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Papers presented at the MMN 2000, held in Athens, Greece November 20-22,2000. Papers include: CMOS devices and devices based on compoundsemiconductors; processing; silicon integrated technology, and integratedcircuit design. ... Read more

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Ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) is one of the important triad of nanostructured carbons which includes fullerenes and nanotubes. This new kind of diamond composed of 35 nm crystallites is an exemplar par excellence of the profound changes in properties that can accompany the reduction in size of a material to low single digit nanometer dimensions. UNCD occurs in two forms: as a dispersed powder made by detonation techniques and as a chemical vapor deposited film. Two communities of scientists, each focused on one of these fields, had up to now, been working independently of each other largely unaware of the vast synergistic relationships existing between them. The NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW), the basis for the Proceedings, was held June 710 in St. Petersburg, Russia to bring the two communities closer together. Fostering collaborations between them, to hasten the exploitation of the scientific and technological treasure trove awaiting imaginative explorers to reveal the still largely untapped potential hidden in these materials.

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Designed for nano-aware individuals in both the public and private sectors, this volumethe first of its kind -- is designed to provide a concise readable resource on education and work development in the field.  Part one provides an historical perspective including a definition of nanotechnology and a broad evaluation of the global and national landscapes of the field.  Part two investigates the current status, evaluating the US model and comparing it to other models around the world. Part three considers plans of action that will prove to be sustainable.  It is a book designed to enhance awareness, review the facts, and fabricate a platform from which planning can be launched. ... Read more

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The articles collected in this book cover a wide range of materials with extraordinary superconducting and magnetic properties. For many of the materials studied, strong electronic correlations provide a link between these two phenomena which were long thought to be highly antagonistic. Both the progress in our understanding of fundamental physical processes and the advances made towards the development of devices are reported here. The materials studied come in a variety of forms and shapes from bulk to epitaxial films, nano- and heterostructures down to those involving single molecules and double quantum dots. In some cases the structuring serves the study of bulk properties. More often it is the change of these properties with nanostructuring and the properties of different materials in close proximity with each other that are of key interest because of possible application of these materials or heterostructures to quantum computing and spintronics.

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All papers were peer-reviewed. The 19th Winterschool focused mainly on new nanostructured materials, with data presented on functionalized fullerenes and carbon nanotubes, filled and double-wall nanotubes, non-carbon nanotubes, such as BN and MoS2 tubes, and other nanostructures. The direction of nanoelectronics research was explored in depth, and advancements in composite technology and novel applications for nanotubes were discussed. Importantly, participants were updated on the theoretical and experimental determinations of structural and electronic properties as well as on characterization methods for molecular nanostructures. ... Read more

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General routes to the development of innovative, multi functional nanosystems are described by experts in the field. The systems described are based on fullerenes, nanotubes, metals (Au, Ag, Pt, etc.) and semiconductors (Si, CdS, CdTe, metal oxides), nanocrystals and polymer / biopolymer assembly systems. The book also discusses the realization and characterization of the fundamental properties of nanosystems, defined by nano-size effects, as well as the application of such systems in electronics, optics, magnetoelectronics, spintronics, biomedicine, pharmaceutical biocomplexes, and biosensors. ... Read more

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This book, based on the lectures and contributions of the NATO ASI on "Functional Properties of Nanostructured Materials", gives a broad overview on this topic, as it combines basic theoretical articles, papers dealing with experimental techniques, and contributions on advanced and up-to-date applications in fields such as microelectronics, optoelectronics, electrochemistry, sensorics, and biotechnology. In addition, it presents an interdisciplinary approach since the authors came from such different fields as physics, chemistry, engineering, materials science and biology. Some emphasis is given to the field of nanostructured/nanoscaled thin films, again stretching from basic theoretical over experimental (including both, fabrication and characterization) to application oriented topics. A major advantage of the book, which represents the knowledge of experts from 12 countries, is the combination of longer papers introducing the basic knowledge on a certain topic, and brief contributions highlighting special methods and applications.

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Over the last decade the interest in nanoscale materials and their applications in novel electronic devices have been increasing tremendously. This is caused by the unique properties of nanoscale materials and the outstanding performance of nanoscale devices. The fascinating and often unrivalled properties of nanoscale materials and devices opened new and sometimes unexpected fields of applications. Today, the widespread applications range from the detection of explosives, drugs and fissionable materials to bio- and infrared-sensors, spintronic devices, data storage media, magnetic read heads for computer hard disks, single-electron devices, microwave electronic devices, and many more.

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The book gives a systematic description of the preparation , characterization and manipulation of cluster beams for the synthesis of nanocrystalline materials. It also addresses all the issues relevant in the realization of nanophase structures (cluster-surface interaction, cluster coalescence). The book provides a complete description of the method with the major aim of offering a working tool for scientists coming from different fields. Particular emphasis is given to the potential of this technique in connection with the synthesis of nanostructured materials and to the combination of cluster beams with other surface science experimental techniques. The question of the compatibility with more standard technologies will also be addressed. ... Read more

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A compendium of novel information on molecular-scale science and the application of nanocarbon, nanosilicon and biopolymer integrated nanosystems.

