edited by Masatsugu Shimomura (Hokkaido University, Japan) & Teruya Ishihara (RIKEN, Japan)

This book deals with the broad spectrum of nanoscience and nanotechnology, where interdisciplinary collaboration is essential. Focuses are placed on materials (nanoparticles, dendrimer, CNT), fabrication (LB film, SAM, alternative adsorption, microcontact printing, photofabrication) and characterization (scanning probe microscopy and electron microscopy) on the nanoscale. Emerging applications to nanophotonics and nanobionics are discussed as well.

The proceedings have been selected for coverage in:

• Materials Science Citation Index®

• Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings)

• Characteristics and Micropatterning of Spin Self-Assembled Ultrathin Multilayers (K Char et al.)
• High Density Diamond Whisker Fabrication and Suppression of Secondary Electron Emission by Whiskers (D Jeon et al.)
• Preparation and Stability of the Nanochains Consisting of Copper Nanoparticles and PVA Nanofiber (C Wang et al.)
• Properties of ZnO Nanotetrapods (J Kang et al.)
• Fabrication of CdS Dot Array Using Polymer Honeycomb Template (N Fukuda & M Shimomura)
• Deep UV Photopatterning of Self-Assembled Monolayer and Its Application in Bioelectronic Device (S Y Oh et al.)
• Resonant Light Transmission in Metallic Photonic Crystal Slabs (X Luo & T Ishihara)
• Electric Conductivity of Nucleic Acid Polymer Monolayer (Y Hashimoto et al.)
• Nanoscale Friction and Related Tribological Phenomena at Solid Interfaces (T Kawaguchi & H Matsukawa)
• and other papers