Understanding the nanotechnology revolution / [electronic resource]
by Wolf, E. L; Medikonda, Manasa; Wiley InterScience (Online service).
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BookPublisher: Weinheim : Chichester : Wiley-VCH ; John Wiley [distributor], 2012Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9783527664863; 3527664866; 9783527411092; 3527411097; 9783527664894; 3527664890; 9781280663178; 1280663170.Subject(s): Nanotechnology | Nanotechnology | Electronic booksOnline resources: Wiley Online Library Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Discovery, Invention, and Science in Human Progress -- Smaller Is More, Usually Better, and Sometimes Entirely New! -- Systematics of Scaling Things Down: = 1 m? 1 nm -- 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 ư -- Nanophysics and Nanotechnology of High-Density Data Storage -- Single-Electron Transistors and Molecular Electronics -- Quantum Computers and Superconducting Computers -- Looking into the Future -- Notes -- Index.


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