Nanotechnology For Dummies

Nanotechnology For Dummies
	About the Authors
	Dedication
	Authors’ Acknowledgments
	Contents at a Glance
	Table of Contents
	Introduction
		Why Buy This Book?
		Why Nanotechnology?
		Foolish Assumptions
		How This Book Is Organized
		Icons Used in This Book
		Going Online
	Part I: Getting Small with Nanotechnology
		Chapter 1: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Nanotechnology
			Grasping the Essence of Nanotechnology
			Getting a (Small) Piece of Nanotechnology for Yourself
		Chapter 2: Nano in Your Life
			Going from Lab to Factory to Home
			Jumping Over the Hurdles
			Looking at Ethics and Society
		Chapter 3: Gathering the Tools of the Trade
			That Bit of Chemistry and Physics You Just Have to Know
			Picking Apart Objects with Spectroscopy
			Seeing Molecules with Microscopy
			Moving the World with Nanomanipulators
	Part II: Building a Better World with Nanomaterials
		Chapter 4: Nanomaterials Galore
			It All Starts with Carbon
			How Carbon-Based Things Relate to Nanotechnology
			Bouncing Buckyballs
			Buckyballs Grow Up to Become Nanotubes
			Getting Wired with Nanowires
		Chapter 5: Adding Strength with Composites
			Compose This!
			One Word: Plastics
			Lightening the Load with Nanofibers
			Raising the Bar with Smart Materials
	Part III: “Smarter” Computers! Faster Internet! Cheaper Energy!
		Chapter 6: Building a Better Digital Brain
			Linking the Brain with the Computer
			And Fast Is Good Because . . . ?
			End of the Transistor Road
			Does a Nano-Size Elephant Ever Forget?
			Quantum Leaping (Oh, Boy . . . )
		Chapter 7: Routing Information at the Speed of Light
			Manipulating Light with Crystals
			Magic with Mirrors
		Chapter 8: Nano-fying Electronics
			Lighting Up Tomorrow
			Sensing Your Environment
			Mechanizing the Micro World
		Chapter 9: Getting Energy and a Cleaner Environment with Nanotech
			The Energy Challenge
			Using Nanotechnology to Make Solar Cells Affordable
			Making Hydrogen Fuel Cells
			Using Nanotechnology to Energize Batteries
			Using Nanotechnology to Reduce Energy Consumption
			How Nanotechnology Can Help Our Environment
	Part IV: Living Healthier Lives
		Chapter 10: Diagnosing Personal Health Quickly, Easily, and Pain-Free
			Lab-on-a-Chip
			Super X-Ray Vision
			Mapping Our Genes
		Chapter 11: The Fantastic Voyage into Medical Applications
			Understanding How Pharmaceutical Companies Develop Drugs
			Delivering a New Drug the Nanotech Way
			Cooking Cancer with Nanoshells
			Biomimetics
	Part V: Investing in Nanotech
		Chapter 12: Industries Going Small
			Semiconductor Types Are Completely into Nano
			Mining the Medical Possibilities of Nanotechnology
			Making Better Materials from Tires to Clothing
			Making Nanotech Materials for Others
			Designing for Small with Software
			Testing Things
			Technology That’s Changing Telecommunications
			Fueling Energy with Nano
			Making Up with Nanotechnology
		Chapter 13: Countries Investing In a Nano Future
			Showing Nano-Initiative, U. S. Government Style
			Nano in the Lab
			U. S. State and Regional Initiatives
			Euro Nano
			Jumping on the Bandwagon: Asia
			Nano Is Going Over Big Time in Israel
		Chapter 14: Nanotechnology Goes to School
			Harvard . . . of course
			Small as Rice
			Small Things in the Big Apple: Columbia
			“And Perhaps Cornell?”
			Nano House on the Prairie: Northwestern University
			Small Progress at Rennsselaer
			Ben Gurion University and Nano
			Made in Japan: University of Tokyo
			California (Nano) Dreaming at Berkeley
			Educating Yourself in Nano
			And a Whole Bunch More . . .
	Part VI: The Part of Tens
		Chapter 15: Ten (or So) Nanotech Movers and Shakers
			Richard Smalley
			Charles Lieber
			Hongjie Dai
			James Heath
			James Von Ehr II
			George Whitesides
			Paul Alivisatos
			Angela Belcher
			Visionaries: Richard Feynman and Eric Drexler
			Nanoshells: Naomi Halas and Jennifer West
			Molecular Logic: James Tour and Mark Reed
			Investors: Steve Jurvetson and Josh Wolfe
		Chapter 16: Further Reading on the Web and in Your Library
			Web Sites
			Magazines
	Glossary
	Index