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Acknowledgements RPS: PSP0007 - Science-at-Nanoscale v FM
Preface vii
About the Authors ix

1. Introduction and Historical Perspective 1
1.1 The Development of Nanoscale Science . . . . . . 1
1.2 The Nanoscale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.3 Examples of Interesting Nanoscience Applications 8

2. Classical Physics at the Nanoscale 19
2.1 Mechanical Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.2 Viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.3 Brownian Motion of Nanoscale Objects . . . . . . 25
2.4 Motion at the Nanoscale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

3. Brief Review of Quantum Mechanics 31
3.1 Basic Quantum Physics and Quantum Confinement 31
3.2 Basic Postulates of Quantum Mechanics . . . . . . 35
3.3 Hydrogen-Like Atoms: Orbitals and
Atomic Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
3.4 Spin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

4. From Atoms and Molecules to Nanoscale Materials 61
4.1 Atoms and the Periodic Table of Elements . . . . . 61
4.2 Molecules and Molecular Interactions . . . . . . . 64
4.3 From Atoms to Solid Materials . . . . . . . . . . . 76
4.4 From Molecules to Supramolecules . . . . . . . . . 85

5. Surfaces at the Nanoscale 93

5.1 Surface Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93