Nanoscience

Description

Nanoscience is the study of things that are as small as molecules. Small things act very differently from large ones. For example, a gold nanowire is twenty times stronger than a large bar of gold. Electrons move differently through nanowires than through regular wires. We still have a lot to learn about the fundamental properties of nanoscale structures. Any manufacturing technology must move atoms from where they are to where we want them to be. How atoms move and the forces that act upon them during their motion are therefore critical areas of study in nanotechnology. This field is called molecular mechanics. A second central idea in nanotechnology is that of self replication. The recursion theorem is basic to self replicating systems. Along with molecular mechanics, this book talks about the building blocks of Nanotechnology along with different ways in which they are being organised into larger structures that could ultimately become part of useful technologies, such as computers. It dwells on subjects such as Scientific Nano Revolution, implications of Nanotechnology, technology of micro version, progress in Nano-science, functional Nano-science, Nanostrategy in science, modern concepts in Nano-science, etc.