Nanophysics and Nanotechnology

Edward Wolf is Professor of Physics at the Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, New York. His research interests are in electron tunneling phenomena, superconductivity, and uses of scanning tunneling microscopes. Dr. Wolf has served as Department Head in Physics at Polytechnic University and also as Program Director in Condensed Matter Physics in the Division of Materials Research at the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Virginia. He has held previous positions as Professor of Physics at Iowa State University, Senior Physicist at the Ames Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy in Ames, Iowa, and Senior Physicist and Research Associate at Kodak Research Labs in Rochester, New York. In 2007, Professor Wolf was honored with the "Jacobs Excellence in Education Award" by the Polytechnical University New York.

From the contents:
1. Introduction
2. Systematic of making things smaller
3. What are limits to Smallness
4. Quantum Nature of the Nanoworld
5. Quantum Consequences for the Macroworld
6. Self-assembled Nanostructures in Nature and Industry
7. Physics-based Experimental Approaches to Nanofabrication and Nanotechnology
8. Looking into the Future

"Zusammenfassend ist festzustellen, dass dem Autor ... ein individuell gestaltetes einführendes Lehrbuch gelungen ist. Es eignet sich - nicht zuletzt dank der enthaltenen Übungsaufgaben - bestens zur Vorlesungsbegleitung für Studierende der Natur- und Ingenieurwissenschaften sowie auch spezieller nanotechnologisch orientierter Studiengänge."
U. Hartmann, Physik Journal 4/2005

BIOforum Europe, Vol. 8, 5th Issue, October 2004

"... provide a good foundation for thinking about the applications of nanotechnology, and the book is well illustrated, including explanatory diagrams to assist in the understanding of scientific principles."

Sishen Xie, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and National Centre for Nanoscience & Technology, Beijing, small, 6/2005

"This book is intended to provide a guide to the ideas and physical concepts that allow an understanding of the changes that occur as the size scale shrinks toward the atomic scale. Our point of view is that a general introduction to the concepts of nano physics will add greatly to the ability of students and professionals whose undergraduate training has been in engineering or applied science, to contribute in the various areas of nanotechnology."
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