Borisenko V.E., Ossicini S. What is What in the Nanoworld: A Handbook on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Second, Completely Revised and Enlarged Edition. - Wiley, 2008. — 541 p.The second, completely revised and enlarged edition of What is What in the Nanoworld summarizes the terms and definitions, most important phenomena, and regulations occurring in the physics, chemistry, technology, and application of nanostructures. A representative collection of fundamental terms and definitions from quantum physics and chemistry, special mathematics, organic and inorganic chemistry, solid state physics, material science and technology accompanies recommended second sources (books, reviews, websites) for an extended study of any given subject.
Each entry interprets the term or definition under consideration and briefly presents the main features of the phenomena behind it. Additional information in the form of notes ("First described in", "Recognition", "More details in") supplements the entries and gives a historical perspective of the subject with reference to further sources.
Ideal for answering questions related to unknown terms and definitions among undergraduate and PhD students studying the physics of low-dimensional structures, nanoelectronics, and nanotechnology.From Abbe's principle to Azbel'-Kaner cyclotron resonance
From B92 protocol to Burstein-Moss shift
From Caldeira-Leggett model to cyclotron resonance
From D'Alambert equation to dynamics
From (e,2e) reaction to Eyring equation
From Fabry-Perot resonator to FWHM (full width at half maximum)
From galvanoluminescence to gyromagnetic frequency
From habit plane to hyperelastic scattering
From image force to isotropy (of matter)
From Jahn-Teller effect to Joule's law of electric heating
From Kane model to Kuhn-Thomas-Reiche sum rule
From Lagrange equation of motion to Lyman series
From macroscopic long-range quantum interference to multiquantum well
From NAA (neutron activation analysis) to Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem
From octet rule to oxide
From paraffins to pyrolysis
From Q-control to qubit
From Rabi flopping to Rydberg gas
From Saha equation to symmetry group
From Talbot's law to type II superconductors
From ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) to Urbach rule
From vacancy to von Neumann machine
From Waidner-Burgess standard to Wyckoff notation
From XPS (x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) to XRD (x-ray diffraction)
From Young's modulus to Yukawa potential
From Zeeman effect to zone law of Weiss
Appendix: Main properties of intrinsic (or lightly doped) semiconductors