Contents 1 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.2 Matter Waves . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....

Abstract The following article is an edited transcript based on the MRS Medalist presentation given by Charles M. Lieber of Harvard University on December 4, 2002, at the Materials Research Society Fall Meeting in Boston. Lieber received the Medal “for controlled synthesis of nanowire and ....

Nanoscale Science and Technology Contents List of contributors xii Preface xiv Chapter authors xvi 1 Generic methodologies for nanotechnology: classification and fabrication 1 1.1 Introduction and classification 1 1.1.1 What is nanotechnology? 1 1.1.2 Classification of nanostructures 1 1.....

1 Introduction 8 1.1 Motivation: biomolecules in scientifi c context 8 1.2 Length scale of transport 10 1.3 Biomolecule transport example: engineered microdevices 11 1.4 Structure of this e-book 13 2 Biomolecules and their electrical properties 14 2.1 Biomolecules in cells 14 2.2 Biomolecules....

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