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A compendium of novel information on molecular-scale science and the application of nanocarbon, nanosilicon and biopolymer integrated nanosystems.

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Nano-science and nano-technology are rapidly developing scientific and technological areas that deal with physical, chemical and biological processes that occur on nano-meter scaleone millionth of a millimeter. Self-organization and pattern formation play crucial role on nano-scales and promise new, effective routes to control various nano-scales processes. This book contains lecture notes written by the lecturers of the NATO Advanced Study Institute "Self-Assembly, Pattern Formation and Growth Phenomena in Nano-Systems" that took place in St Etienne de Tinee, France, in the fall 2004. They give examples of self-organization phenomena on micro- and nano-scale as well as examples of the interplay between phenomena on nano- and macro-scales leading to complex behavior in various physical, chemical and biological systems. They discuss such fascinating nano-scale self-organization phenomena as self-assembly of quantum dots in thin solid films, pattern formation in liquid crystals caused by light, self-organization of micro-tubules and molecular motors, as well as basic physical and chemical phenomena that lead to self-assembly of the most important molecule on the basis of which most of living organisms are builtDNA. A review of general features of all pattern forming systems is also given. The authors of these lecture notes are the leading experts in the field of self-organization, pattern formation and nonlinear dynamics in non-equilibrium, complex systems.

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A team of outstanding scientists in the field of modern magnetic nanotechnologies illustrates the state of the art in several areas of advanced magneto-electronic devices, magnetic micro-electromechanical systems and high density information storage technologies.

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K. Eric Drexler envisions a world in which poverty and hunger no longer exist, because food can be made out of thin air, and we never grow old, because cells can be regenerated as swiftly as they "age." Nanotechnology, the manipulation of matter at the molecular level, is what he's betting will make it happen. Ed Regis tells the story of Drexler's forays into this new science, showing the scientist's attempts to convince his colleagues that he hasn't descended into pulp fiction. He also fills in a lot of the historical and technical background, from the 19th-century arguments over whether atoms exist to modern experiments that have isolated and manipulated single atoms. Regis's prose is clear and straightforward, but not without a sly sense of humor. Apart from Drexler's own Engines of Creation, this is the book on nanotechnology to read.Book Description
K. Eric Drexler envisions a world in which poverty and hunger no longer exist, because food can be made out of thin air, and we never grow old, because cells can be regenerated as swiftly as they "age." Nanotechnology, the manipulation of matter at the molecular level, is what he's betting will make it happen. Ed Regis tells the story of Drexler's forays into this new science, showing the scientist's attempts to convince his colleagues that he hasn't descended into pulp fiction. He also fills in a lot of the historical and technical background, from the 19th-century arguments over whether atoms exist to modern experiments that have isolated and manipulated single atoms. Regis's prose is clear and straightforward, but not without a sly sense of humor. Apart from Drexler's own Engines of Creation, this is the book on nanotechnology to read. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (21)

Eric Drexler -- where did you go?
I'm not sure how this book turned up in my reading list -- I believe I found it on the back shelf of a bookstore.I read it because I have been interested in Nano-stuff ever since reading a terrific science fiction novel by Stanislaw Lem long ago, and more recently Kurtzweil's new book -- The Spiritual Machine.Ed Regis writes in a well-informed pop journalistic style.His smoothly written narrative weaves together the many stories, names and achievements of nano-experts -- most notablyEric Drexler, the high priest of nanotech, who predicts an age when all of life's need will be satisfied by tiny, human-engineered molecular engines.Although bacteria are frequently invokes as examples of nanotech machines, Drexler's tiny molecular contraptions are remarkable in that they do not require water and function at a level even smaller than the familiar biochemical landscape of the living cell.Unfortunately, although Drexler has designed simple molecules that will probably work as simple tools, many questions remain unanswered.How are these devices powered?How are they built?What will they do?Even Richard Feynman confessed that he didn't have any ideas about real-world applications.Although the book is filled with ideas of Nano-robots swarming through our veins, fixing damaged brain cells, etc. -- almost all the real plan required to these microscopic things is just vaporware.In the end, vision is not knowledge, the map is not the territory, and I predict that the future will be far different from the magical nirvana that is envisioned here.The book make me better informed, and left many ideas buzzing around my head like tiny . . . well, never mind.

