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NANOTECHNOLOGY: VIEWS AND VISION

Links to Information From Across the World Wide Web

• Views of the Present and Visions of the Future

  • Definition and Introduction to Nanotechnology (The Foresight Institute)
  • Institute of Nanotechnology
  • Introduction to Core Concepts of Molecular Nanotechnology and links to further reading (Zyvex Corporation)
  • Nanopolis Portal: reflects interaction between research, industry and education in nanotechnology, synchrotron light and neutronics
  • Scientific American News on Nanotech
  • Nanotechnology Research, Portals and Sites: America, Europe, Asia, Australia
  • NANO QUEST: Nanotech news from AT&T
  • SmallTimes: Big News in Small Tech
  • NANODOT: News and discussions of coming technologies
  • Whither Nanotechnology? (Loyola University)
  • Wired Scenarios - The Museum of Nanotechnology
  • Nanotechnology Resources: Tutorials & Links, Companies, Institutes & Laboratories, etc.
  • NANOTECHNOLOGY NOW: Nanotechnology basics, news and general information; consulting, technology monitoring and in-depth analysis, plus news briefs and breaking developments in the nanosciences
  • Nanomedicine and Nanobiology portal: recent literature, scientist rankings, links, jobs and much more

 

• Nanotechnology Research: State of the Art

  • IBM – Nanotechnology Research: Serious Science: Nanotechnology Projects: STM, Carbon Nanotubes, AFM, etc.
  • Nanotechnology Gallery – NASA Ames Research Center: Comprehensive, illustrated and animated overview, including: Definition, What is Ahead, Carbon Nanotubes, Nanotechnology for NASA Missions, etc. 
  • NANOTECHNOLOGY NOW: College & University Nanoscale Science, Technology and Engineering Programs
  • National Nanotechnology Initiative  (U.S. government) 
  • Sandia National Laboratories: Thinking Big in a Nano-sized World
  • NanoTechCafe: Nanotechnology Universities, Academic Groups & Research Labs
  • STM at Sljus: ‘Surface Science’ with Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy 

 

• Research in Areas that CAN Deals With

  • Molecular Beam Epitaxy
    • What is Molecular Beam Epitaxy?
    • Exploring Nanotechnology: Crystal Growth via MBE
  • Optoelectronics
    • Clemson University Laboratory for Nanotechnology: Nano-photonics, nano-electronics, quantum computing
    • Massachusets Institute of Technology: The Semiconductor Subway
  • Physics, Chemistry and Technology of Nanometre-scale Structures
    • Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University: Fullerene nanowires and nanotubes, probes, etc.
  • Quantum Mechanics and Phenomena
    • An Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
    • Centre for Molecular Modelling: Quantum Chemistry Page
    • Roukes Laboratory, Caltech: Explorations with three-dimensional nanostructures in physics, engineering, and biology; research directions with nanometer-scale structures: MEMS, energy transport in mesoscopic systems, spin physics, quantum computing, nanofabrication, etc.

 

• Tutorials
  • Nanocomputers: Dept. of  Microelectronics and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg Picture Gallery and Nanocomputers Tutorial (Cellular automaton, genetic algorithms, quantum computing, etc.)
  • Quantum Computing and Quantum Communication: Centre for Quantum Computation Introduction and Tutorials: "Machines, Logic and Quantum Physics",  "Quantum Entanglement", etc.
  • Educational Java Applets for Semiconductors: Dept. of Electrical Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo (Simulation applets on Crystal Structure, Device fabrication, Digital circuits, MOS memories (SRAM, DRAM) - and many more topics!

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