Geoffrey B. Smith, Claes-Goran S. Granqvist

Green Nanotechnology (eBook, PDF)

Solutions for Sustainability and Energy in the Built Environment

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the role nanotechnology in meeting challenges inherent in minimizing environmental impacts while maximizing energy resources. This book provides an overview of our energy supply. It examines increasing energy production while reducing cost, as well as novel energy sources, and explores the ways in which nanotechnologies can improve structural engineering of energy sources, create new methods of cooling, and inspire fresh approaches to water supply and treatment. In addressing these critical issues, the book provides an authoritative resource that forms the foundation for new research and product development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781420085334
• Artikelnr.: 57533352

Autorenporträt

Geoffrey B. Smith, Claes-Goran S. Granqvist

Inhaltsangabe

Nanotechnology and Environmental Challenges. Physical and Chemical Characteristics of the Environment. Nanomaterials for "Green" Systems. Windows, Skylights, and Lighting. Paints, Roofs, Walls, and Cooling. Solar Thermal Energy and Photovoltaics. Desalination and Purification of Water. Fuels and Energy Storage. Conclusion.

Rezensionen

Both Smith and Granqvist, the two authors of the book, are eminent optical scientists with a longstanding fondness for the visible and infrared properties of particulate composite materials. ... All technoscientists, not only physicists and materials researchers, would do well to read the list of 17 characteristics that the Smith-Granqvist vision possesses. These characteristics delineate a blueprint for research directions ... . Remarkable features of this book are the bridges built throughout the volume with contemporary research topics through call-out boxes. ... The book is profusely illustrated, mostly in black and white but also with 10 pages of multicolored illustrations. Occasional flashes of quiet humor grace the book ... . Another remarkable feature of this book is its price. ...Other academic publishers should take note. ...
-Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Pennsylvania State University, Journal of Nanophotonics, Vol. 5, 2011