| Preface to the Second Edition |
| Introduction / Chapter 1： |
| Emergence of Nanotechnology / 1.1： |
| Bottom-Up and Top-Down Approaches / 1.3： |
| Challenges in Nanotechnology / 1.4： |
| Scope of the Book / 1.5： |
| References |
| Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces / Chapter 2： |
| Surface Energy / 2.1： |
| Chemical Potential as a Function of Surface Curvature / 2.3： |
| Electrostatic Stabilization / 2.4： |
| Surface charge density / 2.4.1： |
| Electric potential at the proximity of solid surface / 2.4.2： |
| Van der Waals attraction potential / 2.4.3： |
| Interactions between two particles: DLVO theory / 2.4.4： |
| Steric Stabilization / 2.5： |
| Solvent and polymer / 2.5.1： |
| Interactions between polymer layers / 2.5.2： |
| Mixed steric and electric interactions / 2.5.3： |
| Summary / 2.6： |
| Zero-Dimensional Nanostructures: Nanoparticles / Chapter 3： |
| Nanoparticles Through Homogeneous Nucleation / 3.1： |
| Fundamentals of homogeneous nucleation / 3.2.1： |
| Subsequent growth of nuclei / 3.2.2： |
| Growth controlled by diffusion / 3.2.2.1： |
| Growth controlled by surface process / 3.2.2.2： |
| Synthesis of metallic nanoparticles / 3.2.3： |
| Influences of reduction reagents / 3.2.3.1： |
| Influences by other factors / 3.2.3.2： |
| Influences of polymer stabilizer / 3.2.3.3： |
| Synthesis of semiconductor nanoparticles / 3.2.4： |
| Synthesis of oxide nanoparticles / 3.2.5： |
| Introduction to sol-gel processing / 3.2.5.1： |
| Forced hydrolysis / 3.2.5.2： |
| Controlled release of ions / 3.2.5.3： |
| Vapor phase reactions / 3.2.6： |
| Solid-state phase segregation / 3.2.7： |
| Nanoparticles Through Heterogeneous Nucleation / 3.3： |
| Fundamentals of heterogeneous nucleation / 3.3.1： |
| Synthesis of nanoparticles / 3.3.2： |
| Kinetically Confined Synthesis of Nanoparticles / 3.4： |
| Synthesis inside micelles or using microemulsions / 3.4.1： |
| Aerosol synthesis / 3.4.2： |
| Growth termination / 3.4.3： |
| Spray pyrolysis / 3.4.4： |
| Template-based synthesis / 3.4.5： |
| Epitaxial Core-Shell Nanoparticles / 3.5： |
| One-Dimensional Nanostructures: Nanowires and Nanorods / 3.6： |
| Spontaneous Growth / 4.1： |
| Evaporation (dissolution)-condensation growth / 4.2.1： |
| Fundamentals of evaporation (dissolution)-condensation growth / 4.2.1.1： |
| Evaporation-condensation growth / 4.2.1.2： |
| Dissolution-condensation growth / 4.2.1.3： |
| Vapor (or solution)-liquid-solid (VLS or SLS) growth / 4.2.2： |
| Fundamental aspects of VLS and SLS growth / 4.2.2.1： |
| VLS growth of various nanowires / 4.2.2.2： |
| Control of the size of nanowires / 4.2.2.3： |
| Precursors and catalysts / 4.2.2.4： |
| Solution-liquid-solid growth / 4.2.2.5： |
| Stress-induced recrystallization / 4.2.3： |
| Template-Based Synthesis / 4.3： |
| Electrochemical deposition / 4.3.1： |
| Electrophoretic deposition / 4.3.2： |
| Template filling / 4.3.3： |
| Colloidal dispersion filling / 4.3.3.1： |
| Melt and solution filling / 4.3.3.2： |
| Chemical vapor deposition / 4.3.3.3： |
| Deposition by centrifugation / 4.3.3.4： |
| Converting through chemical reactions / 4.3.4： |
| Electrospinning / 4.4： |
| Lithography / 4.5： |
| Two-Dimensional Nanostructures: Thin Films / 4.6： |
| Fundamentals of Film Growth / 5.1： |
| Vacuum Science / 5.3： |
| Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) / 5.4： |
| Evaporation / 5.4.1： |
| Molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) / 5.4.2： |
| Sputtering / 5.4.3： |
| Comparison of evaporation and sputtering / 5.4.4： |
| Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) / 5.5： |
| Typical chemical reactions / 5.5.1： |
| Reaction kinetics / 5.5.2： |
| Transport phenomena / 5.5.3： |
| CVD methods / 5.5.4： |
| Diamond films by CVD / 5.5.5： |
| Atomic Layer Deposition / 5.6： |
| Superlattices / 5.7： |
| Self-Assembly / 5.8： |
| Monolayers of organosilicon or alkylsilane derivatives / 5.8.1： |
| Monolayers of alkanethiols and sulfides / 5.8.2： |