-- Auralgo

Well-written and fun, but there are better options. 3.6 stars
NANO was well-received when published, and I'd been half-
meaning to read it for awhile. Your reaction to this book may vary
depending on your previous exposure to the ideas behind
nanotechnology. For simplicity, I'll break down the possible
audience for this book:

1) You've heard the name, but what is it, exactly? SFAICT this is
Regis' intended audience. But you're better off reading K. Eric
Drexler's "Engines of Creation" (published 1986, several editions
available). Drexler et al's "Unbounding the Future" (1991) is in
essence the YA edition of "Engines" -- you don't need both, and
"Engines" is better-written and more interesting. Really, "Engines"
is the seminal work for the field and the best starting place. You may
want to start by browsing Dr. Drexler's website first:
foresight[dot]org --which has lots of good information.

2) You've read "Engines", maybe some of Drexler's other stuff, and
have a fair idea what nanotech's about (this is me):Part I of Nano
will be a rehash with a few new anecdotes. A quick skim. Part II has
quite a bit of interesting newish material. Part III, the philosophical
wrapup, is embarassingly jejeune.

3) You're a molecular nanotechnologist:you saw this book AWB,
glanced at it, and dismissed it.

Note that my copy has truly wretchedly-printed photos.

Happy reading--
Peter D. Tillman
review copyright 1998 by Peter D. Tillman. Slightly revised, 6-06

More biography than scientific review
This book is a pretty good account of K. Eric Drexler and his quest to bring "nanotechnology" into the popular and the scientific world. If you are looking for a book with some real theory behind it, this may not be the book for you. There is some science, but it's pretty light. You may want to get some of the books in the bibliography or something. As the book explains, part of the reason that real science on nanotechnology is hard to find is because it hasn't been widely researched yet. This book is somewhat balanced between Drexler's vision and his critics', but it usually errs on Drexler's side. To be fair to the reader, this book really should say that it's really more of a study of K. Eric Drexler than of nanotechnology.

A Pretty Good Introduction For Knuckleheads
I liked this book because it introduced me to the who, what, where, when, how and why of Nanotechnology.It gave me lots of history, written in a "See Spot Run" kind of style for scientific knuckleheads who just might be poets or other kinds of humanities types trying to hedge their bets by seeing what the techheads are up to--and it introduced me to one major concept that I still chew on: Quantum physics doesn't necessarily pertain to things like the nanotech bull-doggings of incredibly tiny bits of matter that folks like Eric Drexler like to plan and execute.In other words, it really is possible to know where a sub-atomic particle is in space--or at least know where it is in such a way that you can catch the little bugger and hitch it up to some itsy bitsy fly wheel, or tack it to a slice of silicon one or two atoms long and an atom wide, or etc.I find that idea of the pure "fact" of existence existing--as in granuals, or other discrete units--relatively untouched by Schrodinger's uncertainy principal or the other Alice in Wonderland paradoxes that we've all been taught to expect when we approach the very very very small--refreshing, to say the least.Indeed, I thought the microcosm was hide-bound in theory and that it somehow merged with some Princeton prof's blackboard if we followed it to the far side of the sideways eight, but to know that it is really THERE beyond all of that jazz, puts a smile on my face and a spring in my step.Makes me hope that the far reaches of the Macrocosm can be found to exist in the same way without silly string, dark matter and black holes.What a refreshing thought to look up at the night sky and not think of Stephen Hawking's career!The other concept that I took away from this book was that nanotechnology could be pretty dangerous stuff and that--wouldn't you know it?--it's already being explored by the governments of the world as a better way of killing people.So I was given a reason to cheer and yet another reason to think the world is on its way to hell in a handbasket.Not bad for 325 pages of easy-to-read type.

An exciting introduction to a weak theory
The purpose of this book is to introduce the reader toan argument supported by nanotechnologists: that nanotechnology will cause world peace.

"Nano" is defined as "one billionth" and a nanotechnologist is a person who achieves practical results by means of "a factory at the level of atoms" (p. 7). Regis explains how a factory composed of parts measured in billionths of a meter or nanometers would work."...(M)olecules would be stacked on tiny pallets which would move about on tiny tracks. There would be molecular conveyor belts and rollers, vacuum pumps and ball bearings" (p. 7).

Invented by K. Eric Drexler and developed by Stanford researchers, the infant technology is expected to bring universal peace. The nanotech argument is a conditional: if a physical thing is merely an arrangement of atoms, then manipulating an arrangement of atoms is the means of creating new things. Drexler states the argument succinctly: "If you have this very general ability to manipulate atoms in complex patterns...well, then you can make essentially anything that's physically possible" (p. 48). Given that the argument may be valid, it is no wonder that nanotechs are dreaming of manufacturing "so many material goods so cheaply that people would have every physical thing they wanted" (p. 6).

