Schneider C. Light in the World of Nanotechnology...App. 2022 torrent

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This essential gives an overview of the physical principles underlying nanotechnology, which today make it possible to use microscopic effects technologically. Methods are presented which allow the production of nanostructures with highest precision. In the last chapter the author gives an overview of exciting technological applications, starting with the use of nanotechnology-based effects in church glass windows to solar cells and CCD chips.
What You Can Find in this essential
How light interacts with matter
What makes the physics of the nanoworld special
How nanostructures can be produced
A selection of nanotechnological applications
New ideas from research on the use of nanotechnology
Only 100 years ago, Max Planck—one of the co-founders of quantum mechanics—was advised not to study physics, since everything important had already been researched. But even today we still live in an exciting physical time! Nobel prizes are awarded for inventions such as the CCD sensor or the blue lightemitting diode, and discoveries such as the Higgs boson or gravitational waves show that physics research is by no means at an end.
Today, the advance into a microscopically small world allows ever new, sometimes groundbreaking discoveries and inventions. A good example of this is nanotechnology. In the first chapter of this book, I would like to show you the physical principles on which nanotechnological applications are based. In the next chapter, I will first discuss methods for producing nanostructures. Afterward, some exemplary selected applications are presented, ranging from those already actively used to those still in research.
With this book, you can embark on a journey into the world of nanotechnology, gain an insight into the resulting possibilities and perhaps even learn about things familiar from your everyday life from a different perspective!
Introduction
Fundamentals of Light-Based Nanotechnology
What is Light?
From Individual Atoms to Solid Bodies
The World is Colorful: Resonances and Mie Theory
Production of Nanostructures
Electron Beam Lithography
Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Milling
Chemical Synthesis
Applications
Stained Glass Windows
Diagnosis and Therapy: Use of Nanoparticles in Medicine
Electricity from Light: Nanotechnology in Solar Cells
The Colorful World of Plasmons for Digital Applications
Summary and Outlook