Advances in Nanotechnology Volume 9

Nanotechnology is the study of the controlling of matter on an atomic and molecular scale, ranging from extensions of conventional device physics to completely new approaches based on molecular self-assembly. This book gathers and presents data on nanotechnology, including fourier diffusion and special relativity in nanotechnology; ion-synthesis of silver nanoparticles; self-organised meso-structures in confined soft materials; synthesis, properties and applications of germanium nanocrystals; and, optical characterisation of nanoscale materials and structural transformation of CdS nanoparticles upon annealing.