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Centro di Eccellenza per la Preparazione -Sviluppo e Caratterizzazione- di Materiali e Superfici Nanostrutturate

Università degli Studi di Trieste
Principal Investigator
Renzo ROSEI Università degli Studi di TRIESTE
Research Objectives
4.1 IntroductionIn the last decade, the development of electron microscopes with extremely high resolution, the availability of X-Ray microscopes at the third generation synchrotron radiation facilities and above all the exceptional possibilities offered by the Scanning Tunneling Microscopes, have radically changed the way we conceive and interact with matter at the level of single atoms and molecules. The structure and operating principles of the new experimental methods have encouraged the exploration of the nanometric world much above the simple conventional microscopic imaging. Modern techniques, based on "scanning probe" instruments, make it possible to perform surface engineering at the level of single atoms, molecules and chemical bonds, yielding therefore instruments that operate at the extreme spacial limits of the fabrication processes. It has thus become possible to investigate the chemical/physical, electronic and mechanic properties of single adsorbed molecules, without using the standard statistichal methods.The progress in this field has been so fast to suggest the possibility of a completely new way to tackle the nanofabrication problems: the bottom-up approach could be eventually competing with the conventional top-down one for the development of future nanotechnologies. The top-down method refers to the attempt of continuing the miniaturization process via a simple extension of the already available microfabrication processes. The bottom-up approach>>>