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1. |  By: Nan Yao Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 13-SEP-2007 Insert Date: 07-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Focused Ion Beam Systems
The focused ion beam (FIB) system is an important tool for understanding and manipulating the structure of materials at the nanoscale. Combining this system with an electron beam creates a DualBeam - a single system that can function as an imaging, analytical and sample modification tool. Presenting the principles, capabilities, challenges and applications of the FIB technique, this edited volume comprehensively covers the ion beam technology including the DualBeam. The basic principles of ion beam and two-beam systems, their interaction with materials, etching and deposition are all...
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2. |  Mobile Wearable Nano-Bio Health Monitoring Systems with Smartphones as Base Stations By: Vijay Varandan; Linfeng Cheng Publisher: Momentum Press Publication Date: 19-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 26-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Mobile Wearable Nano-Bio Health Monitoring Systems with Smartphones as Base Stations With the rapid advances in nanotechnology, telecommunication and information technologies, efficient and reliable telemedicine (also known as remote point of care or remote healthcare), is now coming into practice. This new monograph in the ASME-Momentum Press series on Biomedical & Nanomedical Technologies discusses the development and application of mobile wearable nano-bio health monitoring systems for telemedicine. It shows how nanomaterials-based biosensors are used to remotely measure physiological signals, such as electrocardiogram (ECG), electroencephalogram (EEG), electromyogram...
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3. |  Silica Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery System for Immunomodulator GMDP By: E.V. Parfenyuk Publisher: Momentum Press Publication Date: 30-AUG-2012 Insert Date: 26-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Silica Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery System for Immunomodulator GMDP One of the ways of making drug delivery more efficient is the use of nanosystems for targeted delivery and timed release. This new monograph in the ASME-Momentum Press series on Biomedical & Nanomedical Technologies will explore the latest research on nanoparticulate delivery systems for the immune modulating agent, GMDP (N-acetylglucosaminyl-N-acetylmuramyl-Lisoglutamine), an important component in cell wall structure and receptors. Silica nanoparticles in particular have shown great promise in enhanced delivery of drugs targeted at this cellular wall component....
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4. |  Introduction to Nanomaterials and Devices By: Omar Manasreh Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 13-DEC-2011 Insert Date: 08-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Introduction to Nanomaterials and Devices
An invaluable introduction to nanomaterials and their applications
Offering the unique approach of applying traditional physics concepts to explain new phenomena, Introduction to Nanomaterials and Devices provides readers with a solid foundation on the subject of quantum mechanics and introduces the basic concepts of nanomaterials and the devices fabricated from them. Discussion begins with the basis for understanding the basic properties of semiconductors and gradually evolves to cover quantum structures—including single, multiple, and quantum wells—and the properties of nanomaterial...
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5. |  Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology By: Chris Binns Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 16-JUN-2010 Insert Date: 05-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology explains nanotechnology to an audience that does not necessarily have a scientific background. It covers all aspects, including the new areas of biomedical applications and the use of nanotechnology to probe the "quantum vacuum." After discussing the present state of the art in nanotechnology, the book makes estimates of where these technologies are going and what will be possible in the future.
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6. |  By: Jeremy Ramsden Publisher: William Andrew Publication Date: 27-AUG-2009 Insert Date: 15-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Applied Nanotechnology
An overview of nanotechnology that encompasses scientific, technological, economic and social issues - investigating the potential of nanotechnology to transform whole sectors of industry from healthcare to energy. Jeremy Ramsden provides a blueprint for those involved in the commercialization of nanotechnology. In Applied Nanotechnology Professor Ramsden takes an integrated approach to the scientific, commercial and social aspects of nanotechnology, exploring: The relationship between nanotechnology and innovation The changing economics and business models required to...
