Engineering Bookshelf

Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials in the Treatment of Life-threatening Diseases
by Narenda Kumar, Rajiv Kumar

Publisher: William Andrew
ISBN: 0323264336

Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials in the Treatment of Life-threatening Diseases takes a scientific approach to nanotechnology and nanomaterials applications in medicine, while also explaining the core biological principles for an audience of biomedical engineers, materials scientists, pharmacologists, and medical diagnostic technicians.

The book is structured by major disease groups, offering a practical, application-based focus for scientists, engineers, and clinicians alike. The spectrum of medical applications is explored, from diagnostics and imaging to drug delivery, monitoring, therapies, and disease prevention. It also focuses specifically on the synthesis of nanomaterials and their potential health risks (particularly toxicity).

Fundamentals of Nanotechnology
by Gabor L. Hornyak, John J. Moore, H.F. Tibbals, Joydeep Dutta

Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420048031

WINNER 2009 CHOICE AWARD OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE! Nanotechnology is no longer a subdiscipline of chemistry, engineering, or any other field. It represents the convergence of many fields, and therefore demands a new paradigm for teaching. This textbook is for the next generation of nanotechnologists. It surveys the field’s broad landscape, exploring the physical basics such as nanorheology, nanofluidics, and nanomechanics as well as industrial concerns such as manufacturing, reliability, and safety.

The authors then explore the vast range of nanomaterials and systematically outline devices and applications in various industrial sectors.

Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
by Chris Binns

Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 0471776475

What is nanotechnology? What does it do, and why is it expected to have a significant impact on our lives? These seemingly simple questions do not have easy, direct answers. There are so many aspects to nanotechnology that the uninitiated often find it challenging to begin to understand and appreciate it.

Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology explains the basics in clear language, even to those who do not have a scientific background. It reveals the present state of the art and latest applications in nanotechnology, makes estimates of where the technology is headed, and predicts what will be possible in the future.

Nanophysics and Nanotechnology: An Introduction to Modern Concepts in Nanoscience
by Edward L. Wolf

Publisher: Wiley-VCH
ISBN: 3527406514

With the second edition of his highly successful textbook 'Nanophysics and Nanotechnology', the author has once more provided a unique, self-contained introduction to the physical concepts, techniques and applications of nanoscale systems by covering its entire spectrum from the latest examples right up to single-electron and molecular electronics.

The book is basically at the level of an upper level undergraduate engineering or science student.

Introduction to Nanotechnology
by Charles P. Poole Jr., Frank J. Owens

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
ISBN: 0471079359

Currently receiving vast amounts of research funding from government and industry alike, nanotechnology is the science of matter at the scale of one-billionth of a meter or 1/75,000th the size of a human hair. In addition to the numerous advantages provided by this scale of miniaturization, quantum physics effects at this size range provide additional novel properties.

By manipulating atoms at this building-block level, scientists can create stronger, lighter materials with tailored properties.

Nanostructures and Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications
by Guozhong Cao, Ying Wang

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
ISBN: 9814324558

This is the 2nd edition of the original "Nanostructures and Nanomaterials" written by Guozhong Cao and published by Imperial College Press in 2004.

This important book focuses not only on the synthesis and fabrication of nanostructures and nanomaterials, but also includes properties and applications of nanostructures and nanomaterials, particularly inorganic nanomaterials. It provides balanced and comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals and processing techniques with regard to synthesis, characterization, properties, and applications of nanostructures and nanomaterials.

Nanomaterials, Nanotechnologies and Design: An Introduction for Engineers and Architects
by Daniel L. Schodek, Paulo Ferreira, Michael F. Ashby

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN: 0750681497

How could nanotechnology not perk the interest of any designer, engineer or architect? Exploring the intriguing new approaches to design that nanotechnologies offer, Nanomaterials and Design is set against the sometimes fantastic sounding potential of this technology. It is for engineering and design students and professionals who need to understand enough about the subject to apply it with real meaning to their own work.