Introduction to Nanoscale Science and Technology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ventra, Massimiliano Di (Editor), Evoy, Stephane (Editor), Heflin, James R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2004.
• Series: Nanostructure Science and Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Inorganic chemistry.; Atoms.; Physics.; Condensed matter.; Nanotechnology.; Materials science.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.; Inorganic Chemistry.

Nanoscale science and technology is a young, promising field that encompasses a wide range of disciplines including physics, chemistry, biology, electrical engineering, chemical engineering, and materials science. With rapid advances in areas such as molecular electronics, synthetic biomolecular mot...

Table of Contents:

• Nanoscale Fabrication and Characterization
• Nanolithography
• Self-Assembly and Self-Organization
• Scanning Probe Microscopes
• Nanomaterials and Nanostructures
• The Geometry of Nanoscale Carbon
• Fullerenes
• Carbon Nanotubes
• Quantum Dots
• Nanocomposites
• Nanoscale and Molecular Electronics
• Advances in Microelectronics—From Microscale to Nanoscale Devices
• Molecular Electronics
• Single Electronics
• Nanotechnology in Magnetic Systems
• Semiconductor Nanostructures for Quantum Computation
• Magnetoresistive Materials and Devices
• Elements of Magnetic Storage
• Nanotechnology in Integrative Systems
• to Integrative Systems
• Nanoelectromechanical Systems
• Micromechanical Sensors
• Nanoscale Optoelectronics
• Quantum-Confined Optoelectronic Systems
• Organic Optoelectronic Nanostructures
• Photonic Crystals
• Nanobiotechnology
• Biomimetic Nanostructures
• Biomolecular Motors
• Nanofluidics.