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Understanding the nanotechnology revolution

Title
Understanding the nanotechnology revolution / Edward L. Wolf and Manasa Medikonda.
Author
Wolf, E. L.
Publication
Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, ©2012.

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Additional Authors
Medikonda, Manasa.
Description
x, 204 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"A unique introduction for general readers to the underlying concepts of nanotechnology, covering a wide spectrum ranging from biology to quantum computing. The material is simply presented and includes a few mathematical equations, but not mathematical derivations. It also outlines the major contributions to modern technology of physics-based nanophysical devices, such as the atomic clock, global positioning systems, and magnetic resonance imaging"--Publisher description.
Subject
  • Nanotechnologie
  • Nanotechnology
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Discovery, invention, and science in human progress -- Smaller is more, usually better, and sometimes entirely new! -- Systematics of scaling things down: L=1m->1nm -- Biology as successful nanotechnology -- The end of scaling: the lumpiness of all matter in the universe -- Quantum consequences for the macroworld -- Some natural and industrial self-assembled nanostructures -- Injection lasers and billion-transistor chips -- The scanning tunneling microscope and scanning tunneling microscope revolution -- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): nanophysics of spin 1/2 -- Nanophysics and nanotechnology of high-density data storage -- Single-electron transistors and molecular electronics -- Quantum computers and superconducting computers -- Looking into the future.
ISBN
  • 9783527411092
  • 3527411097
LCCN
2012471528
OCLC
  • ocn775030646
  • 775030646
  • SCSB-9129380
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library