This book presents the unique mechanical, electrical, and optical properties of nanomaterials, which play an important role in the recent advances of energy-related applications.

Keeping nanoelectronics in focus, this book looks at interrelated fields namely nanomagnetics, nanophotonics, nanomechanics and nanobiotechnology, that go hand-in-hand or are likely to be utilized in future in various ways for backing up or strengthening nanoelectronics.

Graphene Nanoelectronics provides an overview of the most advanced topics in theory, experiments, spectroscopy and applications of graphene and its nanostructures. It is written in tutorial, review-like manner, yielding a book useful to experts as well as those new to the field.

This book provides a comprehensive summary of nanowire research in the past decade, from the nanowire synthesis, characterization, assembly, to the device applications.

This book covers the fundamentals of Helium Ion Microscopy (HIM) including the Gas Field Ion Source (GFIS), column and contrast formation. It also provides first hand information on nanofabrication and high resolution imaging. Relevant theoretical models and the existing simulation approaches are discussed in an extra section. The structure of the book allows the novice to get acquainted with the specifics of the technique needed to understand the more applied chapters in the second half of the volume. The expert reader will find a complete reference of the technique covering all important...

This book presents the physical and technical foundation of the state-of-the-art in applied scanning probe techniques. It constitutes a comprehensive overview of SPM applications. The chapters are written by leading researchers and application scientists.

The chapters in this volume relate to scanning probe microscopy techniques, characterization of various materials and structures and typical industrial applications, including topographic and dynamical surface studies of thin-film semiconductors, polymers, paper, ceramics, and magnetic and biological materials.

With chapters contributed by leading researchers, this comprehensive overview of the latest applied scanning probe techniques includes a strong section on biological applications and includes material from a number of industries for a fuller perspective.