| Monolayers of carboxylic acids, amines, and alcohols / 5.8.3： |
| Langmuir-Blodgett Films / 5.9： |
| Electrochemical Deposition / 5.10： |
| Sol-Gel Films / 5.11： |
| Special Nanomaterials / 5.12： |
| Carbon Fullerenes and Nanotubes / 6.1： |
| Carbon fullerenes / 6.2.1： |
| Fullerene-derived crystals / 6.2.2： |
| Carbon nanotubes / 6.2.3： |
| Micro and Mesoporous Materials / 6.3： |
| Ordered mesoporous structures / 6.3.1： |
| Random mesoporous structures / 6.3.2： |
| Crystalline microporous materials: Zeolites / 6.3.3： |
| Core-Shell Structures / 6.4： |
| Metal-oxide structures / 6.4.1： |
| Metal-polymer structures / 6.4.2： |
| Oxide-polymer nanostructures / 6.4.3： |
| Organic-Inorganic Hybrids / 6.5： |
| Class 1 hybrids / 6.5.1： |
| Class 2 hybrids / 6.5.2： |
| Intercalation Compounds / 6.6： |
| Nanocomposites and Nanograined Materials / 6.7： |
| Inverse Opals / 6.8： |
| Bio-Induced Nanomaterials / 6.9： |
| Nanostructures Fabricated by Physical Techniques / 6.10： |
| Photolithography / 7.1： |
| Phase-shifting photolithography / 7.2.2： |
| Electron beam lithography / 7.2.3： |
| X-ray lithography / 7.2.4： |
| Focused ion beam (FIB) lithography / 7.2.5： |
| Neutral atomic beam lithography / 7.2.6： |
| Nanomanipulation and Nanolithography / 7.3： |
| Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) / 7.3.1： |
| Atomic force microscopy (AFM) / 7.3.2： |
| Near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM) / 7.3.3： |
| Nanomanipulation / 7.3.4： |
| Nanolithography / 7.3.5： |
| Soft Lithography / 7.4： |
| Microcontact printing / 7.4.1： |
| Molding / 7.4.2： |
| Nanoimprint / 7.4.3： |
| Dip-pen nanolithography / 7.4.4： |
| Assembly of Nanoparticles and Nanowires / 7.5： |
| Capillary forces / 7.5.1： |
| Dispersion interactions / 7.5.2： |
| Shear-force-assisted assembly / 7.5.3： |
| Electric-field-assisted assembly / 7.5.4： |
| Covalently linked assembly / 7.5.5： |
| Gravitational-field-assisted assembly / 7.5.6： |
| Template-assisted assembly / 7.5.7： |
| Other Methods for Microfabrication / 7.6： |
| Characterization and Properties of Nanomaterials / 7.7： |
| Structural Characterization / 8.1： |
| X-ray diffraction (XRD) / 8.2.1： |
| Small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) / 8.2.2： |
| Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) / 8.2.3： |
| Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) / 8.2.4： |
| Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) / 8.2.5： |
| Gas adsorption / 8.2.6： |
| Chemical Characterization / 8.3： |
| Optical spectroscopy / 8.3.1： |
| Electron spectroscopy / 8.3.2： |
| Ion spectrometry / 8.3.3： |
| Physical Properties of Nanomaterials / 8.4： |
| Melting points and lattice constants / 8.4.1： |
| Mechanical properties / 8.4.2： |
| Optical properties / 8.4.3： |
| Surface plasmon resonance / 8.4.3.1： |
| Quantum size effects / 8.4.3.2： |
| Electrical conductivity / 8.4.4： |
| Surface scattering / 8.4.4.1： |
| Change of electronic structure / 8.4.4.2： |
| Quantum transport / 8.4.4.3： |
| Effect of microstructure / 8.4.4.4： |
| Ferroelectrics and dielectrics / 8.4.5： |
| Superparamagnetism / 8.4.6： |
| Applications of Nanomaterials / 8.5： |
| Molecular Electronics and Nanoelectronics / 9.1： |
| Nanobots / 9.3： |
| Biological Applications of Nanoparticles / 9.4： |
| Catalysis by Gold Nanoparticles / 9.5： |
| Bandgap Engineered Quantum Devices / 9.6： |
| Quantum well devices / 9.6.1： |
| Quantum dot devices / 9.6.2： |
| Nanomechanics / 9.7： |
| Carbon Nanotube Emitters / 9.8： |
| Energy Applications of Nanomaterials / 9.9： |
| Photoelectrochemical cells / 9.9.1： |
| Lithium-ion rechargeable batteries / 9.9.2： |
| Hydrogen storage / 9.9.3： |
| Thermoelectrics / 9.9.4： |
| Environmental Applications of Nanomaterials / 9.10： |
| Photonic Crystals and Plasmon Waveguides / 9.11： |
| Photonic crystals / 9.11.1： |
| Plasmon waveguides / 9.11.2： |
| Appendices / 9.12： |
| Index |
| Preface to the Second Edition |
| Introduction / Chapter 1： |
| Emergence of Nanotechnology / 1.1： |