Because the premise is unjustified the nanotech dreams are only dreams. While we may correctly state that every material thing is an arrangement of atoms, we must drop the term "merely" from the conditional's antecedent. Rearranging the atoms of a mineral will not cause it to become a plant just as rearranging the pens on my desk does not make them pencils. These common observations contradict Regis' premise that "the properties of a given object...were a function of the arrangement of its atoms and molecules" (p. 5). It is more accurate to state that the properties of an object in the natural environment are a function of the object's arrangement of atoms and something else. What that "something else" is remains mysterious to contemporary scientists and make life much more exciting than the dry view presented in this text.

The nanotech argument presented by Regis is very attractive but unfortunately has no force. The hope for universal peace cannot be realized by "a fleet of tiny, invisible robots" which would "do all the world's work", eradicate "disease and aging" and "turn dirt into steak"(pp. 4, 6) Despite the logical shortcomings in their argument, nanotechs have two qualities that are, in my view, necessary for bringing about world peace: enthusiasm and creativity. ... Read more

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Electrons in solids behave like microscopic bar magnets, and in certain solids these align to produce macroscopic magnetizations. This book deals with the dynamics of this magnetization field. It addresses questions of microscopic mechanism only to the extent that residual interactions of the magnetic moments with other degrees of freedom of the host solid affect the dynamics, particularly the dissipative aspects. Several of these damping mechanisms are evaluated here for their effect on the equations of the magnetization dynamics. This dynamics is intrinsically nonlinear. This is important in the applications, particularly magnetic recording, which involves very large motion of the magnetization, well beyond the validity of linearized (small motion) approximations or limited extensions thereof. Therefore nonlinear solution methods are emphasized, but with only minimal use of numerical simulation. The book should be useful to practitioners of magnetic recording, and to physicists studying magnetic phenomena. ... Read more

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The importance of nanotechnology related research and development has become recognised worldwide. Substantial public and private investment is now being ploughed into research and development in a number of industrial sectors, where nanotechnology has become established and has led to new commercial products. The construction industry, having major economic significance with nano-scale research and development which is only emerging, offers a wide scope for exploitation of nanotechnology.

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Micromanufacturing and Nanotechnology is an emerging technological infrastructure and process that involves manufacturing of products and systems at the micro and nano scale levels. Development of micro and nano scale products and systems are underway due to the reason that they are faster, accurate and less expensive. Moreover, the basic functional units of such systems possesses remarkable mechanical, electronic and chemical properties compared to the macro-scale counterparts. Since this infrastructure has already become the prefered choice for the design and development of next generation products and systems it is now necessary to disseminate the conceptual and practical phenomenological know-how in a broader context. This book incorporates a selection of research and development papers. Its scope is the history and background, underlynig design methodology, application domains and recent developments.

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Nanotechnology makes use of materials and systems at the scale of the atom: the nano-meter (one billionth of a meter).Exploiting advances in scientific measurement at that scale and the ability to manipulate material at that scale, scientists and engineers have found ever increasing uses for nano-sized metals, polymers, and ceramics to create new functional materials, better coatings, better fluid flow, and a host of other improvements to everyday components and manufactured goods and systems.And this is only the beginning.Within 10 years, it is projected that nano-science will enable us to have hand-held supercomputers, all ceramic internal combustion engines, backpack energy systems and more.

This is the first-ever, true introductory textbook on the essential fundamentals that comprise what nanoscience is all about.Covering the physics, chemistry, and engineering applications of the more widely studied types of nano-scale materials and processes, this text can be used in by a wide variety of courses and programs, from those offered in departments of physics and chemistry to those in mechanical, materials, chemical and electrical engineering.Broken into convenient modules, the instructor will find a good deal of flexibility in which specific topics to cover and to what depth.Ample end-of-chapter problems and exercises will help to reinforce the subjects learned and offer opportunities for further study.

KEY FEATURES

* Covers the fundamental physics and chemistry of a wide and representative class of nano-scale materials and processes, including molecular structures, macromolecular structures, and surfaces and interfaces

* Explains such key concepts as self-assembly, chemical bonding, materials characterization techniques, and relevant quantum mechanics

* Provides understanding of the processing and uses of thin films, nano particles, nanotubes and nanofibers, and nanocomposites

* Gives students ample-end-of-chapter problems and exercises

* Offers a companion web site that will host Solutions Manual (access-restricted) as well as instructive video clips, recommended further reading and additional exercises (open access) ... Read more

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This book addresses the use of MEMS and micromachined devices for the investigation of nanoscience and technology, as well as biotechnology. Such micromachined tools for nanotechnology can enhance the sensitivity, spatial resolution, dexterity, selectivity, and parallel processing capability in measuring and manipulating nano-objects. The book covers state-of-the-art MEMS and NEMS devices for DNA molecular handling and analysis, cell handling and culture on a chip, chemical lab-on-a-chip, multi-probes for vacuum tunneling microscopy and AFM, and characterization of quantum semiconductor structures. Readers will gain deep insight into such developments and students will learn about the emerging field of MEMS and nanotechnology.