1st Edition
Gigantic Challenges, Nano Solutions The Science and Engineering of Nanoscale Systems
1. Introduction and Overview 2. Nanophenomena 3. Bulk Systems and Nanoscale Systems 4. Scales of Thermodynamic Inhomogeneity 5. Depletion Forces and Surface Tension Effects 6. Symmetry and Symmetry Operations 7. Fullerenes: The Building Blocks 8. Spherical, Zero-Dimensional Buckminsterfullerenes 9. One-Dimensional Fullerenes, Carbon Nanotubes 10. Two-Dimensional Fullerenes, Planar Fullerene, or Graphene 11. Overview, Potentials, Challenges, and Ethical Consideration
Biography
Maher S. Amer is a professor of materials science and engineering; a senior von Humboldt Fellow of Max Planck Society, Germany; and a former visiting fellow of the Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, England. He is a member of a number of national and international committees focused on nanomanufacturing and higher education
accreditation. He received his PhD (1995) from Drexel University, USA, and served as a Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia. Prof. Amer has authored 4 book chapters, 2 books, and over 55 publications on Raman spectroscopy, fullerenes, and assembly of nanofilms for optical, electrical, and environmental applications.
