"...Provides an intuitive, scientific framework for understanding nanoscale systems. Rietman had organized the book around his precept that "solution-phase chemistry and protein engineering will bootstrap us into the first phase of nanotechnology."... Useful for those who might need a basic introduction to some of the important issues in nanotechnology and the influence of the chemical and biological science on the nanotechnology revolution. Those seeking a qualitative picture of nanoscale systems engineering will find it a useful reference." PHYSICS TODAY, August 2002
From the reviews:||"[Provides] an intuitive, scientific framework for understanding nanoscale systems . . . Rietman had organized the book around his precept that 'solution-phase chemistry and protein engineering will bootstrap us into the first phase of nanotechnology.' . . . Useful for those who might need a basic introduction to some of the important issues in nanotechnology and the influence of the chemical and biological science on the nanotechnology revolution . . . Those seeking a qualitative picture of nanoscale systems engineering will find it a useful reference."|-Physics Today
PHYSICS TODAY "...the choice of topics and the order of their presentation appear to be well thought out...the book should be useful to those who might need a basic introduction to some of the important issues in nanotechnology and the influences of the chemical and biological sciences on the nanotechnology revolution...Those seeking a qualitative picture of nanoscale systems engineering will find MOLECULAR ENGINEERING OF NANOSYSTEMS a useful reference."
1) Enabling Technologies for Molecular Nanosystems; 2) Solution Phase Chemistry; 3) Dynamics of Brownian Assembly; 4) Molecular Systems by Brownian Assembly; 5) Large Secondary Bonded Systems; 6) DNA and Protein Engineering
Molecular nanotechnology is an emerging technology that allows us to build materials and systems with atomic and molecular precision by manipulating atoms and molecules at very small scales. The implications of this technology are great: continued revolutions in computer chip technology, new and stronger materials for manufacturing, and highly precise medical instruments. These and other advances in technologies, physics, chemistry and biology are converging to provide the methodology for molecular technology. This book provides the professional with an overview of current methodologies for implementing the technology.