本书主要介绍了纳米材料基本概念，纳米材料效应和性能，纳米材料制备及表征技术，纳米材料在能源存储及转换、环境保护、光学、生物医药、催化等领域的应用等。全书共5章，包括纳米材料概论、纳米材料的物理性能、纳米材料的制备与表征、纳米材料的应用及纳米材料的前沿进展。
本书可作为高等学校材料专业本科生教材，也可供相关研究人员和工程技术人员参考。

1 Welcome to the Nano World
1.1 Brief Story of "Nano"
1.2 Definitions of "Nano-object"
1.3 Nano Scale
1.4 The Prospect of Nanotechnology
Exercises
2 Physical Effects and Properties of Nanomaterials
2.1 Energy Band Properties
2.1.1 The Discontinuity of Electron Energy Levels
2.1.2 Fermi Energy Levels and Fermi Surfaces
2.1.3 Energy Band Properties of Metal Nanoparticles
2.2 The Effects of Nanomaterials
2.2.1 Surface-interface Effect
2.2.2 Small Size Effect
2.2.3 Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling
2.2.4 Dielectric Limiting Domain Effect
2.3 Optical and Electrical Properties of Nanomaterials
2.3.1 Optical Properties
2.3.2 Electrical Properties of Nanomaterials
Exercises
3 Preparation and Characterization of Nanomaterials
3.1 Nanostructures in Nature
3.2 Preparation of Nanomaterials
3.2.1 Physical Methods
3.2.2 Chemical Methods
3.3 Characterization of Nanomaterials
3.3.1 Chemical Composition and Phase Analysis
3.3.2 Spectroscopic Analysis
3.3.3 Microstructure Analysis
3.4 Particle Size Analysis of Nanomaterials
3.4.1 Transmission Electron Microscope
3.4.2 Sedimentation Method
3.4.3 Laser Particle Size Analysis
3.5 Fullerene and Carbon Nanotube
3.5 .I Fullerene
3.5.2 Carbon Nanotubes
Exercises
4 Application of Nanomaterials
4.1 Energy
4.1.1 Hydrogen Storage
4.1.2 Heat Storage and Energy Conversion
4.2 Environmental Protection
4.2 .l Wastewater Treatment
4.2.2 Nano Antibacterial Materials
4.3 Optics and Optoelectronies
4.3.1 Infrared Reflector Materials
4.3.2 Light Absorbing Materials
4.3.3 Nano Optoelectronic Materials
4.4 Biomedicine
4.4.1 Nanobiology
4.4.2 Nanobionics
4.4.3 Self-assembly
4.5 Nano-catalyst
4.6 Smart Nanomaterials
Exercises
5 Future Nanotechnology
5.1 Nanobot
5.2 Nanosensor
5.3 Nano Self-repairing Structure
5.4 Big Data
5.5 Carbon Neutrality
5.6 DNA Nanotechnology
Exercises
References