Nanomaterials: Mechanics and Mechanisms Review

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(More customer reviews)Ramesh furnishes a description of nanomaterials well suited for an engineer or scientist from a variety of disciplines. The treatment is characterised by staying in the classical regime. This is not a quantum treatment.
Instead, the descriptions of such important ideas like deformation, elasticity and strain should be familiar from textbooks covering larger scales.
What is perhaps most different is the excursion into experimental methods. Many new techniques have been devised to handle the small scales involved, like nanoindentation and microcompression. Fascinating and ingenious. You should find the explanations easy to follow. Ramesh concentrates on the essentials of each method without drowning you in experimental details.


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The enabling science in much of nanotechnology today is the science of nanomaterials; indeed in the broadest sense, nanotechnology would not be possible without nanomaterials. Nanomaterials: Mechanics and Mechanisms seeks to provide an entrè into the field for mechanical engineers, material scientists, chemical and biomedical engineers and physicists. The objective is to provide the reader with the connections needed to understand the intense activity in the area of the mechanics of nanomaterials, and to develop ways of thinking about these new materials that could be useful to both research and application. The book covers all of the fundamentals of the mechanical properties of materials in a highly readable style, and integrates most of the literature on the emerging field of nanomaterials into a coherent body of knowledge.This volume provides a basic understanding of mechanics and materials, and specifically nanomaterials and nanomechanics, in one self-contained text. Graduate and advanced undergraduate students will find well-organized chapters that provide the necessary background in mechanics, mechanical properties and modeling. The writing style illustrates concepts through quantitative modeling techniques, in contrast to theoretical abstractions of materials behavior. Problem sets within each chapter aim to motivate discussion and further study in this rich and bourgeoning field.Providing engineers with the knowledge necessary to take full advantage of the tremendous potential of nanomaterials, Nanomaterials: Mechanics and Mechanisms is a valuableteaching/learning tool formechanical engineering, physics and materials science audiences.

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