Many efforts have been made in the last two decades using novel nanotechnology and nanoscience knowledge in order to get nanomaterials with determined functionality. This book focuses on polymer ...

The book series Advanced Micro & Nanosystems (AMN) provides cutting-edge reviews and detailed case studies by top authors from science and industry, covering technologies, devices and advanced systems ...

In this interview, Mervyn Miles, professor emeritus at the University of Bristol speaks about the history and technology behind Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM). In ...

This book surveys the social implications of nanotechnology from the perspective of a diffuse international movement that distrusts market economies and worries that any new technology will be ...

When solids are reduced to the nanometer scale, they exibit new and exciting behaviours which constitute the basis for a new generation of electronic devices. Nanotechnology for Microelectronics and ...

Table 2 The institutions that published the most patents in nanotechnology with the USPTO (1976–2006), EPO (1978–2006) and JPO (1976–2006) ranked according to number of patents.