Preface

This book has a straightforward aim—to acquaint you with the whole idea of nanoscience and nanotechnology. This comprises the fabrication and understanding of matter at the ultimate scale at which nature designs: the molecular scale. Nanoscience occurs at the intersection of traditional science and engineering, quantum mechanics, and the most basic processes of life itself. Nanotechnology encompasses how we harness our knowledge of nanoscience to create materials, machines, and devices that will fundamentally change the way we live and work.

Nanoscience and nanotechnology are two of the hottest fields in science, business, and the news today. This book is intended to help you understand both of them. It should require the investment of ...

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