the Institute of Metals Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China.