The Science of the Small in Physics, Engineering, Chemistry, Biology and Medicine
by
Hans-Eckhardt Schaefer
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2010
Nanoscience stands out for its interdisciplinarity. Barriers between disciplines disappear and the fields tend to converge at the very smallest scale, where basic principles and tools are universal. Novel properties are inherent to nanosized systems due to quantum effects and a reduction in dimensionality:...