Nanostructures and Nanomaterials
by Guozhong Cao · Cao
Textbook on how nanostructures are actually made: sol-gel and chemical solution routes, vapor deposition, self-assembly, and lithographic patterning of 0-D, 1-D and 2-D structures, with characterization methods and the physics behind size-dependent properties.
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