Green nanotechnology
Subtitle: solutions for sustainability and energy in the built environment
By: authors, Geoffrey B. Smith and Claes-Goran S. Granqvist.
Contributors: Granqvist, Claes G.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis; CRC Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 447
ISBN-13: 9781420085327
Subjects: Sustainable buildings -- Design and construction; Nanotechnology; Buildings -- Electric equipment; Buildings -- Energy conservation; Sustainable construction; Electronic apparatus and appliances
Description: This book explores the science and technology of tiny structures that have a huge potential to improve quality of life while simultaneously achieving reductions in the use of fossil fuels. It examines energy flows in nature and how the optical properties of materials can be designed to harmonize with those flows. It then discusses the properties that can be achieved in real materials to take advantage of nature's energy flows.
Notes: "A CRC title."

Includes bibliographical references and index.