Liming Dai

Intelligent Macromolecules for Smart Devices

From Materials Synthesis to Device Applications

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The age of nanotechnology is upon us. Engineering at the molecular level is no longer a computer-generated curiosity and is beginning to affect the lives of everyone. Molecules which can respond to their environment and the smart machines we can build with them are and will continue to be a vital part of this 21st-century revolution. Liming Dai presents the latest work on many newly-discovered intelligent macromolecular systems and reviews their uses in nano-devices.

Intelligent Macromolecules for Smart Devices features:

- An accessible assessment of the properties and materials chemistry of all the major classes of intelligent macromolecules from optoelectronic biomacromolecules to dendrimers, artificial opals and carbon nanotubes

- In-depth analysis of various smart devices including a critique of the suitability of different molecules for building each type of device

- A concise compilation of the practical applications of intelligent macromolecules including sensors and actuators, polymer batteries, carbon-nanotube supercapacitors, novel lasing species and photovoltaic cells

As an exposition of cutting-edge research against a backdrop of comprehensive review, Intelligent Macromolecules for Smart Devices will be an essential addition to the bookshelf of academic and industrial researchers in nanotechnology. Graduate and senior undergraduate students looking to make their mark in this field of the future will also find it most instructive.

Produktdetails

• Engineering Materials and Processes
• Verlag: Springer / Springer London / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-84996-879-9
• Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2004
• Seitenzahl: 516
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 774g
• ISBN-13: 9781849968799
• ISBN-10: 1849968799
• Artikelnr.: 32208117

Autorenporträt

Demand for this book will be generated by the large number of companies and academic institutions interested in research in nanomaterials and devices. Both academics and industrial engineers needing to know the background and latest research in the area of smart materials will want to read this book.

Inhaltsangabe

The Concepts of Intelligent Macromolecules and Smart Devices.- The Concepts of Intelligent Macromolecules and Smart Devices.- Intelligent Macromolecules.- Conducting Polymers.- Stimuli-responsive Polymers.- Dendrimers and Fullerenes.- Carbon Nanotubes.- From Intelligent Macromolecules to Smart Devices.- Oriented and Patterned Macromolecules.- Macromolecular Nanostructures.- Smart Devices.- Electronic Devices.- Photonic Devices.- Sensors and Sensor Arrays.- Actuators and Nanomechanical Devices.