Download or read book Recent Advances in Nanotechnology written by Changhong Ke and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. Considered the next industrial revolution, nanotechnology is an exciting field with new advances being reported regularly. It is a very diverse and highly interdisciplinary field, involving the science and engineering fields. Nanotechnolgy deals with the smallest building blocks of matter and involves atomic and molecular level imaging, manipulating, and controlling of matters, which lead to the creation of new materials, new manufacturing processes, and new applications. This book covers many emerging and important issues in nanotechnology as it applies to cancer research and treatment, materials properties analysis, new materials, and much more.