Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

B.S. MURTY Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai P. SHANKAR Scientific Officer, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam BALDEV RAJ Director, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam B.B. RATH Director, Materials science and Component technology, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA JAMES MURDAY Scientist, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA

• The Big World of Nanomaterials.- Unique properties of nanomaterials.- Synthesis Routes.- Application of Nanomaterials.- Tools to Characterise Nanomaterials.- Nanostructured materials of high application potential.- Concerns and challenges in nanotechnology.