Nano: The Essentials (Hardcover)

Preface
Acknowledgments
Part One: Introduction
Chapter 1. Introduction--The Canvas of Nano
Part Two: Experimental Methods
Chapter 2. Investigating and Manipulating Materials in the Nanoscale
Part Three: Diversity in Nanosystems
Chapter 3. Fullerenes
Chapter 4. Carbon Nanotubes
Chapter 5. Self-assembled Monolayers
Chapter 6. Gas Phase Clusters
Chapter 7. Semiconductor Quantum Dots
Chapter 8. Monolayer-protected Metal Nanoparticles
Chapter 9. Core-shell Nanoparticles
Chapter 10. Nanoshells
Part Four: Evolving Interfaces of Nano
Chapter 11. Nanobiology
Chapter 12. Nanosensors
Chapter 13. Nanomedicines
Chapter 14. Molecular Nanomachines
Chapter 15. Nanotribology
Part Five: Society and Nano
Chapter 16. Societal Implications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (in Developing Countries)
Appendix
Glossary
Index