Nanomaterials, Nanotechnologies and Design
An Introduction for Engineers and Architects

Nanotechnology offers product engineers, designers, architects and consumers with a vastly enhanced palette of materials and properties, ranging from the profound to the superficial. This beautifully presented text explores the nanotech opportunities and challenges that are fundamental to design and materials selection

Daniel L. Schodek (Author), Paulo Ferreira (Author), Michael F. Ashby (Author)

9780750681490, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 2 June 2009

560 pages
23.4 x 19 x 3.5 cm, 1.14 kg

How could nanotechnology not perk the interest of any designer, engineer or architect? Exploring the intriguing new approaches to design that nanotechnologies offer, Nanomaterials, Nanotechnologies and Design is set against the sometimes fantastic sounding potential of this technology. Nanotechnology offers product engineers, designers, architects and consumers a vastly enhanced palette of materials and properties, ranging from the profound to the superficial. It is for engineering and design students and professionals who need to understand enough about the subject to apply it with real meaning to their own work.

1. Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies: An Overview 2. An Evolutionary Perspective 3. Design Processes and Objectives 4. Material Classes, Structure and Properties 5. Materials Property Charts and Their Uses 6. Nanomaterials: Classes and Fundamentals 7. Nanomaterials: Synthesis and Characterization 8. Nanomaterials: Properties 9. Design Environments and Systems 10. Nanomaterial Product Forms and Functions 11. The Broader Context

Subject Areas: Computer-aided design [CAD UGC], Materials science [TGM], Mechanical engineering & materials [TG], Nanotechnology [TBN]