:an introduction to modern concepts in nanoscience
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Edward L. Wolf
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
2nd updated and enl. ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Weinheim
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Wiley-VCH
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2006.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xv, 292 p. , ill. , 24 cm.
SERIES
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(Physics textbook.)
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
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Print
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- Systematics of making things smaller, pre-quantum -- What are limits to smallness? -- Quantum nature of the nanoworld -- Quantum consequences for the macroworld -- Self-assembled nanostructures in nature and industry -- Physics-based experimental approaches to nanofabrication and nanotechnology -- Quantum technologies based on magnetism, electron and nuclear spin, and superconductivity -- Silicon nanoelectronics and beyond -- Looking into the future.