This book presents a unique collection of scientific photographs obtained by various methods such as optical microscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy as well as scanning probe microscopy.
The book consists of 10 topics and contains more than 200 color and black-and-white photographs. Every topic of the book is preceded by a short introduction written in a popular manner which gives a general idea of the properties of each type of the materials. Photos and their descriptions illustrate various aspects of synthesis and structural features of inorganic substances.
Selection of material, captions and popular descriptions accompanying photographs will make it interesting for readers with different levels of knowledge such as researchers working in fields of chemistry, physics and matter science but also for everyone interested in nanotechnology.