Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

The key social issues of health, medicine, the environment, food and safety cannot be addressed without the support of chemical sensors and biosensors, whose performance is constantly improving in terms of reliability and cost, particularly in the producti... (Read more)

Swift ion beam analysis (IBA) of materials and their surfaces has been widely applied to many fields over the last half century, constantly evolving to meet new requirements and to take advantage of developments in particle detection and data treatment. ... (Read more)

Plasma etching has long enabled the perpetuation of Moore's Law. Today, etch compensation helps to create devices that are smaller than 20 nm. But, with the constant downscaling in device dimensions and the emergence of complex 3D structures (like FinFet, ... (Read more)

The research field of nanoelectronics has undergone an impressive development in the last decade. This includes the further miniaturization of conventional silicon transistors by the electronics industry, and also strong academic research activity on new t... (Read more)

This book describes how nucleation and growth control the morphology and related characteristics of metallic thin films and nanoparticles (NPs), and in turn their functional properties. These mechanisms condition the microstructure and related properties... (Read more)

The recent introduction of the “nano” dimension to pyrotechnics has made it possible to develop a new family of highly reactive substances: nanothermites. These have a chemical composition that is comparable to that of thermites at submillimeter or mic... (Read more)

As we enter the age of the Internet of Things (IoT), miniaturization and efficiency are going to be predominant trends in microelectronics. Since the technologies of the future inevitably need energy sources, energy harvesting will continue to develop into... (Read more)

Over the past two decades, the rapid development of nanochemistry and nanotechnology has enabled the synthesis of various materials and oxides in the form of nanopowders, making it possible to produce new energetic compositions and nanomaterials. This b... (Read more)

This is the first of two books presenting the challenges and future prospects of plasma etching processes for microelectronics, reviewing the past, present and future issues of etching processes in order to improve the understanding of these issues through... (Read more)

In the past decade, zinc oxide (ZnO) has become increasingly attractive as a II-VI semiconductor within the international scientific community due to its numerous unique and beneficial properties. With extensive applications in electronics, phonics, acoust... (Read more)

One-dimensional (1D) nanostructures from silicon carbide (SiC) are attracting the scientific community because their combination of excellent intrinsic properties with low dimensionality has tremendous potential for breakthrough applications. Silicon carbi... (Read more)

This book explores the state of the art concerning the development and use of micro-/nanotechnologies for the design of synthetic liquid-repellent surfaces, with a particular focus on super-oleophobic materials. It proposes a comprehensive understanding of... (Read more)

This book offers a comprehensive review of the state of the art in innovative Beyond-CMOS nanodevices for developing novel functionalities, logic and memories dedicated to researchers, engineers and students. It focuses on the interest of nanostructures... (Read more)

This book offers a comprehensive review of the state of the art in innovative Beyond-CMOS nanodevices for developing novel functionalities, logic and memories dedicated to researchers, engineers and students. It focuses on the interest of nanostructures... (Read more)

Nanoscale Microwave Engineering targets new trends in microwave engineering by downscaling components and devices for industrial purposes such as miniaturization and function densification, in association with the new approach of activation by a confined o... (Read more)

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a non-destructive technique that can produce 2D images or 3D volumes with a typical spatial resolution in the mm range, has enjoyed considerable success in the field of medical imaging. There is interest in non-destructive... (Read more)

In a world where the biological threat may take multiple forms associated with environmental, health or defense issues, the need for versatile biosensing platforms has become a vital concern. The aim of a biosensor is to identify and quantify one or severa... (Read more)

Today, the availability of bright and highly coherent electron sources and sensitive detectors has radically changed the type and quality of the information which can be obtained by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). TEMs are now present in large num... (Read more)

Nanotechnologies: Concepts, Processing and Applications describes and explains how nanotechnologies have entered our everyday lives through scientific and industrial applications with the emphasis placed on the new perspectives in various fields related to... (Read more)

Providing a detailed overview of the fundamentals and latest developments in the field of energy autonomous microsystems, this book delivers an in-depth study of the applications in the fields of health and usage monitoring in aeronautics, medical implants... (Read more)

The main properties that make carbon nanotubes (CNTs) a promising technology for many future applications are: extremely high strength, low mass density, linear elastic behavior, almost perfect geometrical structure, and nanometer scale structure. Also, CN... (Read more)

Lithography is an extremely complex tool – based on the concept of “imprinting” an original template version onto mass output – originally using relatively simple optical exposure, masking, and etching techniques, and now extended to include expos... (Read more)

This book provides a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art in the development of new and innovative materials, and of advanced modeling and characterization methods for nanoscale CMOS devices. Leading global industry bodies including the Interna... (Read more)

This book covers a wide range of topics that address the main areas of interest to scientists, engineers, and students concerned with the synthesis, characterization and applications of nanomaterials. Development techniques, properties and examples of indu... (Read more)

The emergence of nanoelectronics has led us to renew the concepts of transport theory used in semiconductor device physics and the engineering community. It has become crucial to question the traditional semi-classical view of charge carrier transport and ... (Read more)

Micro and nanosystems represent a major scientific and technological challenge, with actual and potential applications in almost all fields of the human activity. The aim of the present book is to present how concepts from dynamical control systems (modeli... (Read more)

This book provides the fundamentals and recent advances in nano and micromachining for modern manufacturing engineering. It begins by providing an outline of nanomachining with emphasis being given to molecular dynamics, cutting and chip formation, befo... (Read more)

This book introduces researchers and students to the physical principles which govern the operation of solid-state devices whose overall length is smaller than the electron mean free path. In such quantum systems, electron wave behavior prevails, and trans... (Read more)

This book provides the prerequisites required for an understanding of the nanoworld (quantum physics, molecular biology, micro and nanoelectronics) and gives examples of applications in various fields: materials, energy, devices, data management and life s... (Read more)

Nanophotonics is a comprehensive introduction to the emerging area concerned with controlling and shaping optical fields at a subwavelength scale. Photonic crystals and microcavities are extensively described, including non-linear optical effects. Local-pr... (Read more)