Nanoengineered Assemblies and Advanced Micro/Nanosystems: Volume 820 (MRS Proceedings)

This volume combines the proceedings of Symposium O, Advanced Microsystems - Integration with Nanotechnology and Biology, and Symposium R, Three-Dimensional Nanoengineered Assemblies II, both from the 2004 MRS Spring Meeting in San Francisco. Many symposia have been organized on synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials, and on microfluidic and microelectronic systems. The papers from Symposium O, however, are unique because they offer an international perspective on the integration of advanced microsystems with biomaterials, and also provide the latest developments in nanomaterials and nanotechnology. The volume addresses scientific and technology challenges in materials science for advanced nano- and microsystems - self-assembled materials; interfacial sciences and novel microsystems/microdevices; nanoparticle synthesis and applications; nano-materials and nanofabrications in microsystems and microdevices; tissue engineering; integrated microanalysis; and nano- and biomicrosystems and devices. The goal of Symposium R was to advance the practice and progress of nanoengineering in three dimensions. Novel approaches to materials processing and applications for >2D structures that will advance present practice, even if they cannot yet be applied to the nanometer scale, are featured. Included are contact-based processing schemes such as soft lithography, template transfer, self assembly, biological or biomimetic interactions, and various mass transport processes. The manipulation of nanoparticles and plasmon processes is also addressed, as are three-dimensional photonic structures - even if they are not yet on the nanoscale.Borenstein, Jeffrey T. is the author of 'Nanoengineered Assemblies and Advanced Micro/Nanosystems: Volume 820 (MRS Proceedings)', published 2004 under ISBN 9781558997707 and ISBN 1558997709.