Chemical Principles of Nanoengineering

Andrea Tao is Assistant Professor in NanoEngineering at the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla, USA. She earned her BSc in Chemistry & Physics from Harvard University in 2002 and a PhD in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 2007. Professor Tao has been active in nanomaterials research for the past fifteen years and has authored numerous scientific publications in the nanoparticle synthesis and self-assembly.

1. ATOMS AND MOLECULES: THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF NANOMATERIALS
The Hydrogen Atom
Molecular Structure
Valence Bond Theory
Molecular Orbital Theory
2. EXTENDED SOLIDS: BONDING IN 0-D TO 3-D MATERIALS
Tight-Binding Model
Band Structure
Density of States
3. CARBON NANOMATERIALS
Hybridized Bonding
Graphene to Diamondoids
A Closer Look: Carbon Nanotubes
4. DESCRIPTIVE CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY
Packing Structures
The Unit Cell and Bravais Lattices
Miller Notation
Diffraction
5. THE IMPORTANCE OF SURFACES
Surface Energy and Pressure
Solid Surfaces
Metal Nanoparticles and Clusters
6. CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS
Electrostatic Forces
Van der Waal Forces
Hydrophobic Forces
Self-Assembly