Basics of Nanotechnology

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 nanostructuresTop-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
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Horst-Günther Rubahn is Professor at the Mads Clausen Institute of the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) with proficient teaching experience in nonlinear optics and spectroscopy, surface science and nanotechnology. His research activities concentrate on the development of new bottom up nanotechnology techniques as well as photonics methods such as nonlinear optical microscopies, evanescent wave spectroscopy, and advanced laser materials treatments. H.-G. Rubahn heads the nanotechnology center NanoSYD of SDU (www.nanosyd.sdu.dk) and a Ph.D. school on mesoscopic structures and optics. He is founder of a start up company which develops organic nanofibers for the implementation in new nano-photonic devices.

"(..) preparing an account of basic nanotechnology which is appealing and accessible to readers from all these disciplines is a critical task for an author; Dr. Rubahn did rather well in this respect. (..) The book meets the goal of providing an accessible introduction to a very diverse group of readers (..); its strengths lie in the presentation of various aspects of nanotechnology and the inclusion of some basic concepts. As there are not many books introducing nanotechnology at this level, this type of contribution to the literature is welcome. It is a recommended reading for scientists and engineers who would like to be introduced broadly to nanoscience and nanotechnology. (..) Overall, I highly recommend this textbook for the reader's library reference shelf." (Jn. of Nanotechnology, Vol. 3, March 2009)