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The growing interest in the miniaturization of magnetic storage media and the quest for novel spintronics applications rely on element specific detection of spin and orbital magnetic moments in a solid. This book describes EMCD (energy loss magnetic chiral dichroism), a phenomenon in energy loss spectroscopy discovered in 2006.

Semiconductor photonics is a cross discipline between materials, physics, chemistry, opto and electronic devices. This is a collection of selected papers presented in Symposium O of Compound Semiconductor Photonics in the International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technology (ICMAT), which was held in Singapore on 28 June-3 July 2009.

Offers an overview of the state of research in both synchrotron radiation and structural proteomics from different laboratories all over the world, trying to touch all possible aspects of frontier research in this area. This book offers the reader insight in the real progress done in the leading research laboratories of different countries.

The Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) world is one of the most fascinated fields of research with an enormous technological application market. This book addresses the development of OLEDs based on rare-earth and transition-metal complexes, focusing in special the Europium, Terbium, Ruthenium and Rhenium.

Nanomedicine, the application of nanotechnology to health, raises high expectations for millions of patients for better, more efficient and affordable healthcare and has the potential of delivering promising solutions to many illnesses. This book focuses on the broad area of application of Nanotechnology in Human health.

Provides a comprehensive overview of the use of noble metal nanoparticles for bioimaging and biosensing. This book starts with a review on the synthesis, characterization, optical properties, and bioconjugation of noble metal nanoparticles, followed by introduction of various biodetection techniques based on noble metal nanoparticles.

Focuses on the discovery components and the toxicological perspectives of nano-materials. This book deals with the basics of nano-imaging techniques required for diagnostics, the underlying principles using which the nanomedicine discoveries are made, nano-oncology, nano-hematology, and nano-inspired discovery of low cost diagnostic techniques.

Biological molecular motors provide most cells with the dynamic systems required for their day-to-day existence. Examples exist occur in even the simplest organism (for example, a bacteria virus) and the range of tasks that they carry out is vast. This book describes a range of molecular motors, ranging from chemical motors to biological motors.

Unlike amino acids and nucleic acids, carbohydrates have been disregarded for a longer time by the scientific community. This book covers such topics as: Oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates in recognition processes; carbohydrate modifying enzymes; and, carbohydrate-modifying enzymes for unusual sugar biosynthesis.

Provides comprehensive coverage on the instrumentation and experimental methodology of photo- and electroluminescent properties of nanomaterials. Just as importantly, this title also outlines key historical developments and perspectives of nanotechnology,

Incorporates the understanding pertaining to nanoscale aspects of advanced energy storage devices such as Lithium-ion batteries and electrochemical supercapacitors. This book focuses on various fundamental issues in relation to device performance of various positive and negative electrode materials with reference to their nanoscale advantages.

Self-Field Theory (SFT) describes the photon within atomic structures in its role as binding agent between the electron and the proton. This book describes SFT's role within biophotonics and provides a theory of biophotonics capable of describing a range of the experimental biophotonic phenomena.

Metal-biotechnology is defined as biological technology that utilizes the reactions of various metals in metabolism and also chemical binding by living organisms and biomolecules. This book intends to introduce various fields of metal-biotechnology, emphasizing applications for the fields of environment conservation and resource recycling.

Carbon and silicon are among the most important elements because of their implication in many fields, ranging from astrophysics to biology. Their manipulation at the nanoscale has already lead to spectacular and well documented achievements such as fullerenes, nanotubes and nanowires. This book reviews these exotic futuristic species.

This book discusses the most relevant issues that a company or university will face when bringing a nanotechnology invention to the market. It discusses obtaining, strategic use, valuation, and licensing of patents. It also deals with venture capital, university-industry collaboration, environmental health and safety, and public perception. The book provides managers and scientists at universities and companies with industry-specific basic knowledge of often unfamiliar issues that are essential to the commercial success of their inventions.

This book deals with one of the most hot nanomaterials today, namely zinc oxide (ZnO) nanomaterials applied to the above areas. In the book are described different methods to grow ZnO nanostructures. Their optical and piezoelectrical properties are described as well as photo-toxicity. Applications to LEDs, lasers, power generators and chemical sensors are discussed. Finally the growth on flexible substrates , particularly ZnO nanostructures and devices on paper substrates are described.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the synthesis of Si-containing hard nanocomposite coatings based on transition metal nitrides by plasma-based thin film processing. Full versatility of these nanocomposites is demonstrated for low Si-containing coatings tailored with superior mechanical properties and novel high Si-containing nanocomposite coatings with extraordinary thermal stability and resistance against oxidation optimized for high-temperature applications. A special attention is paid to understanding growth mechanisms of these structures under specific deposition conditions, structure-property relations and stability of individual constituents to enhance their functionality for various applications.

Recent progress in this field indicates that integrating photochromic molecules into LC materials enables one to photo-manipulate unique features such as photoinduced phase transition, photocontrolled alignment and phototriggered molecular cooperative motion, leading to their novel applications beyond displays. This book introduces readers to this field, from the primary- to the advanced level in photoresponsive LC materials. The subject is introduced step-by-step, including the basic knowledge of LCs, photoresponsive properties of LCs, and their detailed performances in the form of low-molecular-weight compound, polymer, cross-linked elastomer, and block copolymer.

Biomedical nanosensors play a central role in the development of diagnostics and therapeutics for early detection and treatment of diseases. This book addresses nanomaterials, constituting nanoparticles, nanowires, and nanotubes of inorganic as well as polymeric composition of nano and micro scale dimensions as sensing and therapeutic agents.

This book provides readers with the knowledge in fundamentals of nanoelectronic devices. The authors build the principles of nanoelectronic devices based on those of microelectronic devices wherever possible and introduce the inherently nanoelectronic principles gradually. They briefly review quantum mechanics and solid-state physics that can form the basis of semiconductor device physics. The book also covers the basics of electron transport and p¿n junctions, develops the operations of MOS capacitors and MOSFETs, and introduces some basic CMOS circuits. The last chapter is devoted to the nano-biotechnology application of field-effect transistors.

This book is devoted to mechatronic, chemical, bacteriological, biological, and hybrid systems, utilizing cooperative, networked, swarm, self-organizing, evolutionary and bio-inspired design principles and targeting underwater, ground, air, and space applications. It addresses issues such as open-ended evolution, self-replication, self-development, reliability, scalability, energy foraging, adaptivity, and artificial sociality. The book has been prepared by 52 authors from world-leading research groups in 14 countries. This book covers not only current but also future key technologies and is aimed at anyone who is interested in learning more about collective robotics and how it might affect our society.