Bücher der Reihe NanoScience and Technology

The volumes V, VI and VII will examine the physical and technical foundation for recent progress in applied scanning probe techniques. The chapters are written by leading researchers and application scientists from all over the world and from various industries to provide a broader perspective.

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.

The volumes VIII, IX and X examine the physical and technical foundation for recent progress in applied scanning probe techniques. The field is progressing so fast that there is a need for a set of volumes every 12 to 18 months to capture latest developments. These volumes constitute a timely comprehensive overview of SPM applications.

The volumes VIII, IX and X examine the physical and technical foundation for recent progress in applied scanning probe techniques. The field is progressing so fast that there is a need for a set of volumes every 12 to 18 months to capture latest developments. These volumes constitute a timely and comprehensive overview of SPM applications.

The volumes VIII, IX and X examine the physical and technical foundation for recent progress in applied scanning probe techniques. The field is progressing so fast that there is a need for a set of volumes every 12 to 18 months to capture latest developments. These volumes constitute a timely comprehensive overview of SPM applications.

The volumes XI, XII and XIII examine the physical and technical foundation for recent progress in applied scanning probe techniques. These volumes constitute a timely comprehensive overview of SPM applications. Real industrial applications are included.

Additi- ally they might be damaged by the electron beam of the microscope or the vacuum might cause outgasing of solvents or evaporation of water and thus change material properties.

Since the original publication of Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy in 2002, the noncontact atomic force microscope (NC-AFM) has achieved remarkable progress. This second treatment deals with the following outstanding recent results obtained with atomic resolution since then: force spectroscopy and mapping with atomic resolution;

The fundamental concept of quantum coherence plays a central role in quantum physics, cutting across disciplines of quantum optics, atomic and condensed matter physics.

The basic nano-effects, vortex and vortex-antivortex patterns, vortex dynamics, Josephson phenomena, critical currents, and interplay between superconductivity and ferromagnetism at the nanoscale are discussed.

Experts describe advanced techniques for the chemical synthesis of functional organic nanoparticles and propose new methods for the characterization and manipulation of single nanoparticles. Theoretical and experimental studies of the physical and chemical properties of organic particles, semiconductor particles and liquid droplets are reported.

This book provides an interdisciplinary overview of a new and broad class of materials under the unifying name Nanostructured Soft Matter. It covers materials ranging from short amphiphilic molecules to block copolymers, proteins, colloids and their composites, microemulsions and bio-inspired systems such as vesicles.

This book aims to present the different aspects of electrospinning for designing and fabricating high performing materials for sensors applied in gaseous and liquid environments.

Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy

Gasphase synthesis of nanoparticles and nanostructured materials offers high chemical purity and crystalline quality as well as scalability up to industrial quantities.

Nanocatalysis, a subdiscipline of nanoscience, seeks to control chemical reactions by changing the size, dimensionality, chemical composition, and morphology of the reaction center and by changing the kinetics using nanopatterning of the reaction center.

This book covers nonlocal continuum mechanics methods applied to nanostructures. It takes readers from the fundamentals of wave propagation in nanotubes to more advanced topics such as rotating nanotubes and nanotubes with magnetic field and surface effects.

The ability to produce durable low-friction surfaces and lubricant fluids has become an important factor in the miniaturization of moving components in many technological devices, e.g., magnetic storage, recording systems, miniature motors and many aerospace components.

Written by world leaders in their particular fields, this book reports on the state of the art in quantum dot growth, the theory of self-organised growth, electronic and excitonic states, optical properties, and transport in various materials.

The volumes XI, XII and XIII examine the physical and technical foundation for recent progress in applied scanning probe techniques. The first volume came out in January 2004, the second to fourth volumes in early 2006 and the fifth to seventh volumes in late 2006.

This book deals with a new class of materials, quantum rings. The experimental efforts allow to obtain a new class of semiconductor quantum rings formed by capping self-organized quantum dots grown by molecular beam epitaxy.

the direction-dependent physical properties, of materials is fascinating and elegant and has sparked the quest for anisotropic materials with useful properties. It turns out that the anisotropic nanoscale building blocks, in addition to direction-dependent properties, exhibit dimension and morphology dependence of physical properties.

This bookis focused on recent advances in the development of thin films for photovoltaicapplications, TiO2/WO3 bi-layers for applications with enhanced photo-catalyticproperties, nanometer oxide and hydroxide films for anticorrosive coatings,surface passivation in chemical industries, micro- and nanoelectronics,trilayers of metglas and lead free piezoelectrics for magnetic field sensors,current sensors, spintronics, microwave and read/write devices. Dilutedferromagnetic alloy films are also considered for superconducting spintronicsbased on superconducting spin-valves. Thermal properties of segmented nanowiresare analyzed with respect to thermoelectric applications. Recent advances intemplate production of nanocomposites are also reviewed with particular focuson technologies for template assisted formation of metal nanotubes. Someelements related to abrasive flow machining (AFM), specifically state of theart elements of technological systems and construction of equipment arepresented. The book is written for researchers in materials science,nanotechnologies, PhD students and graduate student.

This book presents the unique mechanical, electrical, and optical properties of nanomaterials, which play an important role in the recent advances of energy-related applications.

Keeping nanoelectronics in focus, this book looks at interrelated fields namely nanomagnetics, nanophotonics, nanomechanics and nanobiotechnology, that go hand-in-hand or are likely to be utilized in future in various ways for backing up or strengthening nanoelectronics.

This book provides an updated review on the development of scanning probe microscopy and related techniques, and the availability of computational techniques not even imaginable a few decades ago.

This book aims to present the different aspects of electrospinning for designing and fabricating high performing materials for sensors applied in gaseous and liquid environments.