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This book is the first textbook to introduce nanoscale systems in a pedagogical, and not research, style with many examples and problems. With ample examples and problems, it emphasizes the difference between bulk and nanoscale systems from a thermodynamic viewpoint and illustrates when a bulk system enters the nanoscale domain.
List of contents
1. Introduction and Overview 2. Nanophenomena 3. Bulk Systems and Nanoscale Systems 4. Scales of Thermodynamic Inhomogeneity 5. Depletion Forces and Surface Tension Effects 6. Symmetry and Symmetry Operations 7. Fullerenes: The Building Blocks 8. Spherical, Zero-Dimensional Buckminsterfullerenes 9. One-Dimensional Fullerenes, Carbon Nanotubes 10. Two-Dimensional Fullerenes, Planar Fullerene, or Graphene 11. Overview, Potentials, Challenges, and Ethical Consideration
About the author
Maher S. Amer is a professor of materials science and engineering; a senior von Humboldt Fellow of Max Planck Society, Germany; and a former visiting fellow of the Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, England. He is a member of a number of national and international committees focused on nanomanufacturing and higher education
accreditation. He received his PhD (1995) from Drexel University, USA, and served as a Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia. Prof. Amer has authored 4 book chapters, 2 books, and over 55 publications on Raman spectroscopy, fullerenes, and assembly of nanofilms for optical, electrical, and environmental applications.
