Understanding Nanomaterials (Paperback)

A Brief Introduction to Nanoscience
The Need for Nanoscience Education
The Nanoscale Dimension and the Scope of Nanoscience
Self-Assembly
Supramolecular Science
Sources of Information on Nanoscience

Intermolecular Interactions and Self- Assembly
Chapter Overview
Intermolecular Forces and Self- Assembly
Electrostatic Forces between Surfaces: The Electrical Double Layer
Intermolecular Forces and Aggregation
Simple Models Describing Electronic Structure
References and Recommended Reading
End of Chapter Questions

Rudiments of Surface Nanoscience
Chapter Overview
Fundamentals of Surface Science
Adsorption Phenomena: Self-Assembled Monolayers
Surface Chemistry
References and Recommended Reading
End of Chapter Questions

Characterization at the Nanoscale
Chapter Overview
Surface Tensiometry: The Surface Tensiometer
Quartz Crystal Microbalance
Ellipsometry
Surface Plasmon Resonance
Dual Polarization Interferometry
Spectroscopic Methods
Nonlinear Spectroscopic Methods
X-Ray Spectroscopy
Imaging Nanostructures
Light Scattering Methods
References and Recommended Reading
End of Chapter Questions

Types and Uses of Some Nanomaterials
Chapter Overview
Supramolecular Machines
Nanowires
Carbon Nanotubes
Quantum Dots
Langmuir-Blodgett Films
Polyelectrolytes .
Model Phospholipid Bilayer Formation and Characterization
Self-Assembled Monolayers
Patterning
DNA and Lipid Microarrays
Cited References
References and Recommended Reading
End of Chapter Questions

Appendix

Glossary

Index