The present book has been designed to cover the basic and fundamental aspects of nanoscience, nanomaterials and development of nanotechnology. The book has been prepared to meet the needs of undergraduate and postgraduate students of different disciplines like chemistry, physics, materials science, nanoscience, etc. Highlights of the book o Dimension of nanoregime o Nanotechnology in the ancient days and nature o Moore's law o Different types of nanomaterials - OD, 1D, 2D and 3D o Bulk nanomaterials - nanocrystalline materials, nanocomposites, nanoporous material, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), inorganic-organic hybrid nanocomposites o Quantum mechanics of low dimensional systems o Quantum confinement o Jellium model of metallic nanoclusters o Electrical properties - ballistic transport, Coulomb blockade o Magnetic nanoparticles and superparamagnetism o Surface properties o Mechanical properties - Hall-Petch strengthening o Stabilisation - electrostatic (DLVO theory) and steric stabilisations o Optical properties - fluorescent emission of quantum dots and surface plasmon resonance (SPR), spectra of metallic nanoparticles o Core-shell nanoparticles and gold nanoshells o Carbon nanoworld - fullerenes, graphenes and carbon nanotubes o Synthesis of nanomaterials - vapour and solution phases o Characterization of nanomaterials - SPM, STM, AFM, SEM, TEM, XRD o Application of nanomaterials and nanotechnology

The present book has been designed to cover the basic and fundamental aspects of nanoscience, nanomaterials and development of nanotechnology. The book has been prepared to meet the needs of undergraduate and postgraduate students of different disciplines like chemistry, physics, materials science, nanoscience, etc. Highlights of the book o Dimension of nanoregime o Nanotechnology in the ancient days and nature o Moore's law o Different types of nanomaterials - OD, 1D, 2D and 3D o Bulk nanomaterials - nanocrystalline materials, nanocomposites, nanoporous material, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), inorganic-organic hybrid nanocomposites o Quantum mechanics of low dimensional systems o Quantum confinement o Jellium model of metallic nanoclusters o Electrical properties - ballistic transport, Coulomb blockade o Magnetic nanoparticles and superparamagnetism o Surface properties o Mechanical properties - Hall-Petch strengthening o Stabilisation - electrostatic (DLVO theory) and steric stabilisations o Optical properties - fluorescent emission of quantum dots and surface plasmon resonance (SPR), spectra of metallic nanoparticles o Core-shell nanoparticles and gold nanoshells o Carbon nanoworld - fullerenes, graphenes and carbon nanotubes o Synthesis of nanomaterials - vapour and solution phases o Characterization of nanomaterials - SPM, STM, AFM, SEM, TEM, XRD o Application of nanomaterials and nanotechnology Asim K Das MSc (gold medalist, CU), PhD (CU), DSc (Visva Bharati) is currently a Professor of Chemistry at Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan. He has over 25 years of teaching experience at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He passed both the BSc (Hons in chemistry) in 1981 and MSc (specialization in inorganic chemistry) in 1983, standing First Class First from the University of Calcutta (CU). He received his PhD degree from CU under the supervision of Prof D Banerjea, the then Sir Rashbehari Ghose Professor of Chemistry. He received his DSc degree from Visva Bharati University in 2002. He has published more than 80 research papers in the field of thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of metal complexes in reputed national and international journals. He has authored the books Bioinorganic Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry with Green Chemistry, and coauthored Fundamental Concepts of Inorganic Chemistry (Vols 1 -7)CBS, and An Introduction to Nanomaterials and Nanoscience CK. Mahua Das MSc (CU), PhD (Visva Bharati) completed her doctoral and postdoctoral research work in the field of thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of metal complexes as a research fellow and research associate. She has published about 25 research papers in different reputed national and international journals of chemistry and is the coauthor of the books Fundamental Concepts of Inorganic Chemistry (Vols 4-7)C8S, and An Introduction to Nanomaterials and Nanoscience CB