Nanoprobe Network » Scanned Probe Microscopies http://nanoprobenetwork.org An interactive, international virtual community dedicated to the science and technology of nano and bio scanning probes Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:11:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 A Decade of Nanotechnology: the role of local probes http://nanoprobenetwork.org/general/a-decade-of-nanotechnology-the-role-of-local-probes http://nanoprobenetwork.org/general/a-decade-of-nanotechnology-the-role-of-local-probes#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:13:29 +0000 dawnbonnell http://nanoprobenetwork.org/?p=974 Last year marked the 10th year of the National Nanotechnology Initiative in the US and similar initiatives in many other countries. The anniversary inspired reports that summarized the accomplishments and impact of the advances as well as a conference in Washington DC that highlighted outcomes.

The role of scanning probes, local measurements and metrology at the nanoscale has been critical in forwarding fundamental science and in enabling device manufacture.  While SPM is in its 20-25th year, the last decade witnessed a dramatic expansion of interactions and properties that can be probed at high spatial resolution. In fact I have argued that we are at the onset of a new ‘nano probe ere’ in which properties resolved  at molecular resolution in the time scale of dynamic processes will once again impact our view of the physical world.

See the following for more information.

Nanotechnology Innovation Summit

http://www.nsti.org/events/NNI/

Nanotechnology Long-term Impacts and Research Directions: 2000-2020

http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/NSFnano2/100930/

Pushing the Limits of Functional Imaging to Probe Properties Atomic Scale

D. Bonnell ACS Nano, 2 (2008) 1753

Probing Physical Properties at the Nanoscale
M. J. Brukman, D. A. Bonnell   Physics Today 61 (2008) 36-4

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