chapter 1 Materials Science at the Nanoscale -- chapter 2 Perspectives on the Science and Technology of Nanoparticle Synthesis -- chapter 3 Fullerenes and Their Derivatives -- chapter 4 Carbon Nanotubes: Structure and Properties -- chapter 5 Chemistry of Carbon Nanotubes -- chapter 6 Graphite Whiskers, Cones, and Polyhedral Crystals -- chapter 7 Nanocrystalline Diamond -- chapter 8 Carbide-Derived Carbon -- chapter 9 One-Dimensional Semiconductor and Oxide Nanostructures -- chapter 10 Inorganic Nanotubes and Fullerene-Like Materials of Metal Dichalcogenide and Related Layered Compounds -- chapter 11 Boron Nitride Nanotubes: Synthesis and Structure -- chapter 12 Sintering of Nanoceramics -- chapter 13 Nanolayered or Kinking Nonlinear Elastic Solids -- chapter 14 Nanocrystalline High-Melting Point Carbides, Borides, and Nitrides -- chapter 15 Nanostructured Oxide Superconductors -- chapter 16 Electrochemical Deposition of Nanostructured Metals -- chapter 17 Mechanical Behavior of Nanocrystalline Metals -- chapter 18 Grain Boundaries in Nanomaterials -- chapter 19 Nanofiber Technology -- chapter 20 Nanotubes in Multifunctional Polymer Nanocomposites -- chapter 21 Nanoporous Polymers — Design and Applications -- chapter 22 Nanotechnology and Biomaterials -- chapter 23 Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery -- chapter 24 Nanostructured Materials for Field Emission Devices -- chapter 25 Tribology of Nanostructured and Composite Coatings -- chapter 26 Nanotextured Carbons for Electrochemical Energy Storage -- chapter 27 Low-Dimensional Thermoelectricity.