Technology: General Issues

Nanoscale science, engineering, and technology -- commonly referred to collectively as nanotechnology -- is believed by many to offer extraordinary...

This volume mainly discusses the application and commercialization of nanocoating. There are seventeen chapters in this volume, each including exam...

Cities are beginning a new era of change. From 1920 to 2010 many U.S. cities hollowed out as suburbs grew faster than their urban cores. The trend ...

In nanotechnology, a particle is defined as a small object that behaves as a whole unit in terms of its transport and properties. It is further cla...

This book provides coverage of several actual topics in nanocomposite research: one-dimensional objects, nanotubes, co-ordinated metallic compounds...

Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are one of the materials of great interest for presenting a unique combination of relevant properties such as high su...

Scientists included in this book represent the fields of biochemistry, biology, chemistry, computer science, dentistry, engineering, entomology, ge...

This book presents current research related to the synthesis, characterisation, and heat transfer of nanofluids. Nanofluids are stable colloidal su...

The recent surge of interest in the nanotechnology has significant expanded the breadth and depth of nanostructured materials. The nanoscale grain ...

This book offers professionals and students a comprehensive overview of GPS signal acquisitions, measurements, and algorithms for estimation of dyn...

In the last ten years, three main information and communication advanced technologies (ICT) linked to spectacular scientific progress in the comput...

This book is dedicated to engineers those who work in the field of gear design, gear production and gear application. The following is understood b...

The properties of nanocrystalline ceramics are in many respects unique because the grain boundaries, which are in reality discontinuities of small ...

This book investigates the electronic properties of QDs of non-linear optical, III-V, II-IV, n-GaP, n-Ge, Te, Graphite, PtSb2, zero gap, II-V, GaSb...

Fast development of nanotechnologies requires a search of new methods of studying the structure and stability of nanomaterials with detailed invest...

After compression of a system formed by a nanoporous media and a non-wetting liquid to the threshold pressure value, the liquid fills the pores of ...

This book reviews recent results on ion synthesis by low energy implantation and optical properties of silver nanoparticles in various dielectrics,...

Due to their attractive electronic, optical, and thermal properties; gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have emerged with great interest, as well as cataly...

Nanosized composite materials are getting more and more important because of their unique properties. In addition, the preparation of nanoparticles...

Nanotechnology, a term encompassing nanoscale science, engineering, and technology is focused on understanding, controlling, and exploiting the uni...