Introduces students to nanoscale principles in molecular engineering, provides hands-on experience and stresses the interdisciplinary nature of this field.
PrefaceUnits, Fundamental Constants, and SymbolsCHAPTER 1: THE REALM OF NANOSCIENCE AND MOLECULAR ENGINEERING1.1 NANOSCIENCE AND MOLECULAR ENGINEERING1.2 PROPERTIES IN LOWER DIMENSIONALITIES1.3 MECHANICAL SYSTEM RESPONSES1.4 DRIVING FORCES AND RESPONSES IN THERMAL TRANSPORT1.5 ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT OF LOWER DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS1.8 MINIATURIZATION, SCALING, AND SYSTEM CONSTRAINTS1.9 ORGANIZATION AND OUTLOOK FOR NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGYSTUDY PROBLEMS TO CHAPTER 1CHAPTER 2: INTERFACIAL AND SIZE-CONSTRAINT SYSTEMS2.1 OVERVIEW2.2 VAN DER WAALS MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS2.3 INTERFACIAL EFFECTS ON LIQUIDS AND VAN DER WAALS SOLIDS2.4 INTERFACIAL EFFECTS ON SPIN-COATED POLYMER FILMS2.5 SIZE AND INTERFACIAL CONSTRAINTS IN METAL NANOCLUSTERS2.6 TWO-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS AND SURFACE ENERGYSTUDY PROBLEMS TO CHAPTER 2CHAPTER 3: CONSTRAINED CONDENSED FLUID MOLECULAR SYSTEMS3.1 MOLECULES AND PHASE PROPERT
IES3.2 METASTABLE LIQUID PHENOMENA3.3 HYDRAULIC TRANSPORT IN CAPILLARIES AND BOUNDARY CONDITIONS3.4 NANOCONDUIT FLOW ? BOUNDARY LAYER MODEL AND NANOCAPILLARIES3.5 MEMBRANE TRANSPORTSTUDY PROBLEMS TO CHAPTER 3CHAPTER 4: FIRST STEPS TOWARDS QUANTUM MECHANICS4.1 THERMAL EMISSION: FROM BOLTZMANN TO QUANTUM DISTRIBUTION LAW4.2 FIRST VIEW INTO QUANTUM MECHANICS4.3 ATOM STRUCTURE AND A SIMPLE MODEL4.4 WAVE AND PARTICLE INTERFERENCES AND PROBABILITY4.5 QUANTUM WAVE THEORY, QUANTUM CONSTRAINTS AND UNCERTAINTYPROBLEM SECTION TO CHAPTER 4CHAPTER 5: ELECTRON TRANSPORT AND ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF MOLECULES5.1 ELECTRON TRANSPORT IN ONE-DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM WIRE5.2 ELECTRON TUNNELING5.3 SINGLE ELECTRON DEVICE TECHNOLOGY5.4 ELECTRONS, ENERGY STATES, AND DISTRIBUTION IN ATOMS5.5 ELECTRON DISTRIBUTION AND BONDING IN MOLECULES5.6 MOBILE ELECTRONSPROBLEM SECTION TO CHAPTER 5CHAPTER 6: ELECTRONIC STRUCTUR
E OF MATTER6.1 ELECTRONIC STATES AND TRANSPORT IN CONDENSED MATERIAL PHASES6.2 BACKGROUND ON DOPED INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS6.3 PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLSPROBLEM SECTION TO CHAPTER 6CHAPTER 7: MOLECULAR MODES AND ENERGETIC PROPERTIES7.1 MOLECULAR MODES7.2 BOND VIBRATIONS IN MOLECULES7.3 ROTATIONAL MOLECULAR MODE IN DIATOMIC MOLECULES7.4 POLYATOMIC MOLECULES7.5 LATTICE VIBRATIONS - PHONONSPROBLEM SECTION TO CHAPTER 7APPENDIXA.1 Acoustic Wave EquationA.2 Homogeneous Second Order Differential EquationsA.3 Solution of the 1D Wave Equation in Cartesian CoordinatesA.4 Solution to the Schrödinger Wave Equation for Hydrogen
René M. Overney, is Professor in Chemical Engineering, University of Washington. His research Interests is rational molecular engineering based on nanoscale fundamentals with focus on enhanced electronic, photonic, ionic, energy, momentum and mass transport properties, based on molecular relaxations and entropic cooperative properties in complex organic thin films. Overney"s group is known for its pioneering efforts in developing novel scanning probe methods towards mapping inter- and intra-molecular energetics and transitions in thin film and self-assembled systems.
