Overview
- Provides an overview of the latest miniaturization trends for mechanics
- Written and edited by world-renowned experts on ultra-miniaturization technology
- Introduces students and researchers to the latest advances in miniaturization of Mechanics at all scales
Part of the book series: Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines (AASMM)
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Table of contents (14 papers)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book presents mechanics miniaturization trends explored step by step, starting with the example of the miniaturization of a mechanical calculator. The ultra-miniaturization of mechanical machinery is now approaching the atomic scale. In this book, molecule-gears, trains of molecule-gears, and molecule motors are studied -one molecule at a time- on a solid surface, using scanning probe manipulation protocols and in solution as demonstrated in the European project "MEMO". All scales of mechanical machinery are presented using the various lithography techniques currently available, from the submillimeter to the nanoscale. Researchers and nanomechanical engineers will find new inspirations for the construction of minute mechanical devices which can be used in diverse hostile environments, for example under radiation constraints, on the surface membrane of a living cell or immersed in liquid. The book is presented in a format accessible for university students, in particular for those at the Master and PhD levels.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Christian Joachim is the Director of Research at the Nanosciences Group in CEMES/CNRS, and an Adjunct Professor of Quantum Physics at ISAE Sup’Aero in Toulouse. In Singapore, he was A*STAR VIP at IMRE for atom technology and he now serves as the Head of the WPI MANA-NIMS satellite in Toulouse. He coordinated the integrated European projects “Bottom-up Nanomachines,” “Pico-Inside” and “AtMol” (2011–2014), whose objective was to prepare the construct of the first ever molecular chip. He is the author of more than 300 scientific publications and has given over 400 invited talks on electron transfer through a molecule, STM and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) image calculations, tunnel transport through a molecule, molecular devices, nanolithography, and single-molecule machines.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Building and Probing Small for Mechanics
Editors: Christian Joachim
Series Title: Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56777-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56776-7Published: 12 September 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56779-8Published: 13 September 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-56777-4Published: 11 September 2020
Series ISSN: 2193-9691
Series E-ISSN: 2193-9705
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 232
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 137 illustrations in colour
Topics: Nanochemistry, Microengineering, Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films, Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra, Applied and Technical Physics