Nanotechnology The Whole Story

Big Picture of the Small World
Understanding the Atom: Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit
Nanotechnology Starts with a Dare: Feynman’s Big Little Challenges
Why One-Billionth of a Meter is a Big Deal
Thinking It Through: The Broad Implications of Nanotechnology
The Business of Nanotech: Plenty of Room at the Bottom Line Too

Introduction to Miniaturization
Background: The Smaller, the Better
Scaling Laws
Accuracy of the Scaling Laws

Introduction to Nanoscale Physics
Background: Newton Never Saw a Nanotube
One Hundred Hours and Eight Minutes of Nanoscale Physics
The Basics of Quantum Mechanics

Nanomaterials
Background: Matter Matters
Bonding Atoms to Make Molecules and Solids
Crystal Structures
Structures Small Enough to Be Different (and Useful)

Nanomechanics
Background: The Universe Mechanism
A High-Speed Review of Mot ion: Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration, and Force
Nanomechanical Oscillators: A Tale of Beams and Atoms
Feeling Faint Forces

Nanoelectronics
Background: The Problem (Opportunity)
Electron Energy Bands
Electrons in Solids: Conductors, Insulators, and Semiconductors
Fermi Energy
The Density of States for Solids
Turn Down the Volume! (How to Make a Solid Act More Like an Atom)
Quantum Confinement
Tunneling
Single-Electron Phenomena
Molecular Electronics

Nanoscale Heat Transfer
Background: Hot Topic
All Heat Is Nanoscale Heat
Conduction
Convection
Radiation

Nanophotonics
Background: The Lycurgus Cup and the Birth of the Photon
Photonic Properties of Nanomaterials
Optical Tweezers
Photonic Crystals: A Band Gap for Photo-ns

Nanoscale Fluid Mechanics
Background: Becoming Fluent in Fluids
Fluids at the Nanoscale: Major Concepts
How Fluids Flow at the Nanoscale
Applications of Nanofluidics

Nanobiotechnology
Background: Our World in a Cell
Introduction: How Biology Feels at the Nanometer Scale
The Machinery of the Cell
Applications of Nanobiotechnology

Nanomedicine
What Is Nanomedicine?
Medical Nanoparticles
Nanomedicine and Cancer
Biomimicry in Nanomedicine
Potential Toxicity
Environmental Concerns
Ethical Implications
Commercial Exploration

Biography

Ben Rogers is a writer and an engineer (BS 2001; MS 2002, University of Nevada, Reno). He has done research at Nanogen, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and published many technical papers, as well as fictional works and essays (which can be found at http://www.readrogers.com). He is currently the principal engineer at NevadaNano.

Jesse Adams (BS 1996, University of Nevada; MS 1997 and PhD 2001, Stanford University) is the vice president and CTO of NevadaNano. He is working to bring multifunctional microsensor technology to the chemical sensing market space.

Sumita Pennathur is currently an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara (BS 2000, MS 2001, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; PhD 2005, Stanford University). She has been actively contributing to the fields of nanofluidics and nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS), and was awarded both a Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering (PECASE) in 2011, and well as a DARPA Young Faculty Award in 2008.

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—H Giesche, Alfred University, in CHOICE