Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction and some physical principles -- Microscopy--nanoscopy -- Synthesis -- Nanocrystals--nanowires--nanolayers -- Carbon nanostructures--tubes, graphene, fullerenes, wave-particle duality -- Nanocrystalline materials -- Nanomechanics--nanophotonics--nanofluidics -- Nanomagnetism -- Nanotechnology for computers, memories, and hard disks -- Nanochemistry--from supramolecular chemistry to chemistry on the nanoscale, catalysis, renewable energy, batteries, and environmental protection -- Biology on the nanoscale -- Nanomedicine.