Springer Handbook of Nanotechnology, w. CD-ROM

Foreword by Neal Lane Foreword by James R. Heath Introduction to Nanotechnology.- Part A Nanostructures, Micro- Nanofabrication, and Materials: Nanomaterials Synthesis and Applications: Molecule Based Devices.- Introduction to Carbon Nanotubes.- Nanowires.- Template-Based Growth of Nanorod Arrays.- Three-Dimensional Nanofabrication Using Focused-Ion-Beam Chemical-Vapor-Deposition.- Introduction to Micro/Nanofabrication.- Nanoimprint Lithography.- Stamping Techniques for Micro- Nanofabrication: Methods and Applications.- Materials Aspects of Micro- and Nanoelectromechanical Systems.- Engineering Decentralized Nanoscale Systems.- Nanometer-Scale Thermoelectric Materials.- Nano- and Microstructured Semiconductor Materials for Macroelectronics Part B MEMS/NEMS and BioMEMS/NEMS: Next Generation Microelectronic Array Devices.- MEMS/NEMS Devices and Applications.- Nanomechanical Cantilever Array Sensors.- Therapeutic Nanodevices.- G-protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs).- Microfluids and Lab-on-a-Chip.- Centrifuge-Based Fluidic Platform.- Micro/Nano Droplets in Microfluidic Devices Part C Scanning Probe Microscopy: Scanning Probe Microscopy.- Probes in Scanning Microscopies.- Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy.- Low Temperature Scanning Probe Microscopy.- Higher Harmonic Force Detection in Dynamic Force Microscopy.- Dynamic Modes of Atomic Force Microscopy.- Molecular Recognition Force Microscopy Part D Nanotribology and Nanomechanics: Nanotribology, Nanomechanics, and Materials Characterization.- Surface Forces and Nanorheology of Molecularly Thin Films.- Interfacial Forces and Spectroscopy of Confined Fluids.- Friction and Wear on the Atomic Scale.- Velocity Dependent Nature of Nanoscale Friction, Adhesion and Wear.- Computational Modeling of Nanometer-Scale Friction and Indentation.- Nanoscale Mechanical Properties.- Nanomechanical Properties of Solid Surfaces and Thin Films.-Scale Effects in Mechanical Properties and Tribology.- Mechanics of Biological Nanotechnology.-

Dr. Bharat Bhushan received an M.S. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1971, an M.S. in mechanics and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1973 and 1976, respectively, an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, NY in 1980, Doctor Technicae from the University of Trondheim at Trondheim, Norway in 1990, a Doctor of Technical Sciences from the Warsaw University of Technology at Warsaw, Poland in 1996, and Doctor Honoris Causa from the Metal-Polymer Research Institute of National Academy of Sciences at Gomel, Belarus in 2000.

He is a registered professional engineer (mechanical) and presently an Ohio Eminent Scholar and The Howard D. Winbigler Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate Research Faculty Advisor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and the Director of the Nanotribology Laboratory for Information Storage & MEMS/NEMS (NLIM) at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. He is an internationally recognized expert of tribology on the macro- to nanoscales, and is one of the most prolific authors in the field. He is considered by some a pioneer of the tribology and mechanics of magnetic storage devices and a leading researcher in the fields of nanotribology and nanomechanics using scanning probe microscopy and applications to micro/nanotechnology. He has authored 5 technical books, 45 handbook chapters, more than 450 technical papers in refereed journals, and more than 60 technical reports, has edited more than 25 books, and holds 14 U.S. patents.