Publisher's Synopsis
Nanotechnology in the ancient days and nature • Moore's law and nanoelectronics • Different types of nanomaterials—0D, 1D, 2D and 3D • Bulk nanomaterials—nanocrystalline materials, nanocomposites, nanoporous materials, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), porous organic polymers (POPs), inorganic-organic hybrid nanocomposites • Quantum mechanics of low dimensional systems • Quantum confinement (QC) effect • Jellium model of metallic nanoclusters, magic sized nanoclusters-structural magic number vs electronic magic number • Electrical properties—ballistic transport, Coulomb blockade • Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) and superparamagnetism (SPM), magnetic data storage • Surface properties,Wulf planes and crystallite shape • Mechanical properties—Hall-Petch strengthening • Stabilization of nanoparticles—electrostatic (DLVO theory) and polymeric (steric) stabilizations, properties of polymer solution: Good solvent, bad solvent, nonsolvent and theta state •.
