Nanostructures Based on Molecular Materials: Arising from a Workshop on Nanostructures Based Upon Molecular Materials Held in October, 1991

This material on nanostructures (their observation, manipulation and control) arises from a workshop held in 1991. Included in the topics are the Langmuir-Blodgett technique, molecular electronics, the design of specific molecules and the characterization of molecular structures (STM and photoemission spectroscopy). The book is intended to be of use to both specialists and newcomers to the field of nanotechnologies.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 Design of molecular functional units: molecular dual-path electron transfer of the photosynthetic metalloprotein plastocyamin from plants and a blue-green bacterium, H.E.M. Christensen et al; photo-electric conversion with Langmuir-Blodgett films, M. Fujihira; organic low dimensional system -: ESPRIT BR Action OLDS, E.G. Wilson; the cellular automation and shift register - concepts of electronics on a molecular level, S. Roth; molecular electronics - information techniques with functional molecular units, A. Naebauer et al; semi-conductor nanotechnologies - tools for molecular processing. Part 2 Design and synthesis of specific molecules: molecular materials for nanoelectronics and nanophotonics - a quantum chemistry insight, J.L. Bredas; polymer nanomaterials - ionic conductivity, relaxation and chromophore nonlinear optics, D. Li et al; switching molecules for molecular electronics - ESPRIT BR Action MOLSWITCH, K. Schaumburg et al. Part 3 Assembly of molecules: polyion complexed Langmuir-Blodgett films, M. Fujihira and Y. Gotoh; Langmuir-Blodgett films - a route to molecular electronics, I.R. Peterson; building up two-dimensional molecular networks by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique, F. Porteu and S. Palacin; investigation of alignment properties of Langmuir-Blodgett films, Y. Wei and J. Fang; artificially made polar structures, L.M. Blinov; intrinsic molecular semiconductory - design, electrical and magnetic properties, J.J. Andre; submicronic molecular wires - electron and energy conduction at the nanometer scale, J. Simon; transition metal soaps - composite inorganic-organic materials for columnar liquid crystals and gels, J.C. Marchon et al. Part 4 Characterization of molecular structures: change transport in metal/organic/metal-microstructures, M. Stoldt et al; characterization and modification of molecular materials by scanning tunneling microscopy, J.P. Rabe; photoemission spectroscopy - a basic tool for the study of molecular materials, W.R. Salaneck et al; interface engineering of molecular materials, W. Goepel.