Foundations for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
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Foundations for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

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eBook - PDF

Foundations for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

About this book

Do you ever wonder why size is so important at the scale of nanosystems? Do you want to understand the fundamental principles that govern the properties of nanomaterials? Do you want to establish a foundation for working in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology? Then this book is written with you in mind.

Foundations for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology provides some of the physical chemistry needed to understand why properties of small systems differ both from their constituent molecular entities and from the corresponding bulk matter. This is not a book about nanoscience and nanotechnology, but rather an exposition of basic knowledge required to understand these fields. The collection of topics makes it unique, and these topics include:

  • The concept of quantum confinement and its consequences for electronic behaviour (Part II)



  • The importance of surface thermodynamics for activity and interactions of nanoscale systems (Part III)



  • The need to consider fluctuations as well as mean properties in small systems (Part IV)



  • The interaction of light with matter and specific applications of spectroscopy and microscopy (Part V)



This book is written for senior undergraduates or junior graduate students in science or engineering disciplines who wish to learn about or work in the areas of nanoscience and nanotechnology, but who do not have the requisite background in chemistry or physics. It may also be useful as a refresher or summary text for chemistry and physics students since the material is focused on those aspects of quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, and statistical mechanics that specifically relate to the size of objects.

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2017
eBook ISBN
9781482259087
Edition
1
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Physics
Index
Physics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Part I Introduction
  9. Chapter 1 Why study the foundations for nanoscience and nanotechnology?
  10. Part II Understanding quantumconfinement
  11. Introduction to Part II
  12. Chapter 2 The postulates of quantum mechanics
  13. Chapter 3 Time-dependent and time-independent Schrödinger equations
  14. Chapter 4 Solving the time-independent Schrödinger equation
  15. Chapter 5 Applications to systems with many electrons
  16. Part III Understanding surfacethermodynamics
  17. Introduction to Part III
  18. Chapter 6 The basics of thermodynamics
  19. Chapter 7 Surface thermodynamics
  20. Chapter 8 The work function
  21. Chapter 9 Understanding interactions between surfaces
  22. Part IV Understanding fluctuations insmall systems
  23. Introduction to Part IV
  24. Chapter 10 Basic statistical concepts
  25. Chapter 11 Partition functions
  26. Chapter 12 Fluctuations in closed and open systems
  27. Chapter 13 Measuring concentration changes
  28. Part V Understanding light-matterinteractions
  29. Introduction to Part V
  30. Chapter 14 The principles of absorption and emission of light
  31. Chapter 15 Molecular spectroscopy
  32. Chapter 16 Application of fluorescence microscopy
  33. Chapter 17 Optical properties of relevance to nanomaterials
  34. Chapter 18 Epilog and acknowledgments
  35. Part VI Problems and references
  36. Chapter 19 Problems
  37. Chapter 20 References
  38. Index