Nanostructures: Fabrication and Analysis [Paperback]

The main theme of this book is the exploration the underlying physical laws that permit the fabrication of nanometer-scale structures. As researchers attempt to fabricate nanometer-scale structures which do not exist per se, they must still employ the natural laws to fabricate them through processes such as self-assembly. This book will find service both as a reference work for researchers and as a comprehensive didactical text for graduate students.

Atomic-Scale Chains: Fabrication and Evaluation Technologies.- Nanolithography.- Adsorption Behavior of Single Molecules on Surfaces Formed by Molecular Assemblies Studied by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy.- Fabricating Nanostructures via Organic Molecular Templates.- Carbon Nanotubes.- Calculating Transport Properties of Nanometer-Scale Systems: Nanodevice Applications of Carbon Nanotubes and Organic Molecules.- Molecular Wires.

The main theme of this book is the exploration the underlying physical laws that?permit the fabrication of nanometer-scale structures.?As?researchers?attempt?to fabricate nanometer-scale structures which do not exist?per se,?they must still employ the natural laws to fabricate them through processes such as self-assembly. So?it turns out that our techniques for fabrication of?nanometer-scale structures?are not artificial?but actually rely on the natural laws.?We even find that?nanometer-scale structures,?e.g. fullerenes, are fabricated in?nature?beneath the surface of the Earth. This fact may be called the ubiquity of the nanometer-scale structures. The topics presented in the book include: scanning probe-related and near-field techniques, nanolithography, self assembling and design of novel nanostructures, as well as new nanodevices and their application.

Covers the major developments in the design, fabrication and application of nanodevices

Features the physical and chemical approaches

Offers insight into the prolĂ!