Page 15 - Semiconductor For Micro- and Nanotechnology An Introduction For Engineers

ory needed to predict the behavior of devices made in silicon or other
semiconducting materials, the building blocks of modern electronics.
Our book wraps up the tour with a practical engineering note: We look at
how the various sub-systems interact to produce the observable behavior
of the semiconductor. To enrich the subject matter, we tie up the theory
with concise boxed topics interspersed in the text.

There are many people to thank for their contributions, and for their help
or support. To the Albert Ludwig University for creating a healthy
research environment, and for granting one of us (Korvink) sabbatical
leave. To Ritsumeikan University in Kusatsu, Japan, and especially to
Prof. Dr. Osamu Tabata, who hosted one of us (Korvink) while on sabbat-
ical and where one chapter of the book was written. To the ETH Zurich
and especially to Prof. Dr. Henry Baltes, who hosted one of us (Korvink)
while on sabbatical and where the book project was wrapped up. To Prof.
Dr. Evgenii Rudnyi, Mr. Takamitsu Kakinaga, Ms. Nicole Kerness and
Mr. Sadik Hafizovic for carefully reading through the text and finding
many errors. To the anonymous reviewers for their invaluable input. To
Ms. Anne Rottler for inimitable administrative support. To VCH-Wiley
for their deadline tolerance, and especially to Dr. Jörn Ritterbusch and his
team for support. To Micheline and Cristina for enduring our distracted
glares at home as we fought the clock (the calendar) to finish, and for
believing in us.

Jan G. Korvink and Andreas Greiner,
Freiburg im Breisgau,
February 2002

14 Semiconductors for Micro and Nanosystem Technology