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| View Larger Image | Nanochemistry: A Chemical Approach to Nanomaterials
by Geoffrey A. Ozin, Andre C. Arsenault
| | List Price: | $89.95 | | Price: | $71.96 | | You Save: | $17.99 (20%) |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 279427 | | Studio: | Royal Society of Chemistry | | | Binding: | Hardcover | | Number Of Pages: | 594 | | Publication Date: | November 22, 2005 | | Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
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"... [A] gem in the scientific literature". Michael W. Pitcher, Science, 21 July 2006 International interest in nanoscience research has flourished in recent years, as it becomes an integral part in the development of future technologies. The diverse, interdisciplinary nature of nanoscience means effective communication between disciplines is pivotal in the successful utilization of the science. Nanochemistry: A Chemical Approach to Nanomaterials is the first textbook for teaching nanochemistry and adopts an interdisciplinary and comprehensive approach to the subject. It presents a basic chemical strategy for making nanomaterials and describes some of the principles of materials self-assembly over 'all' scales. It demonstrates how nanometre and micrometre scale building blocks (with a wide range of shapes, compositions and surface functionalities) can be coerced through chemistry to organize spontaneously into unprecedented structures, which can serve as tailored functional materials. Suggestions of new ways to tackle research problems and speculations on how to think about assembling the future of nanotechnology are given. Primarily designed for teaching, this book will appeal to graduate and advanced undergraduate students. It is well illustrated with graphical representations of the structure and form of nanomaterials and contains problem sets as well as other pedagogical features such as further reading, case studies and a comprehensive bibliography. Geoffrey Ozin and André Arsenault are both based at the University of Toronto in Canada. Ozin has been the recipient of numerous awards and has made a huge contribution to teaching over the years, while his research work is widely published and recognised throughout the world. Philip Ball, renowned science writer and 2005 winner of the Aventis Prize for Science, commented: "A text that covers all the basic concepts of nanoscale chemistry and materials science, and sets them in their historical context, has been long overdue. But here it is — not just a comprehensive guide to the field, but a recipe book for the future. Nanoengineers, start here!" |
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Everything you always wanted to know about the chemistry of nanomaterials 
Not for the faint of chemistry, "Nanochemistry: A Chemical Approach to Nanomaterials" by Geoffrey Ozin and Andre Arsenault explains the creation and function of materials with at least one dimension between one and 1000 nanometers. If you seek a light narrative about what nanotechnology will bring our world, Nanochemistry is not your book (and it's too heavy to read in bed anyway). If, on the other hand, you seek the scientific details of how nanomaterials really work, this is your textbook or reference.
Ironically, Nanochemistry opens with Einstein's famous quote, "Imagination is more important than knowledge." The book, however, is a testimony to imagination being built upon knowledge, as telegraphed by this early sentence: "The genesis of a creative idea, first and foremost, requires a knowledge bank of all classes of solids and how to make them." The table of contents covers the waterfront of material building blocks and self-assembly, stopping short of molecular manufacturing and molecular machine systems:
1. Nanochemistry basics
2. Chemical patterning and lithography
3. Layer-by-layer self-assembly
4. Nanocontact printing and writing - stamps and tips
5. Nanorod, nanotube, nanowire self-assembly
6. Nanocluster self-assembly
7. Microspheres - colors from the beaker
8. Microporous and mesoporous materials from soft building blocks
9. Self-assembling block copolymers
10. Biomaterials and bioinspiration
11. Self-assembly of large building blocks
12. Nano and beyond
13. Nanochemistry nanolabs
The introductory chapter is playful in setting the stage, using a sketch of a radiolarian and a photograph of Gaudi's Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona to illustrate organic patterns. But this is a serious book designed for the serious student: Each chapter concludes with a list of questions ("Nanofood for Thought") that demand creative synthesis, not simply finding the answer in the chapter. In spite of the breadth of material, Nanochemistry covers it in detail, with ample illustrations and footnotes (averaging more than 100 footnotes per chapter). The authors' claim that "the book should be useful to a broad readership" is a bit optimistic, given the familiarity with chemistry it demands, but Nanochemistry will certainly be quite useful to those who wish to understand how to synthesize nanoscale materials and structures.
I am the Director of Education for the Foresight Nanotech Institute and the author of Technology Challenged: Understanding Our Creations & Choosing Our Future.
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