Nanomaterials

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Carbon and inorganic nanotubes. 3. Nanoparticles. 4. Fullerenes and molecular mimics. 5. Nanowire. 6. Nanobiomaterials. 7. Nanofabrication and nanomanufacturing. 8. Pharmaceutically important of nanomaterials. Bibliography. Index.

Nanomaterials are materials possessing particle sizes on the order of a billionth of a meter. They manifest extremely charming and useful properties, which can be exploited for a array of structural and non-structural applications. Over twenty years have passed since the finding of C60 in 1985. the finding of superconductivity of C60 in 1991 suggested unlimited possibilities for fullerenes. On the further hand, a new ground of nanocarbon has been developed recently based on narrative functions of the low dimensional fullerene nanomaterials that comprise fullerene nanowhiskers. Electrical electrochemcial optical thermal mechanical and various other properties of fullerene nanomaterials have been investigated and their novel and anomalous. Natural properties of fullerene nanomaterials also contain investigated both in medical applications and toxicity aspects. The book explores the new directions and quantum shift in manufacturing paradigms which are set to occur in near future.