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This textbook serves as an introduction to the fundamental chemistry principles that guide the synthesis and dictate the properties of nanomaterials. Key chemistry and engineering concepts are looked at through the lens of important and well-characterized nanomaterials, including quantum dots, carbon nanotubes, graphene, and noble metal nanocrystals. The book provides a focused, detailed look into the chemical bonding and structure of the most important, selected nanomaterials. Special emphasis is placed on how a nanomaterial's properties are derived from chemical bonding at the atomic and molecular level. Thereby the textbook provides the reader with a clear understanding of how the chemical and physical properties of a material change within a continuum of length scales: from atoms and molecules to nanostructures, surfaces, and finally, bulk solids.

Chemical Principles of Nanoengineering

1. ATOMS AND MOLECULES: THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF NANOMATERIALS

The Hydrogen Atom

Molecular Structure

Valence Bond Theory

Molecular Orbital Theory

2. EXTENDED SOLIDS: BONDING IN 0-D TO 3-D MATERIALS

Tight-Binding Model

Band Structure

Density of States

3. CARBON NANOMATERIALS

Hybridized Bonding

Graphene to Diamondoids

A Closer Look: Carbon Nanotubes

4. DESCRIPTIVE CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY

Packing Structures

The Unit Cell and Bravais Lattices

Miller Notation

Diffraction

5. THE IMPORTANCE OF SURFACES

Surface Energy and Pressure

Solid Surfaces

Metal Nanoparticles and Clusters

6. CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS

Electrostatic Forces

Van der Waal Forces

Hydrophobic Forces

Self-Assembly