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7. |  Nanotechnology Environmental Health and Safety By: Matthew Hull; Diana Bowman Publisher: William Andrew Publication Date: 06-NOV-2009 Insert Date: 15-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Nanotechnology Environmental Health and Safety
This book tackles the debate over nanotechnology's environmental, health and safety (EHS) by thoroughly explaining EHS issues, financial implications, foreseeable risks (i.e. exposure, dose, hazards of nanomaterials), and the implications of occupational hygiene precautions and consumer protections. Real-world case studies are included, e.g. the discussion of a leading chemical company's unusual pairing with the USA's largest environmental NGO, and an innovative program designed for small- to mid-sized businesses, which became a model approach for proactive nanotechnology EHS risk...
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8. |  Nanotechnology Applications for Clean Water By: Mamadou Diallo; Jeremiah Duncan; Nora Savage; Anita Street; Richard Sustich Publisher: William Andrew Publication Date: 30-DEC-2008 Insert Date: 15-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Nanotechnology Applications for Clean Water
The World Health Organization in 2004 estimated approximately 1.1 billion people did not have access to clean water and that 35% of Third World residents died from water-borne illnesses. While the situation is grim, recent advances strongly indicate that many of the current water quality problems can be addresses - and potentially resolved - using nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is already having a dramatic impact on research in water quality and Nanotechnology Applications for Clean Water highlights both the challenges and the opportunities for nanotechnology to positively influence this...
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9. |  Physics of Carbon Nanotube Devices By: Francois Leonard Publisher: William Andrew Publication Date: 24-SEP-2008 Insert Date: 15-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Physics of Carbon Nanotube Devices
Possibly the most impactful material in the nanotechnology arena, carbon nanotubes have spurred a tremendous amount of scientific research and development. Their superior mechanical and chemical robustness makes them easily manipulable and allows for the assembly of various types of devices, including electronic, electromechanical, opto-electronic and sensing devices. In the field of nanotube devices, however, concepts that describe the properties of conventional devices do not apply. Carbon nanotube devices behave much differently from those using traditional materials, and offer...
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10. |  Infochemistry: Information Processing at the Nanoscale Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 03-JUL-2012 Insert Date: 23-JUL-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Infochemistry: Information Processing at the Nanoscale
Infochemistry: Information Processing at the Nanoscale, defines a new field of science, and describes the processes, systems and devices at the interface between chemistry and information sciences. The book is devoted to the application of molecular species and nanostructures to advanced information processing. It includes the design and synthesis of suitable materials and nanostructures, their characterization, and finally applications of molecular species and nanostructures for information storage and processing purposes.
Divided into twelve chapters; the first three chapters serve as...
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11. |  Nanoscience and Advancing Computational Methods in Chemistry By: A.K. Haghi; Eduardo Castro Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 31-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 02-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Nanoscience and Advancing Computational Methods in Chemistry The budding field of nanotechnology offers enormous potential for advances in medical science, engineering, transportation, computers, and many other industries. As this growing field solidifies, these technological advances may soon become a reality.<br><b>Nanoscience and Advancing Computational Methods in Chemistry: Research Progress</b> provides innovative chapters covering the growth of educational, scientific, and industrial research activities among chemical engineers and provides a medium for mutual communication between international academia and the industry. This book publishes...
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12. |  Integrated Nanophotonic Devices By: Zeev Zalevsky; Ibrahim Abdulhalim Publisher: William Andrew Publication Date: 21-OCT-2010 Insert Date: 19-JAN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Integrated Nanophotonic Devices Nanophotonics is a field of science and technology based on the manipulation of light with equally miniscule structures, in the same way that computer chips are used to route and switch electrical signals. By enabling new high bandwidth, high speed optoelectronic components, nanophotonics has the potential to revolutionize the fields of telecommunications, computation and sensing. In this book, Zalevsky and Abdulhalim explore one of the key technologies emerging within nanophotonics, that of nano-integrated photonic modulation devices and sensors. The attempt to integrate photonic dynamic...
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13. |  By: Jeremy Ramsden Publisher: William Andrew Publication Date: 28-JUN-2011 Insert Date: 19-JAN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Nanotechnology This book provides an overview of the rapidly growing and developing field of nanotechnology, focusing on key essentials, and structured around a robust anatomy of the subject. The newcomer to nanotechnology, who may well have a strong background in one of the traditional disciplines such as physics, mechanical or electrical engineering, chemistry or biology, or who may have been working in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology, is confronted with a bewildering range of information. This book brings together the principles, theory and practice of nanotechnology, giving a broad...
