Overview

Nanomaterials are being incorporated into products all around us, having an incredible impact on durability, strength, functionality, and other material properties. There are a vast number of nanomaterials presently available, and new formulations and chemistries are being announced daily. Nanomaterials: A Guide to Fabrication and Applications provides product developers, researchers, and materials scientists with a handy resource for understanding the range of options and materials currently available. Covering a variety of nanomaterials and their applications, this practical reference: Discusses the scale of nanomaterials and nanomachines, focusing on integrated circuits (ICs) and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) Offers insight into different nanomaterials’ interactions with chemical reactions, biological processes, and the environment Examines the mechanical properties of nanomaterials and potential treatments to enhance the nanomaterials’ performance Details recent accomplishments in the use of nanomaterials to create new forms of electronic devices Explores the optical properties of certain nanomaterials and the nanomaterials’ use in optimizing lasers and optical absorbers Describes an energy storage application as well as how nanomaterials from waste products may be used to improve capacitors Featuring contributions from experts around the globe, Nanomaterials: A Guide to Fabrication and Applications serves as a springboard for the discovery of new applications of nanomaterials.

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Author:   Sivashankar Krishnamoorthy ,  Krzysztof Iniewski (Emerging Technologies CMOS Inc., British Columbia, Canada)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   CRC Press Inc
Volume:   54
Weight:   1.300kg
ISBN:  

9781466591257

ISBN 10:   1466591250
Pages:   292
Publication Date:   01 December 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Top Down Meets Bottom Up for Nanoscale CMOS and MEMS. Synthesis and Assembly of Inorganic and Inorganic–Organic Hybrid Nanomaterials by Microreactor-Assisted Chemical Processes. Studying Biologically Templated Materials with Atomic Force Microscopy. Environmental Fate and Effects of Nanomaterials in Aquatic Freshwater Environments. Magnetron-Sputtered Hard Nanostructured TiAlN Coatings: Strategic Approach toward Potential Improvement. Functional Nanoceramics: Brief Review on Structure Property Evolutions of Advanced Functional Ceramics Processed using Microwave and Conventional Techniques. Design of Magnetic Semiconductors in Silicon. Solution-Based Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube Thin-Film Logic Gate. On the Possibility of Observing Tunable Laser-Induced Band Gaps in Graphene. Applications of Nanocarbons for High-Efficiency Optical Absorbers and High-Performance Nanoelectromechanical Systems. Carbon Nanostructures from Biomass Waste for Supercapacitor Applications.

Reviews

This book would be useful to those working in the development of nanomaterials, with a specific interest in one or more of the applications described, or for learning about nanomaterial properties in the subject areas presented. - IEEE Electrical Insulation, January/February 2017

Author Information

Sivashankar Krishnamoorthy leads efforts in nano-enabled medicine and cosmetics domains within the Materials Research and Technology Department at Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (http://list.lu). He has spent his entire career to date in technology development environments, successfully integrating fundamental, cross-disciplinary, and translational aspects of fabrication, processing, and investigation of nanostructured materials and interfaces. He brings more than 10 years of transnational experience to advantage in driving innovation at the interface of nanotechnology, biology, and medicine. He has an active engagement in several professional activities, serving as a member of organizing committees in international conferences, member of journal editorial boards, and reviewer of grants, peer-reviewing journal articles, and scientific and administrative management of researchers at different levels.

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