Ultimate Limits of Fabrication and Measurement (Hardcover)

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. Dorsam, B. Magnussen. Biophysical Approach to Nanometre Engineering's Limits; E. Wallich. IDEAS - Intelligent Design Environment for Algorithms and Systems; T. Beth, J. Muller-Quade, A. Nuckel. Electron-Nucleus Interaction in a Finite Atomic Line Modulated by a Focused Electric Field; C. Joachim, J. K. Heully, M. Devel, C. Girard. Electromagnetic Radiation in Nanostructures; J. B. Pendry. Using Atom Optics to Fabricate Nanostructures; R. J. Celotta, J. J. McClelland, R. E. Scholten, R. Gupta. Limits to Squeezing of Quantum Fluctuations; A. Orlowski. Micromechanical Calorimeter with pico-Joule Sensitivity; E. Meyer, J. K. Gimzewski, Ch. Gerber, R. R. Schlittler. The Point-Contact Thermometer and its Application in the Study of Hydrodynamic Electron Flow; L. W. Molenkamp, M. J. M. de Jong. Noise in Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy; B. Koslowski, C. Baur, K. Dransfield. A Nanosensor for Admittance Spectroscopy; L. Montelius, J. O. Tegenfeldt, T. G. I. Ling. Nanodeformation - Solid or Liquid? J. B. Pethica. Theory of Conduction through Quantum Necks; J. A. Torres, J. J. Saenz. A Scanning Force and Friction Microscope; Ph. Niedermann, J. Burger, M. Binggeli, R. Christoph, H. E. Hintermann, O. Marti. Electrical Properties of Nanometer-Sized Metal-Semiconductor Point Contacts; Y. Hasegawa, I.-W. Lyo,Ph. Avouris. Study of Contact in the Fabrication of Gold Nanostructures by Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy; A. M. Baro;, J. Go;mez-Herrero, J. I. Pascual, J. Mendez, N. García. Fabrication of Nanoscale Gold Contacts with the STM: Possible Applications; C. van Haesendonck, L. Stockman, G. Neuttiens, Y. Bruynseraede. Suppression of Electron Tunnelling through Liquid Crystal Molecules due to Infrared Irradiation; H. Nejoh, V. A. Tkachenko, M. Tsukada, M. Aono: Influence of Thickness Fluctuations on Exchange Coupling in Fe/Cr/Fe Structures; J. A. Stroscio, D. T. Pierce, J. Unguris, R. J. Celotta. 1→3 Dimensional Structures on a Uni-Directional Substrate; P. W. Murray, F. M. Leibsle, C. A. Muryn, H. J. Fischer, C. F. J. Flipse, G. Thornton, J. K. Gimzewski, R. R. Schlittler. S-Layers as Molecular Patterning Structures; D. Pum, M. Sara, U. B. Sleytr. Formation of Sub-Micrometer Structures in Soft Functionalized Langmuir&endash;Blodgett Films by Atomic Force Microscopy; N. B. Larsen, T. Bjørnholm, J. Garnaes, J. Larsen, K. Schaumberg. Individual Molecules on GaAs(001)-(2×4) and Si(001)-(2×1): Images, Statistics, and Modelling; C. M. Goringe, A. R. Avery, A. J. Mayne, M. O. Schweitzer, W. Widdra, A. J. Fischer, T. S. Jones, G. A. D. Briggs, W. H. Weinberg, C. W. Smith. Extended Abstracts of Invited Papers: Molecular Manufacturing; K. E. Drexler. Self-Assembly: Whither and Thither Molecular Machines; J. A. Preece, J. F. Stoddart. Nanostructured Sensors for Molecular Recognition; W. Gopel. Micromechanisms; H. Guckel. Limits to Mechanical Positioning and Displacement; E. C. Teague. Is Quantum Mechanics Useful? R. L