Surface Science in Nanotechnology

摘要

Nanotechnology originates from the ability of researchers to manipulate matter at the nanometer scale and has resulted in materials with novel and significantly improved physical, chemical, and biological properties. Nanotechnology implies the control of matter at the atomic and molecular level and is requiring researchers to work across boundaries of classical disciplines, including social sciences and education. Figure 1 gives a very basic scheme of the interdisciplinary character of nanotechnology by showing the overlaps between nanotechnology and fields of applications. This scheme should however be regarded as a three dimensional construction because all these fields also overlap each other.