Research Guides

Mechanical Engineering

Nanotechnology

This ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) website includes information on nanotechnology workshops and conferences, news, and job postings.

Institute for Nanoscience

U.S. Naval Research Institute.

This website includes full-text papers detailing the institute's research in nanoelectronics, nanomaterials, nanosensors, nano-optics and nanochemistry. It also has information sheets on the institute's laboratory facilities.

International Nanotechnology and Society

This society includes researchers who study the impact of nanotechnology on society. The website includes news, information on research projects, and several core papers.

NanoEd Resource Portal

National Center for Learning and Teaching in Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NCLT).

This collaborative website includes courses and units on various nanotechnology topics as well as research in best teaching practices for nanoscale science and engineering. College faculty, researchers and high school teachers are encouraged to submit their own teaching materials.

Nanotechnology glossary

Northwestern University.

National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI)

The NNI is a federal research and development initiative that coordinates the work of 26 government agencies in nanoscale science, engineering, and technology. The website includes research news and reports, information on grants and funding, educational resources for K-12 and college students, and links to information on environmental and ethical issues.

Carbon nanotubes : properties and applications

O'Connell, Michael J.. (CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2006)
TA 455 .C3 C374 2006

Environmental surfaces and interfaces from the nanoscale to the global scale

Maurice, Patricia A.. (Wiley, 2009)
McNichols Campus Library
QD 506 .M346 2009

Environmentalism implications of emerging nanotechnologies

Wiesner, Mark R.; Colvin, Vicki L.. Environmentalism & the technologies of tomorrow : shaping the next industrial revolution, Olson, Robert; Rejeski, David (eds.), Island Press, 2005.
HC 79 .E5 E597 2005

Finely dispersed particles : micro-, nano-, and atto-engineering

Spasic, Aleksandar M.; Hsu, Jyh-Ping (eds).. (CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2006)
QD 549 .F395 2006

Handbook of micro/nano tribology

Dental School Library
TJ 1075 .H245 1999

Handbook of nanoscience, engineering, and technology

Goddard, William A. III. (CRC Press, 2003)
TK 7874.8 .H35 2003

Machining with nanomaterials

Jackson, Mark J.; Morrell, Jonathan S.. (Springer, 2009)
McNichols Campus Library
TA 418.9 .N35 M33 2009

MEMS and NEMS : systems, devices, and structures

Lyshevski, Sergey Edward. (CRC Press, 2002)
TK 7875 .L9597 2002

Metal-polymer nanocomposites

Nicolais, Luigi; Carotenuto, Gianfranco (eds.).. (Wiley Interscience, 2005)
TA 418.9 .N35 M525 2005

Table of Contents

Micro and nanomanufacturing

Jackson, Mark J.. (Springer, 2007)
TK 7836 .J33 2007

Micromechanics and nanoscale effects : MEMS, multi-scale materials and micro-flows

Harik, Vasyl Michael; Luo, Li-Shi (eds.). (Kluwer Academic, 2004)
McNichols Campus Library
TK 7874 .M4878 2004

Nano mechanics and materials : theory, multiscale methods and applications

Liu, Wing Kam; Karpov, Eduard G.; Park, Harold S.. (John Wiley, 2006)
TA 418.9 .N35 L58 2006

Nano- and micro-electromechanical systems : fundamentals of nano- and microengineering

Lyshevski, Sergey Edward. (CRC Press, 2005)
McNichols Campus Library
TK 7875 .L96 2005

Nanofuture : what's next for nanotechnology

Hall, J. Storrs. (Prometheus Books, 2005)
T 174.7 .H35 2005

Nanomaterials handbook

Gogotsi, Yury. (CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2006)
McNichols Campus Library
TA 418.9 .N35 N357 2006

Nanoscale tribology & mechanics of MEMS/NEMS

Bhushan, Bharat. (Insight Media, 2001)
TJ 1075 .N35 2001

"Explores the definition and history of tribology, the industrial significance of tribology, solid surface characterization, and friction. Other topics covered are interface temperatures, wear and friction of materials, fluid film lubrication, boundary lubrication, and lubricants."

Nanoscale : visualizing an invisible world

Deffeyes, Kenneth S.. (MIT Press, 2009)
McNichols Campus Library
Q 158.5 .D454 2009

Nanostructured materials

Wilde, Gerhard (ed.).. (Elsevier, 2009)
TA 418.9 .N35 N3522 2009

Nanostructured materials : selected synthesis methods, properties, and applications

Knauth, Philippe; Schoonman, Joop (eds).. (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002)
TA 418.9 .N35 N354 2002

Nanotalk : conversations with scientists and engineers about ethics, meaning, and belief in the development of nanotechnology

Berne, Rosalyn W.. (Lawrence Erlbaum, 2006)
T 174.7 .B37 2006

Nanotechnology and homeland security : new weapons for new wars

Ratner, Daniel; Ratner, Mark A.. (Prentice Hall/PTR, 2004)
UA 927 .R38 2004

Oxford handbook of nanoscience and technology

Narlikar, A. V.; Fu, Y. Y.. (Oxford University Press, 2010)
McNichols Campus Library
T 174.7 .O946 2010