Basics of Nanotechnology, 3rd Edition

1 Mesoscopic and microscopic physics

2 Physics of nanostructures (quantum and classical effects)
Morphology
Electronic structure -
Optical properties -
Magnetic properties -
Transport phenomena -
Heterostructures
Problems to chapter 2

3 Generation and manipulation of nanostructures
Top-down methods -
Nanostructures via photons and lithographical methods -
Nanoimprint technology -
Nanostructures via raster probe methods -Bottom up methods -
Epitaxial growth -
Self organization -
Deposition of selected cluster matter
Problems to chapter 3

4 Characterisation of nanostructures
Optical microscopy -
Simple light microscopy -
Bright- and dark field microscopy -
Fluorescence and phase contrast microscopy -
Confocal microscopy -
Brewster angle microscopy -
Raster microscopies -
Electron microscopy -
Scanning probe microscopies -
Near field microscopy -
New advanced microscopies -
Linear and nonlinear spectroscopy -
Diffraction methods -
Emission methods
Problems to chapter 4

5 Nano architecture
Layered systems -
Colloidal solutions and crystals -
Light-based gratings -
Coulomb crystals

6 Applications
Optics -
Integrated optics, nanooptics and nonlinear optics -
Optical and magnetical data storage -
Photonic crystals -
Ultrashort time dynamics in nanostructures
Electronics -
Optoelectronics -
Molecular and nano-electronics -
Quantum computers -
Biology and soft matter -
Characterization of elementary units -
Nanobionics and nano-biotechnology -
Molecular nanostructures -
Micro- and nanomechanics
Problems to chapter 6

References

Index