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Book Title: Green Nanotechnology: Solutions For Sustainability And Energ...

Number of Pages: 472 Pages

Publication Name: Green Nanotechnology : Solutions for Sustainability and Energy in the Built Environment

Language: English

Publisher: CRC Press LLC

Publication Year: 2010

Item Height: 1 in

Subject: Materials Science / General, Environmental / General, Nanotechnology & Mems, Sustainability & Green Design, Construction / Electrical, Electrical, Power Resources / Alternative & Renewable, Physics / General

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 28.9 Oz

Author: Claes-Goran S. Granqvist, Geoffrey B. Smith

Item Length: 9.3 in

Subject Area: Technology & Engineering, Architecture, Science

Item Width: 6.5 in

Format: Hardcover