chapter 1 Introduction to Nanoengineering -- part PART 1 Synthesis of Nanoscale Materials -- chapter 2 Design of Nanostructured Materials -- chapter 3 Carbon Nanotubes and Bismuth Nanowires -- chapter 4 Nanobelts and Nanowires of Functional Oxides -- chapter 5 Advances in Chemical Vapor Deposition of Carbon Nanotubes -- chapter 6 Self-Assembled Au Nanodots in a ZnO Matrix: A Novel Way to Enhance Electrical and Optical Characteristics of ZnO Films -- chapter 7 Synthesis of Boron Nitride Nanotubes Using a Ball-Milling and Annealing Method -- part PART 2 Manufacturing Using Nanoscale Materials -- chapter 8 Plasma Deposition of Ultra-Thin Functional Films on Nanoscale Materials -- chapter 9 Structural Nanocomposites -- chapter 10 Synthesis and Characterization of Metal-Ceramic Thin-Film Nanocomposites with Improved Mechanical Properties -- chapter 11 Macroscopic Fibers of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes -- chapter 12 Carbon Nanofiber and Carbon Nanotube/ Polymer Composite Fibers and Films -- chapter 13 Surface Patterning Using Self-Assembled Monolayers: A Bottom-Up Approach to the Fabrication of Microdevices -- chapter 14 Enhancement of the Mechanical Strength of Polymer-Based Composites Using Carbon Nanotubes -- chapter 15 Nanoscale Intelligent Materials and Structures -- chapter 16 Thermal Properties and Microstructures of Polymer Nanostructured Materials -- chapter 17 Manufacturing, Mechanical Characterization, and Modeling of a Pultruded Thermoplastic Nanocomposite -- part PART 3 Modeling of Nanoscale and Nanostructured Materials -- chapter 18 Nanomechanics -- chapter 19 Continuum and Atomistic Modeling of Thin Films Subjected to Nanoindentation -- chapter 20 Synthesis, Optimization, and Characterization of AlN/TiN Thin Film Heterostructures -- chapter 21 Polarization in Nanotubes and Nanotubular Structures -- chapter 22 Multiscale Modeling of Stress Localization and Fracture in Nanocrystalline Metallic Materials -- chapter 23 Modeling of Carbon Nanotube/Polymer Composites -- chapter 24 Introduction to Nanoscale, Microscale, and Macroscale Heat Transport: Characterization and Bridging of Space and Time Scales.