WHAT IS WHAT IN THE NANOWORLD - A HANDBOOK ON NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

The second, completely revised and enlarged edition of What is What in the Nanoworld summarizes the terms and definitions, most important phenomena, and regulations occurring in the physics, chemistry, technology, and application of nanostructures. A representative collection of fundamental terms and definitions from quantum physics and chemistry, special mathematics, organic and inorganic chemistry, solid state physics, material science and technology accompanies recommended second sources (books, reviews, websites) for an extended study of any given subject. Each entry interprets the term or definition under consideration and briefly presents the main features of the phenomena behind it. Additional information in the form of notes ("First described in", "Recognition", "More details in") supplements the entries and gives a historical perspective of the subject with reference to further sources. Ideal for answering questions related to unknown terms and definitions among undergraduate and PhD students studying the physics of low-dimensional structures, nanoelectronics, and nanotechnology.

Stefano Ossicini is Full Professor of general Physics at the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy) and Director of the PhD School in Physical and Nano-sciences at the same university. He also works as a researcher at the CNR-National Institute for the Physics of Matter (INFM) at the INFM National Center S3 (Nanostructures and biosystems at Surfaces).Professor Ossicini received his physics degree from the University of Rome in 1976. From 1978 to 1982, he was active as a post-doc and assistant at the Department of Theoretical Physics of the Free University in Berlin (Germany), and from 1982 to 1984 as a researcher at the University of Calabria (Italy). In 1984, he joined the staff at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. While Professor Ossicini's research activities were always focused on the theory of low-dimensional- and nanosystems, he has in recent years concentrated on the investigation of the structural, electronic, and optical properties of semiconductor nanostructures.
Victor E. Borisenko graduated from the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radio-electronics (BSUIR) as an engineer in semiconductor electronics in 1973. He received his first doctorate in physics and mathematics in 1980, his second in 1988. Since 1990, he has held invited short-term positions as a professor in many universities worldwide, including the University of Salford in England, the University of Wuppertal in Germany, the University of Electro-communications in Tokyo, Japan and the Mediterranean University in Marseille, France. He now holds a chair as professor and vice-rector of BSUIR and acts as supervisor of the Interuniversity Center of Nanoelectronics and Novel Materials. Since 1995, Professor Borisenko organizes the international conference on physics, chemistry and applications of nanostructures 'Nanomeeting'. His research team focuses on fundamental electronic and optical properties of semiconducting silicides and low-dimensional silicon based nanostructures, carrier transport in semiconductor/dielectric multiquantum wells and DNA, design of novel nanoelectronics and nanophotonic devices, and quantum computing.

"It is a good resource for users who want to become familiar with or refresh their knowledge of terminologies in these fields generally …" (CHOICE, March 2009)
"This is a very useful handbook for the professional. It has useful definitions for terms ranging from simple to very complex. It is designed for a wide audience of professional scientists who will be experts in their own field, but may need help in understanding some terms from other areas." (Chromatographia)
"... a useful and readable resource, especially for undergraduate students and those elements in the general public interested in nanotechnology." (American Reference Books Annual)
"...a useful handbook for undergraduate and PhD students as well as for teachers and researchers interested in nanoscience and nanotechnology from the physical/solid-state viewpoint. But is is also useful to chemists who are trying to move towards broader horizons." (Advanced Materials)
"The book is very useful to both workers in the field and those who are interested in understanding the term and expression used in greater detail and the book will make a valuable addition to any bookshelf of the interested reader. It will be of use to university teachers, managers and media professionals dealing with nanoscience and nanotechnology." (Journal of Materials Technology)
"... useful to advanced graduate students beginning research projects, or to scientists and engineers reaching outside the bounds of their disciplines for work in nanotechnology." (CHOICE)
"Borisenko and Ossicini, both professors of physics, have filled a gap in nanoscience by writing this book. Overall, it promises to be a valuable source of information for scientists, researchers and research students who are dealing with materials and nanotechnology." (Materials World)

Preface to the Second Edition.
Preface to the First Edition.
Source of Information.
A. From Abbe's principle to Axbel' - Kaner cyclotron resonance.
B. Grom B92 protocol to Burstein-Moss Shift.
C. From cage compound to cyclotron resonance.
D. From D'Alembert equation to Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction.
E. From (e,2e) reaction to Eyring equation.
F. From Fabry-Perot resonator to FWHM (full width at half maximum).
G. From gain-guided lasers to gyromagnetic frequency.
H. From habit plane to hyperelastic scattering.
I. From ideality factor to isotropy (of matter).
J. From Jahn - Teller effect to Joule's law of electric heating.
K. From Kane Model to Kuhn-Thomas-Reiche sum rule.
L. From lab-on-a-chip to Lyman series.
M. From Mach-Zender interferometer to Murrell-Mottram potential.
N. From NAA (neutron activation analysis) to Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem.
O. From octet rule to oxide.
P. From PALM (photoactivable localization microscopy) to pyrrole.
Q. From Q-control to qubit.
R. From Rabi flopping to Rydberg gas.
S. From Saha equation to synergetics.
T. From Talbot's law to type II superconductors.
U. From ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) to Urbach rule.
V. From vacancy to von Neumann machine.
W. From Waidner-Burgess standard to Wyckoff notation.
X. From XMCD (X-ray magnetic circular dichroism) to XRD (X-ray diffraction).
Y. From Yasukawa potential to Yukawa potential.
Z. From Zeeman effect to Zundel ion.
A list and a presentation of Scientific Journals which contain the stem Nano in their title.
Abbreviations for the scientific journals which appear as sources in the text.
Appendix - main properties of intrinsic (or lightly doped).
Semiconductors.