1st Edition

Introductory Nanoscience Physical and Chemical Concepts

By Masaru Kuno Copyright 2012
    464 Pages 250 Color Illustrations
    by Garland Science

    Designed for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, Introductory Nanoscience asks key questions about the quantitative concepts that underlie this new field. How are the optical and electrical properties of nanomaterials dependent upon size, shape, and morphology? How do we construct nanometer-sized objects? Using solved examples throughout the chapters, this textbook shows to what extent we may predict the behavior and functionality of nanomaterials by understanding how their properties change with scale. Fundamental concepts are reinforced through end-of-chapter problems and further reading. Students will appreciate complete derivations of relevant equations, simplified assumptions for practical calculations, listed references, and a historical overview about the development of colloidal quantum dots.

    1. Introduction
    2. Structure
    3. Length Scales
    4. Types of Nanostructures
    5. Absorption and Emission Basics
    6. A Quantum Mechanics Review
    7. Model Quantum Mechanics Problems
    8. Additional Model Problems
    9. Density of States
    10. Bands
    11. Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory
    12. Interband Transitions
    13. Synthesis
    14. Characterization
    15. Applications
    Appendix

    Biography

    Masaru Kuno earned his PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, followed by an NRC postdoctoral fellowship at JILA, University of Colorado at Boulder. He is Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame working on the synthesis and optical microscopy of solution-based semiconductor nanowires.