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*Variable-temperature,  ultra-high-vacuum, atomic force microscope/scanning tunneling microscope:                                    Omicron VT-AFM XA*    Photo from the Argonne National Labratory  Website.
Nanotechnology
**Tracer Bullet 13-05**
- Scope
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- Basic Texts
- Additional Titles
- Specialized Titles 
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Nanotechnology is defined in K. Eric Drexler’s 1986 Engines of Creation as a “technology based on the manipulation of individual atoms and molecules to build structures to complex, atomic specifications.”  Nano- signifies one billionth, so a nanometer is one billionth of a meter.  The usage of the term nanotechnology has broadened to include diverse technologies with products, instruments, and processes in the range from 1 to 100 nanometers.  Nanotechnology cuts across a number of disciplines, such as physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, engineering. 

 		This compilation provides references to a variety of materials and sources in the collections of the Library of Congress useful in researching nanotechnology.  It updates the portions of Tracer Bullet 03-3 entitled “Nanotechnology” related to the physical sciences and engineering, but does not update the biological sciences, medicine, ethics, and public policy aspects of nanotechnology.  Not intended as a comprehensive bibliography, this compilation is designed--as the series name implies--to put the reader "on target."  This and other recent *Tracer Bullets*are available online at the web site: http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/tracer-bullets/.
  TOP   OF PAGE  **INTRODUCTIONS**   Drexler, K. Eric.  *Engines of creation.* Garden City, NY, Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1986.  298 p.    Bibliography: p. 243-283.   T47.D74 1986  Drexler, K. Eric. Nanotechnology. In *McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of       science & technology*. 11th ed. v. 11. New York, McGraw-Hill, c2012.       p. 630-633.        Q121.M3 2012 <SciRR>   McIntyre, Iain A. Nanotechnology. In *The Gale encyclopedia of science*.       4th ed. v. 4. Detroit, Thomson Gale, c2008. p. 2917-2921.        Q121.G37 2008 <SciRR>   Siegel, Richard W. Nanostructure. In *McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science       & technology*. 11th ed. v. 11. New York, McGraw-Hill, c2012. p. 627-630.        Q121.M3 2012 <SciRR>   TOP   OF PAGE  **SUBJECT         HEADINGS**   Subject headings used by the Library of Congress, under which books         on nanotechnology can be located in most card, book, and online catalogs         include the following:         **Highly Relevant**          NANOSCIENCE          NANOSTRUCTURED           MATERIALS          NANOSTRUCTURES          NANOTECHNOLOGY**Relevant**          NANOCHEMISTRYNANOCOMPOSITES (MATERIALS)NANOCRYSTALSNANODIAMONDSNANOELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMSNANOELECTRONICSNANOFIBERSNANOFILTRATIONNANOFLUIDSNANOGELS NANOLITHOGRAPHYNANOMANUFACTURINGNANONETWORKSNANOPARTICLESNANOPHOTONICSNANOSILICONNANOTECHNOLOGISTSNANOTUBESNANOWIRES**Related**          FULLERENES          MICROELECTRONICS          MICROFLUIDS                    MICROSTRUCTURE          MICROTECHNOLOGY           MOLECULAR           BIOLOGY          SPINTRONICS        
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**BASIC         TEXTS**
 Chin, Wee Shong, Sow Chorng Haur, and Andrew T. S. Wee.  *Science at the nanoscale: an introductory textbook*.  Singapore, Pan Stanford Publishing, c2010.  214 p.   Includes bibliographical references.   T174.7.C458 2010 <SciRR>

 Drexler, K. Eric.  *Radical abundance: how a revolution in nanotechnology will change civilization.* New York, BBS PublicAffairs, 2013.  340 p.        Includes bibliographical references.       T174.7.D745 2013 <SciRR>

*Fundamentals of nanotechnology.*Gabor L. Hornyak and others.  Boca Raton, FL, CRC Press, c2009.  780 p.       Includes bibliographical references.        T174.7.F86 2009 <SciRR>

 Pagliaro, Mario.  *Nano-age: how nanotechnology changes our future*.  Weinheim, Wiley-VCH, c2010.  181 p.       Includes bibliographical references.       T174.7.P34 2010 <SciRR>

*Plunkett's nanotechnology & MEMS industry almanac.* Houston, TX, Plunkett Research, c2012.  385 p.     HD9999.N363U66 2012 <BusRR>

 Ramsden, Jeremy.  *Nanotechnology: an introduction.* Oxford, Waltham, MA,  William Andrew/ Elsevier, 2011.  272 p.        Bibliography: p. 253-260.        T174.7.R36 2011 <SciRR>

 Rogers, Ben, Sumita Pennathur, and Jesse Adams.  *Nanotechnology: understanding small systems.*Boca Raton, FL, CRC Press, c2008.  398 p.       Includes bibliographical references.       T174.7.R64 2008 <SciRR>

 Schaefer, H. E. (Hans Eckart).  *Nanoscience: the science of the small in physics, engineering, chemistry, biology and medicine.* Heidelberg, New York, Springer, c2010.  772 p.       Includes bibliographical references.       QC176.8.N35S33 2010 <SciRR>

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*Advances in nanotechnology.* Hauppauge, NY, Nova Science Publishers, 2010- |