Introductory Nanoscience

Physical and Chemical Concepts
2 ed
ISBN: 978-1-041-45506-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 688 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

This comprehensive new edition provides a pedagogical introduction to what makes nanoscience unique, featuring quantitative descriptions of key concepts and solved examples throughout. The textbook demonstrates how understanding scale-dependent property changes allows us to predict the behavior and functionality of nanomaterials.

Introductory Nanoscience, Physical and Chemical Concepts, Second Edition provides a pedagogical introduction to what makes nanoscience unique. It features beginner-friendly descriptions of key concepts and provides solved examples throughout. The text takes a quantitative approach to the subject and provides physical insights into how the optical and electrical properties of nanomaterials emerge from the laws of physics, and depend on their size, shape, and morphology. It simultaneously provides a chemical perspective for how nanometer-sized objects are made. Fundamental concepts are reinforced through end-of-chapter problems and further readings. The Second Edition updates information in the text and contains new chapters on electricity and magnetism as well as plasmonics.

Designed for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, users will appreciate complete derivations of relevant equations, simplified assumptions for practical calculations, listed references, and a historical overview about the development of colloidal quantum dots.

A detailed solutions manual is available for adopting professors.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kuno, Masaru

Ghonge, Sushrut

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Nanotechnologie
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Maschinenbau Mechatronik, Mikrosysteme (MEMS), Nanosysteme
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik, Medizinische Werkstoffe
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction 2 Structure 3 Length Scales 4 Types of Nanostructures 5 Absorption and Emission Basics 6 A Quantum Mechanics Review 7 Model Quantum Mechanics Problems 8 Additional Model Problems 9 Density of States 10 Bands 11 Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory 12 Interband Transitions 13 Synthesis 14 Characterization 15 Applications

Über Autor(innen)

Masaru Kuno earned his PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1998. This was followed by a NRC postdoctoral fellowship at JILA, University of Colorado at Boulder. He has been at the University of Notre Dame since 2003 and is currently a Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry as well as a concurrent Professor of Physics and Astronomy. Professor Kuno’s research focuses on the synthesis and optical microscopy of semiconductors as well as their associated nanostructures.

Sushrut Ghonge completed his undergraduate studies in Engineering Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. He then earned his PhD in Physics and Materials Science & Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. He has been an Assistant Professor of Physics at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN since 2024. He is a theoretical physicist, and his research interests lie in quantum optics, quantum thermodynamics, and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics.