A Brief Introduction to Nanotechnology

The following sections are included:

• The Emergence of Nanotechnology: “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom”

• Coining the Term “Nanotechnology” and the Emergence of the Nanotechnology Concept

• Manipulating Molecules: The Scanning Probe Microscopes

• Carbon Fullerene: A New Form of Carbon

• Carbon Nanotubes: Key Building Blocks for Future Nanotechnological Applications

• A Single Layer of Carbon: Graphene

• Non-Carbon Nanotubes and Fullerene-Like Material: The Inorganic Nanomaterials

• Quantum Dots and Other Nanoparticles

• Nanowires, Nanorods, and Other Nanomaterials

• Magnetic Nanoparticles