Petersen, Nils O., <br/><br/>
Foundations for nanoscience and nanotechnology / 
Nils O. Petersen. 
 - Boca Raton, FL :  CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group,  [2017] 
 - 344 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Why study the foundations for nanoscience and nanotechnology? -- Time-dependent and time-independent Schrödinger equations -- Solving the time-independent Schrödinger equation -- Applications to systems with many electrons -- The basics of thermodynamics -- Surface thermodynamics -- The work function -- Understanding interactions between surfaces -- Basic statistical concepts -- Partition functions -- Fluctuations in closed and open systems -- Measuring concentration changes -- The principles of absoption and emission of light -- Molecular spectroscopy -- Application of fluorescence microscopy -- Optical properties of relevance to nanomaterials -- Epilogue and acknowledgments -- Problems and references. 
<br/><br/> "This book acts as a stepping-stone to working in or understanding a new world in nanoscience and nanotechnology, opening the door for students and practitioners to develop projects that depend on this understanding. The book can be used at three levels: as an introduction to the nanoscale world, as a resource for understanding the foundations, thereby allowing for moving forward to working in this area, and as a source of recent research in the areas that illustrate foundational principles"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781482259070 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016049574 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nanoscience.<br/>Nanotechnology.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QC176.8.N35  / P47 2017 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>500