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Atomic and Nanometer-Scale Modification of Materials

Fundamentals and Applications

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. Phaedon Avouris

    1. IBM Research Division, T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, USA

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series E: (NSSE, volume 239)

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Atom Manipulation with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope

    • D. M. Eigler
    Pages 1-10

  3. STM-Induced Modification and Electrical Properties of Surfaces on the Atomic and Nanometer Scales

    • Ph. Avouris, I.-W. Lyo, Y. Hasegawa
    Pages 11-24

  4. Alkali Metals on III-V (110) Semiconductor Surfaces: Overlayer Properties and Manipulation Via STM

    • L. J. Whitman, Joseph A. Stroscio, R. A. Dragoset, R. J. Celotta
    Pages 25-35

  5. Field Ion Evaporation from Tip and Sample in the STM for Atomic-Scale Surface Modification

    • A. Kobayashi, F. Grey, H. Uchida, D.-H. Huang, M. Aono
    Pages 37-47

  6. Writing of Local, Electrically Active Structures in Amorphous Silicon Films by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

    • E. Hartmann, R. J. Behm, F. Koch
    Pages 49-64

  7. Atomic-Scale Imaging and Modification of Spins Using a Magnetic-Sensitive Scanning Tunneling Microscope

    • R. Wiesendanger
    Pages 65-73

  8. Physics and Chemistry in High Electric Fields

    • H. J. Kreuzer
    Pages 75-86

  9. Field-Induced Transfer of an Atom Between Two Closely Spaced Electrodes

    • N. D. Lang
    Pages 87-96

  10. Vibrational Heating and Atom Transfer with the STM

    • R. E. Walkup, D. M. Newns, Ph. Avouris
    Pages 97-109

  11. Tip-Induced Modifications of Electronic and Atomic Structure

    • S. Ciraci
    Pages 111-119

  12. Field Emission from Single-Atom Protrusion Tips: Electron Spectroscopy and Local Heating

    • Vu Thien Binh, S. T. Purcell, G. Gardet, N. Garcia
    Pages 121-131

  13. Four-Point Resistance Measurements of Wires Written with a Scanning Tunneling Microscope

    • A. L. de Lozanne, E. E. Ehrichs, W. F. Smith
    Pages 133-137

  14. High Resolution Patterning with the STM

    • C. R. K. Marrian, E. A. Dobisz, J. M. Calvert
    Pages 139-148

  15. AFM Data Storage Using Thermomechanical Writing

    • H. J. Mamin, D. Rugar, R. Erlandsson
    Pages 149-151

  16. BEEM: A Probe of Nanoscale Modification

    • H. D. Hallen, R. A. Buhrman
    Pages 153-164

  17. Nanoscale Fashioning of Materials

    • R. Fabian Pease
    Pages 165-178

  18. Growth and In-Situ Processing of Low Dimensional Quantum Structures

    • J. L. Merz, P. M. Petroff
    Pages 179-190

  19. Quantum Dot Fabrication by Optical Lithography and Selective Etching

    • J. A. Adams, J. N. Wang, P. H. Beton, M. Henini
    Pages 191-197

  20. High Frequency (MHz) Nanoactuators for Tips and Tip-Arrays

    • N. C. MacDonald
    Pages 199-209
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About this book

This volume contains the proceedings of the conference on "Atomic and Nanometer Scale Modification of Materials: Fundamentals and Applications" which was co-sponsored by NATO and the Engineering Foundation, and took place in Ventura, California in August 1992. The goal of the organizers was to bring together and facilitate the exchange of information and ideas between researchers involved in the development of techniques for nanometer-scale modification and manipulation. theorists investigating the fundamental mech­ anisms of the processes involved in modification, and scientists studying the properties and applications of nanostructures. About seventy scientists from all over the world participated in the conference. It has been more than 30 years since Richard Feynman wrote his prophetic article: ''There is Plenty of Room at the Bottom" (Science and Engineering, 23, 22, 1960). In it he predicted that some day we should be able to store bits of information in structures composed of only 100 atoms or so, and thus be able to write all the information accumulated in all the books in the world in a cube of material one two-hundredths of an inch high. He went on to say, "the prin­ ciples of physics, as far as I can see, do not speak against the possibility of maneuvering things atom by atom. " Since that time there has been significant progress towards the realization of Feynman's dreams.

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  • IBM Research Division, T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, USA

    Phaedon Avouris

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