Nanoscale Science and Technology

Nanoscale Science and Technology summarizes six years of active research sponsored by NATO with the participation of the leading experts. The book provides an interdisciplinary view of several aspects of physics at the atomic scale. It contains an overview of the latest findings on the transport of electrons in nanowires and nanoconstrictions, the role of forces in probe microscopy, the control of structures and properties in the nanometer range, aspects of magnetization in nanometric structures, and local probes for nondestructive measurement as provided by light and metal clusters near atomic scales.

Nanoscale Science and Technology summarizes six years of active research sponsored by NATO with the participation of the leading experts.
The book provides an interdisciplinary view of several aspects of physics at the atomic scale. It contains an overview of the latest findings on the transport of electrons in nanowires and nanoconstrictions, the role of forces in probe microscopy, the control of structures and properties in the nanometer range, aspects of magnetization in nanometric structures, and local probes for nondestructive measurement as provided by light and metal clusters near atomic scales.

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Twenty-two papers from the May 1997 workshop present recent developments in nanoscale science and technology. The primary subject heading are nanowires, forces, nanomagnetism, mesoscopic systems, and photonics. Some example topics are real time control of nanowire formation, forces in scanning probe microscopy, quantum tunneling of the magnetization in nano-scale magnets, strong electron tunneling in mesoscopic tunnel junctions, and light emission in silicon nanostructures. The concluding papers discuss metal clusters and atomic nuclei, nanoscale probes of the solid-liquid interface, the history of electron microscopy, and the three families of elementary particles. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.