Contents: 1. Introduction to Nanotechnology. 2. Nanomaterials (Fullerenes and Carbon Forms). 3.  Nanoparticles and Colloid. 4. Nanoelectronics. 5. Molecular Electronics. 6. Molecular Nanotechnology. 7. Nanoengineering Devices. 8. Nanomedicine. 9. Analytical Tools in Nanoscale Engineering. 10.Nanolithography. 11. Computational Nanotechnology. 12.Nanotechnology in Space. 13. Intelletual Property Rights in Nanotechnology. Glossary. Index. References.

The context of the book is the rapid expansion of Nanotechnologies resulting from important research efforts in a wide range of disciplines such as physics, chemistry, biology and engineering. This book was originally intended to be an introduction to Nanotechnology; due to the nature of the field it has developed into an introduction to selected topics in Nanotechnology, which are thought to be representative of the overall field. The topics represented here were chosen based on the maturity of understanding of the subjects, their potential for applications. Many of the chapters discuss present and future possibilities.

Attempted to provide an introduction to the subject of Nanotechnology. It is possible that such a book could be used as a text for a graduate course on nanotechnology. Chapters contain introduction to the physical and chemical principles of the subject area under discussion. Instrumentation such as the scanning tunneling microscopy and atomic force microscopy that allows the visualization of the surfaces of nanometer sized materials. Nanolithography, manipulating individual atoms to make new small structures having very different properties. Nanoelectronics, giving an overview of several different technologies and covering all aspects from technology to system design.