Freshman Lectures on Nanotechnology

• Main Author: Raza, Hassan (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
• Subjects: Nanoscale science.; Nanoscience.; Nanostructures.; Nanotechnology.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Energy harvesting.; Nanoscale Science and Technology.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Energy Harvesting.

Nanotechnology is the art, science, and engineering of designing materials, devices, and systems at the nanoscale from bottom-up and/or top-down approaches. The material properties at the nanoscale are governed by quantum mechanics, and hence are drastically different than those at the macro/micro s...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Particles, waves and duality
• Atomic Mater
• Atomic Structure and Interactions
• Electronic Structure
• Nanoelectronics
• DOS and Dimensionality
• Spintronics
• Nanophotonics
• Nanofabrication
• Nanocharacterization
• Safety, Health, Environmental and Social Impact.