Nano Books

Laser Cleaning II is the second of a series of books reporting research on the use of lasers for cleaning material surfaces and related micro-scale and nano-scale laser processing. It follows Laser Cleaning, edited by Boris Luk yanchuk, published in 2002.

by Samira Bagheri (Author), Iraj Sadegh Amiri (Author), Amin Termeh Yousefi (Author), Sharifah Bee Abd Hamid (Author)

by Elisabeth Mansfield (Author), Debra L. Kaiser (Author), Daisuke Fujita (Author), Marcel Van de Voorde (Author)

Actuators are devices that convert electrical energy into mechanical work, traditionally used in electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic systems. As the demand for actuator technologies grows in biomedical, prosthetic and orthotic applications, there is an increasing need for complex and sophisticated products that perform efficiently also when scaled to micro and nano domains.
Providing a comprehensive overview of actuators for novel applications, this excellent book:
* Presents a mechatronic approach to the design, control and integration of a range of technologies covering piezoelectric actuators, shape memory actuators, electro-active polymers, magnetostrictive actuators and electro- and magnetorheological actuators.
* Examines the characteristics and performance of emerging actuators upon scaling to micro and nano domains.
* Assesses the relative merits of each actuator technology and outlines prospective application fields.

by Tshilidzi Marwala (Author), Ilyes Boulkaibet (Author), Sondipon Adhikari (Author)

This is an introductory course to the Linux command Line. It's great for both Linux beginners and advanced Linux users.