Ultimate Limits of Fabrication and Measurement / Edition 1

by M.E. Welland, J.K. Gimzewski

Overview

An extensive body of research is involved in pushing miniaturisation to its physical limit, encompassing the miniaturisation of electronic devices, the manipulation of single atoms by scanning tunnelling microscopy, bio-engineering, the chemical synthesis of complex molecules, microsensor technology, and information storage and retrieval. In parallel to these practical aspects of miniaturisation there is also the necessity to understand the physics of small structures.
Ultimate Limits of Fabrication and Measurement brings together a number of leading articles from a variety of fields with the common aim of ultimate miniaturisation and measurement.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792335047
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	05/31/1995
Series:	NATO Science Series E: , #292
Edition description:	1995
Pages:	254
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

Towards Molecular and Supramolecular Devices.- Nanoscale Fabrication.- Microminiaturization in Laser Surgery and in vivo Intradiscal Pressure Measurement in Intervertebral Discs.- Self Replicating Systems and Low Cost Manufacturing.- The Use of Actuation Principles for Micro Robots.- Biophysical Approach to Nano-Mental Engineering’s Limits.- IDEAS — Intelligent Design Environment for Algorithms and Systems.- Electron-Nucleus Interaction in a Finite Atomic Line Modulated by a Focussed Electric Field.- Electromagnetic Radiation in Nanostructures.- Using Atom Optics to Fabricate Nanostructures.- Limits to Squeezing of Quantum Fluctuations.- Micromechanical Calorimeter with Picojoule-Sensitivity.- The Point-Contact Thermometer and Its Application in the Study of Hydrodynamic Electron Flow.- Noise in Scanning Tunneling Microscopy.- A Nanosensor for Admittance Spectroscopy.- Nanodeformation — Solid or Liquid?.- Theory of Conduction through Quantum Necks.- A Scanning Force and Friction Microscope.- Electrical Properties of Nanometer-Size Metal-Semiconductor Point Contacts.- Study of Contact in the Fabrication of Gold Nanostructures by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy.- Fabrication of Nanoscale Gold Contacts with the STM: Possible Applications.- Suppression of Electron Tunneling through Liquid Crystal Molecules due to Infrared Irradiation.- Influence of Thickness Fluctuations on Exchange Coupling in Fe/Cr/Fe Structures.- l?3 Dimensional Structures on a Uni-Directional Substrate.- S-Layers as Molecular Patterning Structures.- Formation of Sub-Micrometer Structures in Soft Functionalized Langmuir-Blodgett Films by Atomic Force Microscopy.- Individual Molecules on GaAs(001)-(2×4) and Si(001)-(2×1): Images, Statistics, and odelling.- Extended Abstracts of Invited Papers.-Molecular Manufacturing.- Self-Assembly: Whither and Thither Molecular Machines.- Nanostructured Sensors for Molecular Recognition.- Micromechanisms.- Limits to Mechanical Positioning and Displacement.- Is Quantum Mechanics Useful?.- The Limit of Resistance.- Nanocrystals and Nano-Optics.

Editorial Reviews

The 27 full papers and extended abstracts of eight others query whether there is a limit to how small items can be made and measured, and if so what it might be. Some approach the question from the practical perspective of manufacturing, especially in electronics, and others from the pure curiosity of basic science. Among the titles, are self-replicating systems and low-cost manufacturing, micromechanical calorimeter with picojouse sensitivity, the possibility of fabricating nanoscale gold contacts with a scanning tunnelling microscope, and nanostructured sensors for molecular recognition. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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