Nanomechanical Systems

The concept of Nanotechnology, namely, the ability
to mass produce atomic-scale machines, was first
publicly envisioned by Richard Feynman in Pasadena,
California, at a lecture more than 40 years ago.
This famous talk entitled "Plenty of room at the
bottom", given by Dr. Feynman in the 1959 APS
meeting, has inspired generations of scientists and
engineers to study the tiny machines at the
nanometer scale. The research work that culminates
into this book is one more small piece of
advancement added to this long-lasting pursuit and
adventure. It is absolutely amazing to see Feynman s
visionary predictions coming into reality piece by piece over the decades. In part, the efforts are for
mental entertainment, as Feynman advocated in his
lectures. However, this emerging field is indeed
finding practical applications. And these
(potential) applications result in a flow of
resources including manpower and research funding
into what is now called "nanotechnology".

Autorentext

Ph.D., Condensed Matter Physics, California Institute of Technology (2004). This book is revised from Dr. Huang's Ph.D. thesis, studying nanomechanics. Dr. Huang is currently at Nantero, Inc., working on carbon nanotube based nanodevices.

Klappentext

The concept of Nanotechnology, namely, the ability to mass produce atomic-scale machines, was first publicly envisioned by Richard Feynman in Pasadena, California, at a lecture more than 40 years ago. This famous talk entitled "Plenty of room at the bottom", given by Dr. Feynman in the 1959 APS meeting, has inspired generations of scientists and engineers to study the tiny machines at the nanometer scale. The research work that culminates into this book is one more small piece of advancement added to this long-lasting pursuit and adventure. It is absolutely amazing to see Feynman's visionary predictions coming into reality piece by piece over the decades. In part, the efforts are for mental entertainment, as Feynman advocated in his lectures. However, this emerging field is indeed finding practical applications. And these (potential) applications result in a flow of resources including manpower and research funding into what is now called "nanotechnology".