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xiv Preface

generation, propagation, and detection of surface plasmons, and emerging
devices based on them.
The book assumes a preparation at the advanced
undergraduate/beginning graduate student level in Physics, Electrical
Engineering, Materials Science, and Mechanical Engineering. It was
particularly conceived with the aim of providing newcomers with a much
needed coherent scientific base for undertaking study and research in the
NanoMEMS field. Thus, the book takes great pains in rendering transparent
advanced physical concepts and techniques, such as quantum information,
second quantization, Lüttinger liquids, bosonization, and superconductivity.
It is also hoped that the book will be useful to faculty developing/teaching
courses emphasizing physics and applications of nanotechnology, and to
Nanotechnology researchers engaged in analyzing, modeling, and designing
NanoMEMS-based devices, circuits and systems.