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5.2
Surface Stabilisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Low-Dimensional Nanostructures
6. 5.3 Surface Reactivity and Catalysis . . . . . . . . . . 100 xi FM
109
6.1 From 3D to 0D Nanostructures . . . . . . . . . . . 109
6.2 Electron Transport Properties in Low
Dimensional Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
6.3 Quantum Dots, Quantum Wires . . . . . . . . . . 131
7. Formation and Self-Assembly at the Nanoscale 141
7.1 Some Basic Thermodynamic Definitions . . . . . . 141
7.2 The Bottom-Up Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
7.3 The Self-Assembly Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

8. Nanotools and Nanofabrication 159
8.1 Optical Microscopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
8.2 Electron Microscopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
8.3 Scanning Probe Microscopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
8.4 Optical Tweezers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

9. Future Trends 201
9.1 Nanotechnology and the Developing World . . . . 202
9.2 Beyond Moore’s Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
9.3 Spintronics and Surface Chemistry . . . . . . . . . 204
9.4 Carbon Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Index 211