Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology: Concise Edition

The 5-volume reference Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology, published in October 1999, created widespread interest in researchers in the field of nanotechnology and many of our colleagues expressed interest in a shorter version of our major reference work. The Handbook will serve the objectives of providing state-of-the-art information on many aspects of nanostructured materials and emerging nanotechnology.

Presenting the eagerly anticipated concise edition of the classic work of reference in nanostructured materials and nanotechnology Provides comprehensive coverage of the dominant technology of the 21st century Written by a truly international list of contributors

Audience: Materials scientists, engineers, physicists, and chemists working in thin films, semiconductors, electronic materials, biological materials, polymers, and surface science.

This work contains 16 chapters selected from a five-volume reference work published in October 2000, Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology. The chapters are arranged to provide a source of in-depth, practical knowledge for synthesis and fabrication of nanoscale materials, electrical and optical properties, supramolecular nanostructures, and bioassemblies. Some specific topics include silicon-based nanostructures, electronic transport properties of quantum dots, photorefractive semiconductor nanostructures, and linear and nonlinear optical spectroscopy of semiconductor nanocrystals. Intended for researchers, and students working in materials science, semiconductor technology, solid-state physics, chemistry, nanoscale science and technology, and biology. The editor works in the private sector. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Dr. H. S. Nalwa is the Managing Director of the Stanford Scientific Corporation, Los Angeles, California. He was Head of Department and R&D Manager at the Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation in Los Angeles (1999-2000) and a staff scientist at the Hitachi Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd., Japan (1990-1999). He has authored more than 150 scientific articles and 18 patents on electronic and photonic materials and devices.

Dr. Nalwa serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Macromolecular Science-Physics, Applied Organometallic Chemistry (1993-1999), International Journal of Photoenergy,and Photonics Science News. He was the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines published by John Wiley & Sons (1997-2000). Dr. Nalwa is a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS), American Physical Society (APS), Materials Research Society (MRS), Electrochemical Society (ECS), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Dr. Nalwahas been cited in the Dictionary of International Biography, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in America, and Who's Who in the World.