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
Chapter 2 Thermodynamics and Nanoscience
17
Chapter 3 Kinetics and Transport in Nanoscience
63
Chapter 4 Quantum Effects at the Nanoscale
95
Chapter 5 Intermolecular Interactions
and Self-Assembly
133
Chapter 6 Bulk Characterization Techniques
for Nanomaterials
181
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