Book Description:
Nanotechnology is a multidisciplinary field and has achieved breakthroughs in bioengineering, molecular biology, diagnostics, and therapeutics. Nanotechnology is the study of the control of matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally nanotechnology deals with structures of the size 100 nanometers or smaller, and involves developing materials or devices within that size. Nanotechnology is very diverse, ranging from novel extensions of conventional device physics, to completely new approaches based upon molecular self-assembly, to developing new materials with dimensions on the nanoscale, even to speculation on whether we can directly control matter on the atomic scale. There has been much debate on the future of implications of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology has the potential to create many new materials and devices with wide-ranging applications, such as in medicine, electronics, and energy production. On the other hand, nanotechnology raises many of the same issues as with any introduction of new technology, including concerns about the toxicity and environmental impact of nanomaterials, and their potential effects on global economics, as well as speculation about various doomsday scenarios. These concerns have led to a debate among advocacy groups and governments on whether special regulation of nanotechnology is warranted. This new important book gathers the latest research from around the globe in this dynamic field.

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Table of Contents:
Preface

Preparation of Nanostructured Polymeric Particles for Drug Delivery Applications and the Affecting Parameters;pp. 1-63
(Sepideh Khoee, Polymer Laboratory, Chemistry Department, School of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran)

Nanoscale Surface Size Dependence in Protein Conjugation;pp. 65-104
(Kazushige Yokoyama, Department of Chemistry, The State University of New York, Geneseo College, Geneseo, NY, USA)

Optical Properties of Trivalent Lanthanide Ions Doped ZnO Nanomaterials;pp. 105-136
(Yongsheng Liu, Wenqin Luo, Renfu Li, and Xueyuan Chen, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, and others)

Nanomechanics and Nanotribological Characterization of Self-Assembled Monolayers for Nanosystems;pp. 137-171
(Cheng-Da Wu, Te-Hua Fang, Jen-Fin Lin, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Center for Micro/Nano Science and Technology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan and others)

Nano-and Microstructural Silicon Powders in the Synthesis and Storage of Hydrogen;pp. 173-189
(Kovalevskii À.À., Strogova À.S., Labunov V.À., Shevchenok À.À., Belarussian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, Minsk, Belarus, and others)

Positronics and Nanotechnologies: Possibilities of Studying Nano-objects in Technically Important Materials and Nanomaterials;pp. 191-208
(Yu.A. Chaplygin, V.I. Grafutin, E.P. Svetlov-Prokopiev, S.P. Timoshenkov, Moscow State Institute of electronic Technology (MIET), Moscow, Russia, and others)

Self-Assembling of InAs Quantum Dots on GaAs(001) in Molecular Beam Epitaxy;pp. 209-222
(J. Wu, Y. P. Zeng, B. Q. Wang, J. Peng, Z. G. Wang, Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China)

A Green Synthesis of ZnxCd1-xS Nanoparticles Using Soluble Starch as Capping Agent;pp. 223-231
(Qinglian Wei, Shi-Zhao Kang, Jin Mu, Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, China)

Nanotechnology: Obtaining of Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites and Their Use in Food and Drug Packaging;pp. 233-259
(Edwin Moncada A., Braskem S.A. III Polo Petroquimico, Brasil)*

Scientific Strategies for Predicting Risks and Hazards Associated with Nanomaterials;pp. 261-272
(Amanda S. Barnard, School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia)

Index