Handbook of Theoretical and Computational Nanotechnology

The following sections covers the most important and innovative research areas of the nanotechnology: - Computational Biology - DNA, enzymes, proteins, biomechanism, neuro-genetic information processing, nanomedicines- Computational Chemistry - quantum chemistry, molecular design, methods, chemical reactions, drugs and design- Computational methods and Simulation Techniques from ab initio to multiscale, modeling, algorithms, design- Materials Behavior at the Nanoscale such as mechanics, defects, diffusion, transport, dynamics, cascades, irradiation- Nanoscale Processes - membranes, pores, diffusion, grows, friction, wear, catalysis- Nanostructured Materials - metals, composites, polymers, liquid crystals, clusters, quantum dots, colloids, nanotubes- Nanostructures - fullerenes, nanotubes, clusters, layers, quantum dots, thin films, surfaces, interfaces- Nanoengineering and Nanodesign - nanomachines, nano CAD, nanodevices, logic circuits- Nanoelectronics - molecular and computational nanoelectronics, nanodevices, electronic states, quantum dots, nanowires- Nanomagnetism - magnetic properties of nanostructures and nanostructured materials- Nano-optics - optical response theory, nonlinear optical properties, luminescence, photonic crystals, quantum optics- Quantum Computers - theoretical aspects, computational methods for simulating quantum computers, devices, algorithms