Chemical Principles of Nanoengineering

This textbook serves as an introduction to the fundamental chemistry principles that guide the synthesis and dictate the properties of nanomaterials. Key chemistry and engineering concepts are looked at through the lens of important and well-characterized nanomaterials, including quantum dots, carbon nanotubes, graphene, and noble metal nanocrystals. The book provides a focused, detailed look into the chemical bonding and structure of the most important, selected nanomaterials. Special emphasis is placed on how a nanomaterial's properties are derived from chemical bonding at the atomic and molecular level. Thereby the textbook provides the reader with a clear understanding of how the chemical and physical properties of a material change within a continuum of length scales: from atoms and molecules to nanostructures, surfaces, and finally, bulk solids.

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Andrea Tao is Assistant Professor in NanoEngineering at the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla, USA. She earned her BSc in Chemistry & Physics from Harvard University in 2002 and a PhD in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 2007. Professor Tao has been active in nanomaterials research for the past fifteen years and has authored numerous scientific publications in the nanoparticle synthesis and self-assembly.

Klappentext

Understand the chemical properties of nanomaterials with this thorough introduction Nanomaterials, which possess at least one dimension lower than 100 nanometers, are increasingly at the forefront of technological and chemical innovation. The properties of these uniquely minute materials give them distinctive applications across a huge range of industries and research fields. It is therefore critical that the next generation of engineers and materials scientists understand these materials, their chemical properties, and how they form bonds. Chemical Principles of Nanoengineering answers this need with a thorough, detailed introduction to nanomaterials and their underlying chemistry. It particularly emphasizes the connection between nanomaterial properties and chemical bonds, which in turn allows readers to understand how these properties change at different scales. The result is a critical resource for understanding these increasingly vital materials. Chemical Principles of Nanoengineering readers will also find:

• Step-by-step arrangement of material to facilitate learning in sequence and gradual, self-guided progress
• End-of-chapter problems and key concept definitions to reinforce learning

• Detailed coverage of important nanomaterials like quantum dots, carbon nanotubes, graphene, and more Chemical Principles of Nanoengineering is a must-have for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students in materials science, chemical engineering, chemistry, and related fields.

  Inhalt

  1. ATOMS AND MOLECULES: THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF NANOMATERIALS
     The Hydrogen Atom
     Molecular Structure
     Valence Bond Theory
     Molecular Orbital Theory
  2. EXTENDED SOLIDS: BONDING IN 0-D TO 3-D MATERIALS
     Tight-Binding Model
     Band Structure
     Density of States
  3. CARBON NANOMATERIALS
     Hybridized Bonding
     Graphene to Diamondoids
     A Closer Look: Carbon Nanotubes
  4. DESCRIPTIVE CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY
     Packing Structures
     The Unit Cell and Bravais Lattices
     Miller Notation
     Diffraction
  5. THE IMPORTANCE OF SURFACES
     Surface Energy and Pressure
     Solid Surfaces
     Metal Nanoparticles and Clusters
  6. CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS
     Electrostatic Forces
     Van der Waal Forces
     Hydrophobic Forces
     Self-Assembly