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Nanotechnology Terminology
written by Dr. Daisuke Fujita


Definition of Nanotechnology:

We call it "nanotechnology" only if it involves all of the following:

1. Research and technology development at the atomic, molecular or macromolecular levels, in the length scale of approximately 1 - 100 nanometer range.

2. Creating and using structures, devices and systems that have novel properties and functions because of their size on the nanometer scale.

3. Ability to control or manipulate on the atomic scale

The above definition is based on that of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI).

1. Nanotechnology

2. Scanning Probe Microscopy

3. Nanometer-scale Physics.



Links


Academic Research Group

Bustamante's Group
Dawn Bonnell Group at the University of Pennsylvania
Eric Altman (Chemical Engineering, Yale University)
Guckenberger's Group
Heckl's DNA Group
Helen Hansma's Group
Institute of Food Research Norwich
Jan Hoh's Laboratory
Laboratory for Molecular Robotics
Laboratory of Biophysics and Surface Analysis
Mark Welland's Group (Nanoscale Science Lab, Dept. of Engineering, University of Cambridge)
Nanoworld (The University of Queensland )
NCCR-NANO
Paul Hansma's Group
Prof. Iwasaki's group, Osaka University
Prof. C.M. Lieber Group (Harvard University)
Prof. Christian Joachim's Group (CEMES/CNRS)
Prof. H.-J. Guentherodt's Group
Prof. Richard Berndt's Group (Kiel University)
Prof. Roland Wiesendanger's Group (Hamburg University)
Prof. Seizo Morita's Group (Osaka University)
Prof. Shuji Hasegawa's Group (University of Tokyo)
Prof. Yukio Hasegwa's Group (University of Tokyo)
Stephan's Home page
The Traveling Photon
University of Leuven
University of Manitoba SPM Laboratory
Walter Smith's Lab


Manufacturer

Asylum Research
Infinitesima
JEOL
JPK Instruments
Molecular Imaging
Nanofactory Instruments
Nanosurf
Nanotec Electronica
NT-MDT Co. (Molecular Devices and Tools for NanoTechnology)
OMICRON Nanotechnology
Pacific Scanning Corporation
Quesant Instrument Corporati
SSI NanoTechnology Inc
UNISOKU
Veeco
WITec


Supplier

Advanced Surface Microscopy, Inc. (Don Chernoff)
Atomic Force F&E
Bioforce Laboratory
MikroMasch
Nanotools GmbH
Novascan Technologies
Silicon-MDT
CAPRES A/S (Denmark)


Microscopy

Guide to Microscopy and Microanalysis on the Internet
The Internet Resource for NanoScience & NanoTechnology in Switzerland and Elsewhere
World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Microscopy


Commercial SPM Group

IBM


Image Processing

Image Metrology
Nanotec Electronica
ScienceGL


Educational

John Cross's SPM Site


Nanotechnology

IRC in Nanotechnology
National Nanotechnology Initiative (USA)
Nanotechweb
The Institute of Nanotechnology
IEEE Nanotechnology Council (USA)


Journals

Advanced Materials
Applied Physics Letters
Applied Surface Science
Journal of Electron Microscopy
Journal of Surface Analysis
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology (IOP)
Nano Letters
Nature
Nature Materials
Physical Review Letters
Physical Review B
Review of Scientific Insruments
Science

Surface Science

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