Ultimate Limits of Fabrication and Measurement [Hardcover]

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.
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Cambridge, U.K., April 1--3, 1994An 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.
Preface. Towards Molecular and Supramolecular Devices; J. A. Preece, J. F. Stoddart. Nanoscale Fabrication; W. M. Tolles. Microminiaturization in Laser Surgery and in vivo Intradiscal Pressure Measurements in Intervertebral Discs; H. S. Ranu. Self Replicating Systems and Low Cost Manufacturing; R. C. Merkle. The Use of Actuation Principles for Micro Robots; U. Rembold, S. Fatikow, Th. D?rsam, B. Magnussen. Biophysical Approach to Nanometre Engineering's Limits; E. Wallich. IDEAS - lĂB