Nanoelectromechanics in Engineering and Biology
Publisher: CRC
Published: October 29, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780849311833
Subjects: Nanotechnology; Technology; Biological Research; Technological Innovations; Science; Science/Mathematics; Research & Methodology; Biotechnology; Chemistry - General; Engineering - Electrical & Electronic; Science / Biotechnology; Science : Chemistry - General; Technology / Engineering / Chemical & Biochemical; Technology : Engineering - Electrical & Electronic; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Biomedical engineering
First sentence: It has been known since the discovery in antiquity that electrostatic interactions between objects (such as a rubbed material picking up small items) can induce a force, either attractive or repulsive.