Detailed Contents
Series Preface
xv
Preface to the Second Edition
xvii
Preface to the First Edition
xix
Acknowledgments
xxi
Authors
xxiii
Chapter 1
A Brief Introduction to Nanoscience 1
1.1 THE SCOPE OF NANOSCIENCE
1
1.2 THE NEED FOR NANOSCIENCE EDUCATION 3
1.3 THE NANOSCALE DIMENSION
5
1.4 DIMENSIONALITY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS 8
1.5 SELF-ASSEMBLY
9
1.6 SUPRAMOLECULAR SCIENCE
11
1.7 OVERVIEW OF THE TEXT
12
1.8 SOURCES OF INFORMATION
ON NANOSCIENCE
13
END OF CHAPTER QUESTIONS
14
Chapter 2
Thermodynamics and Nanoscience 17
2.1 TERMINOLOGY IN THERMODYNAMICS
17
2.1.1 The system and surroundings
17
2.1.2 Some thermodynamic variables 18
2.1.3 Reversible and irreversible
changes
20
2.2 TEMPERATURE AND NANOMATERIALS
21
2.2.1 Thermodynamics and size effects 21
2.2.2 Melting temperatures
of nanomaterials
22
2.3 THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
29
2.3.1 Work
29
2.3.2 Heat exchange and heat capacity 36
2.3.3 The first law in terms of work
and heat
36
2.3.4 Enthalpy
38
2.4 THE ENTROPY STATE FUNCTION:
THE SECOND AND THIRD LAWS
39
2.4.1 The classical interpretation
of entropy
39
2.4.2 The statistical interpretation
of entropy
41
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