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14. |  Emerging Nanotechnologies for Manufacturing By: Waqar Ahmed; M. J. Jackson Publisher: William Andrew Publication Date: 10-SEP-2009 Insert Date: 18-JAN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Emerging Nanotechnologies for Manufacturing Nanotechnology is a technology on the verge of commercialization. In this important work, an unrivalled team of international experts provides an exploration of the emerging nanotechnologies that are poised to make the nano-revolution a reality in the manufacturing sector. From their different perspectives, the contributors explore how developments in nanotechnology are transforming areas as diverse as medicine, advanced materials, energy, electronics and agriculture. Key topics covered include: Characterization of nanostructures Bionanotechnology Nanoelectronics Micro- and...
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15. |  Publisher: Prentice Hall Publication Date: 27-JUN-2007 Insert Date: 01-APR-2007 Slots: 1.0 | "William Bainbridge is an original thinker who navigates
easily from social sciences to emerging technologies and societal
aspirations. In this book, he brings to the reader all that is
essential in the historic and rapid change toward science and
technology convergence."
—Mihail C. Roco, Ph.D., original chairman of the U.S.
National Science and Technology Council's subcommittee on Nanoscale
Science, Engineering and Technology, key architect of the National
Nanotechnology Initiative, and currently senior advisor for
Nanotechnology at the National Science Foundation
"This book provides a...
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16. |  Nanotechnology: Science, Innovation, and Opportunity By: Lynn E. Foster Publisher: Prentice Hall Publication Date: 21-DEC-2005 Insert Date: 02-FEB-2006 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Nanotechnology: Science, Innovation, and Opportunity Inside the Emerging Multibillion-Dollar
Nanotechnology Industry
Suddenly, nanotechnology isn't science
fiction or mere theory: It's becoming one of the world's
fastest-growing, highest-impact industries. In Nanotechnology:
Science, Innovation, and Opportunity, the field's leading
experts offer an up-to-the-minute briefing on where the industry
stands now, how it will unfold over the coming decade, and how it
will impact you.
Edited by a key industry advisor, this book
covers the latest in nanotech science, technology, and
applications. You'll meet the key players, and discover nanotech...
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17. |  Nanotechnology and Homeland Security: New Weapons for New Wars By: Daniel Ratner; Mark A. Ratner Publisher: Prentice Hall Publication Date: 24-OCT-2003 Insert Date: 14-JAN-2004 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Nanotechnology and Homeland Security: New Weapons for New Wars How nanotechnology will transform the war against terror.
Nanotechnology offers immense potential for fighting terrorism
without sacrificing our open, free, and democratic society. This
book covers the significant opportunity to use nanotechnology to
prevent terrorism and other threats to security as well as mitigate
their impact. Co-authored by one of the field's pioneers and
featuring remarks from other nanoscience researchers and industry
leaders, Nanotechnology and Homeland Security is written for every
educated citizen who wants to understand the weapons of choice in
the battle of our...
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18. |  Nanotechnology: A Gentle Introduction to the Next Big Idea By: Mark Ratner; Daniel Ratner Publisher: Prentice Hall Publication Date: 08-NOV-2002 Insert Date: 01-MAY-2003 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Nanotechnology: A Gentle Introduction to the Next Big Idea Nanotech for everyone! The friendly, non-technical guide to the
next industrial revolution.
Discover the world's next $1 trillion industry!
The easy-to-understand guide to nanoscale technology, science,
business, and ethics
Today's hottest nanotech research and tomorrow's hottest
applications
Nanobots, quantum and DNA computing, nanosensors,
neuro-electronic interfaces, and much more
Insider's assessment of the nanotechnology marketplace and
investment opportunities
By 2015, nanotechnology could be a $1 trillion industry. Now,
renowned nanotech pioneer Mark Ratner and...
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