Adopting a unique approach this book provides a thorough one-stop introduction to nanoscience
and self-assembly of nanomaterials composed of such materials as metals metal oxides metal
sulphides polymers and biopolymers. Clearly divided into three sections covering the main
aspects of nanoscience the first part deals with the basic principles of nanoscale science.
Alongside essential approaches and forces this section also covers thermodynamics phase
transitions and applications to biological systems. The second and third parts then go on to
provide a detailed description of the synthesis of inorganic and organic nanoparticles
respectively. With its interdisciplinary content of importance to many different branches of
nanoscience this is essential reading for material scientists physicists biophysical
chemists chemical engineers and biotechnologists alike.
