Nanostructure control of materials

R.H.J. Hannink, A.J. Hill9780849334498, 0849334497, 185573933X, 9781855739338, 9781845691189

Nanotechnology is an area of science and technology where dimensions and tolerances in the range of 0.1nm to 100nm play a critical role. Nanotechnology has opened up new worlds of opportunity. It encompasses precision engineering as well as electronics, electromechanical systems and mainstream biomedical applications in areas as diverse as gene therapy, drug delivery, and novel drug discovery techniques. Nanostructured materials present exciting opportunities for manipulating structure and properties on the nanometer scale. The ability to engineer novel structures at the molecular level has led to unprecedented opportunities for materials design. Valuable for materials scientists, mechanical and electronic engineers, and medical researchers, this new book provides detailed insights into the synthesis and the structure and property relationships of nanostructured materials.

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Table of contents :
Contents……Page 6
Contributor contact details……Page 10
Foreword……Page 14
Acknowledgements……Page 16
Introduction: special properties resulting from nanodimensionality……Page 18
Nanoparticle technologies and applications……Page 29
Nanometric architectures: emergence of efficient non-crystalline atomic organization in nanostructures……Page 60
Nanostructure characterisation using electron-beam techniques……Page 85
Organic–inorganic nanocomposite membranes for molecular separation processes……Page 104
Developing fast ion conductors from
nanostructured polymers……Page 125
Nanostructures in biological materials……Page 143
Mechanical behavior of metallic nanolaminates……Page 174
Nanoengineering of metallic materials……Page 247
Using magnetic resonance to study nanoprecipitation in light metal alloys……Page 279
Nanocrystalline light metal hydrides for hydrogen storage……Page 294
Nanofabrication……Page 331
Index……Page 359