Research on the nanoscale has led to the development of completely novel materials that will undoubtedly find numerous applications. With eight volumes plus an index, the Nanotechnology series collates the entire academic knowledge on this multidisciplinary topic, linking current and future uses in engineering, electronics, medical and life sciences, chemistry, materials science and analysis.
This third volume within the series covers the concepts of potential future advances of the semiconductor technology right up to their physical limits, as well as alternative concepts which may one day augment the semiconductor technology, or even replace it in designated areas.
Clearly divided into three parts, the first introduces the basic principles and theory, with chapters on the mesoscopic transport of electrons, single electron effects and processes dominated by the electron spin. Part Two, Nanofabrication Methods, begins with the prospects of various optical and non-optical lithography techniques, goes on to describe the manipulation of nanosized objects by probe methods, and concludes with chemistry- and biology-based bottom-up concepts. The third part on high-density memories begins with a look at the future potential of such current memories as flash and DRAM before reporting on the perspectives for resistive RAM, such as phase-change and electrochemical metallization RAM.
An authoritative must-have reference for all scientists.
