Nanotechnology in a nutshell: from simple to complex systems

This book shows where nanotechnology is now―a fascinating time when the science is transitioning into complex systems with impact on new products. Present and future developments are addressed, as well as a larger number of new industrial and research opportunities deriving from this domain. The authors provide an overview for professionals, researchers and policy-makers of this very rapidly expanding field---including many applications such as information and communication technologies, environmental sciences and engineering, societal life, and medicine, with provision of customized treatments. Brief chapters and colour figures with a contained overall length make the book attractive—a must for every professional’s shelf.A new high-level book for professionals from Atlantis Press providing an overview of nanotechnologies now and their applications in a broad variety of fields, including information and communication technologies, environmental sciences and engineering, societal life, and medicine, with provision of customized treatments. The book shows where nanotechnology is now - a fascinating time when the science is transitioning into complex systems with impact on new products. Present and future developments are addressed, as well as a larger number of new industrial and research opportunities derivin