Ebook: 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.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Low Voltage Nonlinear Conductance of Gold Nanowires: Room Temperature Coulomb Blockade Effect?....Pages 1-10
Simple Model for Force Fluctuations in Nanowires....Pages 11-17
Real time control of nanowire formation....Pages 19-22
Forces in Scanning Probe Microscopy....Pages 23-39
Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy by AFM Reveals Details of Polymer Structure....Pages 41-47
Quantum Resonance of the Magnetisation in a Single-Crystal of Clusters in Mn12-Acetate....Pages 49-63
Quantum Tunneling of the Magnetization in Nano-Scale Magnets....Pages 65-77
Transport in Mesoscopic Superconductors and Superconducting/Normal Metal Contacts....Pages 79-89
Giant In-Plane Optical Anisotropy of Semiconductor Heterostructures with No-Common-Atom....Pages 91-105
Strong Electron Tunneling in Mesoscopic Tunnel Junctions....Pages 107-126
Spin Textures in Quantum Dots....Pages 127-136
Theory of Near Field Optics....Pages 137-154
Photons and Local Probes....Pages 155-174
Quo Vadis, Near-Field Optics?....Pages 175-183
Light Emission in Silicon Nanostructures....Pages 185-209
Confined Electrons and Photons....Pages 211-234
Quantum Optics of Atomic Systems Confined in a Dielectric Environment....Pages 235-253
Optical Properties of InP Quantum Wires Grown in Hollow Cylindrical Channels of Chrysotile Asbestos....Pages 255-270
Metal Clusters and Atomic Nuclei....Pages 271-295
Nanoscale Probes of the Solid — Liquid Interface....Pages 297-315
The First 130 Years of Electron Microscopy....Pages 317-332
The Three Families of Elementary Particles....Pages 333-347
Back Matter....Pages 349-355

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Low Voltage Nonlinear Conductance of Gold Nanowires: Room Temperature Coulomb Blockade Effect?....Pages 1-10
Simple Model for Force Fluctuations in Nanowires....Pages 11-17
Real time control of nanowire formation....Pages 19-22
Forces in Scanning Probe Microscopy....Pages 23-39
Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy by AFM Reveals Details of Polymer Structure....Pages 41-47
Quantum Resonance of the Magnetisation in a Single-Crystal of Clusters in Mn12-Acetate....Pages 49-63
Quantum Tunneling of the Magnetization in Nano-Scale Magnets....Pages 65-77
Transport in Mesoscopic Superconductors and Superconducting/Normal Metal Contacts....Pages 79-89
Giant In-Plane Optical Anisotropy of Semiconductor Heterostructures with No-Common-Atom....Pages 91-105
Strong Electron Tunneling in Mesoscopic Tunnel Junctions....Pages 107-126
Spin Textures in Quantum Dots....Pages 127-136
Theory of Near Field Optics....Pages 137-154
Photons and Local Probes....Pages 155-174
Quo Vadis, Near-Field Optics?....Pages 175-183
Light Emission in Silicon Nanostructures....Pages 185-209
Confined Electrons and Photons....Pages 211-234
Quantum Optics of Atomic Systems Confined in a Dielectric Environment....Pages 235-253
Optical Properties of InP Quantum Wires Grown in Hollow Cylindrical Channels of Chrysotile Asbestos....Pages 255-270
Metal Clusters and Atomic Nuclei....Pages 271-295
Nanoscale Probes of the Solid — Liquid Interface....Pages 297-315
The First 130 Years of Electron Microscopy....Pages 317-332
The Three Families of Elementary Particles....Pages 333-347
Back Matter....Pages 349-355
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