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Addressing basic concepts, current challenges, and advanced research results, 24 contributions are presented in an effort to "provide a wide-angle snapshot" of the state of research at the nanometer scale and resultant new technologies. Chosen to be understandable to a fairly broad scientific audience, the papers specifically address developments in nanoscale and molecular electronics, biotechnology, carbon nanotubes, and nanocomputers. Issues of manipulation, assembly, functional structures, and mechanics are addressed.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Description
Nanotechnology, science, and engineering spearhead the 21st century revolution that is leading to fundamental breakthroughs in the way materials, devices, and systems are understood, designed, made, and used. With contributions from a host of world-class experts and pioneers in the field, this handbook sets forth the fundamentals of nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS), studies their fabrication, and explores some of their most promising applications. It provides comprehensive information and references for nanoscale structures, devices, and systems, molecular technology and nanoelectromechanical theory, and promises to become a standard reference for the field.
Book Info
Examines NEMS applications, including those in medicine, information technology, the environment, energy systems, national security, and transportation. Contains more than 200 defining terms and over 500 illustrations. Rating 4.0
A Very Young FieldIs Nanotech just more hype? Blue sky research with no practical products in sight?This book hopes to dispell that by presenting a solid survey of the field. It does require a fairly high technical level in the reader, concentrated in engineering. This may be a good sign. Things are not relegated to pure research. Indeed, several chapters discuss possible biotech and molecular electronics applications. Though you should be warned that these might be harder to build than expressed in the confident tone of some authors. Some readers may see parallels to a description of the semiconductor industry circa 1955, when some devices had been built, but the full potential was only just being suspected. If so, perhaps all the more reason for you to go into nanotech, using this book as one of your guides. |
