S. Noor Mohammad - Synthesis of Nanomaterials: Mechanisms, Kinetics and Materials Properties

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This book Synthesis of Nanomaterials: Mechanisms, Kinetics and Materials Properties is aimed at the senior undergraduate and graduate students in the disciplines of science and engineering, particularly physics, chemistry, materials science and engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, bioengineering, and biology. Researchers in the areas of nanomaterials and nanosciences from industry, academia, and government agencies may particularly find the book useful. However a basic level of competency in physics, chemistry and mathematics would be required for this. The first few of the eighteen chapters of the book provide background of the basic nanomaterials synthesis science. It should greatly serve as a ready reference for the understanding of the fundamental chemistry and physics of the latest advances in nanomaterials synthesis. It should provide a broad perspective and scientific depth for the readers who intend to comprehend the rapidly developing new sciences in the interdisciplinary area of nanomaterials synthesis.

The book contains a great deal of information departed from the ones based on existing conventional knowledge of nanomaterials science. I believe that the book may hence evoke controversy. It may be seen as challenging the consensus built over the years. System of any kind and in any context tries to preserve the status quo; it tries to disregard the new ones by all means possible. Having spent 50+ years in the field of chemistry and physics of materials, and having 250 research articles written and published in major journals in this area, this author feels obliged to share his knowledge, analyses, and conclusions, some of which different from the norm. His goal is to raise the level of awareness among the scientists and engineers and to initiate the discussions that, in turn, may entail major changes, as well as revisions of the existing, conventional knowledge in favor of the new and corrected ones. If his ideas and knowledge different from the conventional ones are found correct, and this book is considered pioneeringdistinctly different from the ones based largely on existing knowledgethe beneficiaries will be all of usourselves, our scientists, our researchers, our children, our grand children, and our society, as a whole.

The author owes a debt of gratitude to numerous scientists who worked with him, corrected him whenever necessary, provided him guidance, and shared their knowledge with him. They include Dr. Sudhir Kumar De, Dr. Zhi-Fang Fan, Dr. Haseeb F. Rashid, Prof. Charles E. Rogers, Late Prof. Osman. K. Mawardi, Prof. M. A. Sobhan, Dr. Arif Khan, and Dr. Saeed Ganji. Born and brought up in a remote village in India, the author has an extremely humble background. The most favorite dreams of his parents about him turned out to be wrong because of two menMr. Nagendra Nath Das at Golgram High School and Prof. H. N. Bose at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, both in India. They were his teachers, mentors, guides, and supervisors. Almost everything that he has got in life has been made possible because of these two great teachers. Dr. Arif Khan and his wife Roksana Parvin have done everything during the past 20 years to keep him alive and active in research. They have been truly guides in his pursuit for new knowledge and new science. David Silverio Hernandez Pineda has always provided technical assistance needed for this research. And, lastly his daughter Lina has been a constant source of encouragement for him to continue his work. The publishing of the book would not be easy without the help and cooperation of Dr. Zachary Evenson, the Physics Editor at the Springer Nature Publishing Company. He is grateful to all of them.