Fonash / Van de Voorde Engineering, Medicine and Science at the Nano-Scale

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-527-69289-7
Verlag: Wiley-VCH
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 296 Seiten, E-Book

Das führende Lehrbuch der Nanotechnologie und ein Kompendium von Lehrveranstaltungen der Penn State University: didaktisch fundiert mit Lernzielen am Beginn der Kapitel, Kapitelzusammenfassungen und Literaturhinweisen.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fonash, Stephen J.

Van de Voorde, Marcel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Nanotechnology: What, Why, and Why Now?
Some Physics Fundamentals Pertinent to Nanotechnology
Some Chemistry Fundamentals Pertinent to Nanotechnology
Some Biology and Biochemistry Fundamentals Pertinent to Nanotechnology
Some Material Science Fundamentals Pertinent to Nanotechnology
Properties of Nanotechnology Materials
An Overview of Nanotechnology Characterization Approaches
Nano Material Preparation and Device Fabrication: Non-Biological Approaches
Nano Material Preparation and Device Fabrication: Biological Approaches
Nanotechnology and Engineering: Computing, Communications, Imaging, and Sensing
Nanotechnology and Engineering: Materials, Energy Technologies, the Environment, Food and Agriculture, and Chemical Processes
Nanotechnology and Medicine: NP Targeting for Therapy and Imaging
Nanotechnology and Medicine: Devices and Materials
Nanotechnology: The Risks
Nanotechnology: Economic, Environmental, Societal, and Health Impacts
 
Appendix
Index

Nanotechnology: What, Why, and Why Now?
Some Physics Fundamentals Pertinent to Nanotechnology
Some Chemistry Fundamentals Pertinent to Nanotechnology
Some Biology and Biochemistry Fundamentals Pertinent to Nanotechnology
Some Material Science Fundamentals Pertinent to Nanotechnology
Properties of Nanotechnology Materials
An Overview of Nanotechnology Characterization Approaches
Nano Material Preparation and Device Fabrication: Non-Biological Approaches
Nano Material Preparation and Device Fabrication: Biological Approaches
Nanotechnology and Engineering: Computing, Communications, Imaging, and Sensing
Nanotechnology and Engineering: Materials, Energy Technologies, the Environment, Food and Agriculture, and Chemical Processes
Nanotechnology and Medicine: NP Targeting for Therapy and Imaging
Nanotechnology and Medicine: Devices and Materials
Nanotechnology: The Risks
Nanotechnology: Economic, Environmental, Societal, and Health Impacts
 
Appendix
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen Fonash is Chaired Professor of Engineering Sciences at Penn State University, USA. During his academic career he received numerous honors and awards, including a fellowship of the Electrochemical Society and the Thomas D. Callinan Award for outstanding contributions to dielectric science and technology. He is also Director of the National Science Foundation Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Center, Founder and Director of the Penn State Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization, and co-founder and chief technical officer of Solarity, LLC, State College, PA.
 
Marcel Van de Voorde is special advisor at IMEC, Belgium. He studied industrial and chemical engineering and received his PhD in nuclear engineering from the University of Nancy, France. He was co-founder and professor at the Hoger Instituut der Kempen, Geel, and the Technical Institute Don Bosco, Hoboken in Belgium. He further holds professorships at the Catholic University of Leuven, Ghent University, Delft University of Technology and is visiting professor at several recognized universities in Europe, US, Japan and China.