Nanoscience Nanotechnologies and Nanophysics /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dupas, Claire (Editor), Houdy, Philippe (Editor), Lahmani, Marcel (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Physics.; Condensed matter.; Engineering.; Nanotechnology.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Engineering, general.

Nanotechnologies and nanosciences are a fast-developing field of research, which sit at the point of convergence of several disciplines (physics, chemistry, biology, mechanics, etc.). This practically-oriented overview is designed to provide students and researchers with essential information on bot...

Table of Contents:

• Tools for Nanoscience
• Lithography and Etching Processes
• Growth of Organised Nano-Objects on Prepatterned Surfaces
• Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
• Atomic Force Microscopy
• Near-Field Optics: From Experiment to Theory
• Emerging Nanolithographic Methods
• Nanoscale Objects
• Clusters and Colloids
• Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes
• Nanowires
• Nano-Objects
• Properties and Applications
• Ultimate Electronics
• Alternative Electronics
• Molecular Electronics
• Nanomagnetism and Spin Electronics
• Information Storage
• Optronics
• Nanophotonics for Biology
• Numerical Simulation
• Computer Architectures for Nanotechnology: Towards Nanocomputing.