Nano Structures
Dimensions
Surfaces in atomic resolution
![Block-copolymer micelles Picture: H. Heinzelmann See also: nanonews January 2006](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Block-copolymer_micelles.jpg?1661777230)
![Cu-TBPP molecules on Cu(100) Size: 8.0 x 8.0 nm (Picture: C. Loppacher) Non-contact AFM / UHV Microscope, Group of Prof. E. Meyer](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Cu-TBPP_molecules_on_Cu_100_.png?1661777230)
![Cu-TBPP molecules on Cu(100) Size: 8.0 x 8.0 nm (Picture: C. Loppacher) Non-contact AFM / UHV Microscope, Group of Prof. E. Meyer See also: PRL, Vol. 90(6) (2003)](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Cu-TBPP_molecules_on_Cu_100_2.png?1661777230)
![Cu-TBPP molecules on Cu(100) Size: 8.0 x 8.0 nm (Picture: C. Loppacher) Non-contact AFM / UHV Microscope, Group of Prof. E. Meyer See also: PRL, Vol. 90(6) (2003)](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Cu-TBPP_molecules_on_Cu_100_3.png?1661777230)
![Graphite Graphite by Scanning Force Microscope (SFM)](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Graphite.jpg?1661777230)
![Monolayer of DMP (Monoporphyrin) on Ag(100) Size 12.2 x 9.1 nm, STM / Nanolab, Group Leader: Dr. T. Jung See also: Angew. Chem. 2004, 116](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Monolayer_of_DMP.png?1661777230)
![Monolayer of DMP (Monoporphyrin) on Ag(100) Size 12.2 x 9.1 nm, STM / Nanolab, Group Leader: Dr. T. Jung See also: Angew. Chem. 2004, 116](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Monolayer_of_DMP2.png?1661777230)
![Monolayer of DMP (Monoporphyrin) on Ag(100) Size 12.2 x 9.1 nm, STM / Nanolab, Group Leader: Dr. T. Jung See also: Angew. Chem. 2004, 116](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Monolayer_of_DMP3.png?1661777230)
![Monolayer of DMP (Monoporphyrin) on Ag(100) Size 12.2 x 9.1 nm, STM / Nanolab, Group Leader: Dr. T. Jung See also: Angew. Chem. 2004, 116](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Monolayer_of_DMP4.png?1661777230)
![Monolayer of DMP (Monoporphyrin) on Ag(100) Size 12.2 x 9.1 nm, STM / Nanolab, Group Leader: Dr. T. Jung See also: Angew. Chem. 2004, 116](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Monolayer_of_DMP5.jpg?1661777230)
![NaCl film grown on Cu(111) Size 9 x 9 nm, Picture: R.Bennewitz Non-contact AFM / UHV Microscope, Group of Prof. E. Meyer See also: Phys. Rev. B, 62, 2074, (2000)](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/NaCl_film_grown_on_Cu_111_.jpg?1661777230)
![NaCl film grown on Cu(111) Size 9 x 9 nm, Picture: R.Bennewitz Non-contact AFM / UHV Microscope, Group of Prof. E. Meyer See also: Phys. Rev. B, 62, 2074, (2000)](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/NaCl_film_grown_on_Cu_111_2.jpg?1661777230)
![Silicium-Atomes Silicium-Atomes visualized by Scanning Force Microscopy (Hans Joseph Hug)](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Silicium-Atomes.jpg?1661777230)
![Silicium-Atoms Silicium-Atoms visualized by Scanning Force Microscopy (Hans Joseph Hug)](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Silicium-Atomes2.jpg?1661777230)
![Silicium-Atoms Silicium-Atoms visualized by Scanning Force Microscopy (Hans Joseph Hug)](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Silicium-Atoms.jpg?1661777230)
![Silicon surface, Si(111) 7x7 Size: 5.00 x 5.00 nm, Picture: M. Lantz Non-contact low temperature AFM, Group of Prof. H. Hug See also: Phys. Rev. Lett., 84, 2642, 2000](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Silicon_surface.jpg?1661777230)
![Silicon surface, Si(111) 7x7 Size: 5.00 x 5.00 nm, Picture: M. Lantz Non-contact low temperature AFM, Group of Prof. H. Hug See also: Phys. Rev. Lett., 84, 2642, 2000](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Silicon_surface2.jpg?1661777230)
![Surface of Copper Size: 630x630 nm, non-contact UHV-AFM Microscope Group of Prof. E. Meyer Uni Basel (Photo: C. Loppacher)](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Surface_of_Copper.jpg?1661777230)
![Surface of Copper Size: 630x630 nm, non-contact UHV-AFM Microscope Group of Prof. E. Meyer Uni Basel (Photo: C. Loppacher)](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Surface_of_Copper2.png?1661777230)
Carbon Nanotubes
![Carbon nanotube on top of four gold electrodes See also: Module 4 – Molecular Electronics](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Carbon_nanotube_on_top_of_four_gold_electrodes.jpg?1661777866)
![CNT on a cantilever tip Scanning electron-microscopy (SEM) image of a carbon nanotube (CNT) attached to a cantilever tip](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/CNT_on_a_cantilever_tip_Scanning_electron-microscopy.jpg?1661777867)
![Growing of carbon nanotubes](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Growing_of_carbon_nanotubes.jpg?1661777867)
![Growing of carbon nanotubes](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Growing_of_carbon_nanotubes2.gif?1661777866)
![High-density carbon nanotubes Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) grown by chemical vapour deposition from microcontact printed catalysts. A high-density of uniform and very long CNTs can be obtained (Picture: Michel Calame, Zuqin Liu and Christian Schönenberger)](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/High-density_carbon_nanotubes_Carbon_nanotubes.jpg?1661777867)
![Model of a bucky ball (fulleren) and carbon nanotubes](/fileadmin/_processed_/c/e/csm_Model_of_a_bucky_ball_8e1629ead5.jpg?1661778073)
![Physics of Charge Transport in Carbon Nanotubes See also: nanonews January 2006](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Physics_of_Charge_Transport_in_Carbon_Nanotubes.gif?1661777867)
![Spiral Nanotubes](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Spiral_Nanotubes.jpg?1661777867)
![Tip of a multiwalled carbon nanotube](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Tip_of_a_multiwalled_carbon_nanotube.jpg?1661777867)
![Towers Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) forming "towers"](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Towers_Carbon_nanotubes__CNTs__forming_towers.jpg?1661777867)
Molecular Machinery and Devices
![Molecular machinery and devices (Foto: IBM) (Images provided by R. Schlittler, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, © IBM) See also: Module 1 – Nanobiology](/fileadmin/_processed_/4/2/csm_Molecular_machinery_and_devices1_dab9d1b2d6.jpg?1661778749)
Molecular machinery and devices (Foto: IBM) (Images provided by R. Schlittler, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, © IBM) See also: Module 1 – Nanobiology
![Molecular machinery and devices (Foto: IBM) (Images provided by R. Schlittler, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, © IBM) See also: Module 1 – Nanobiology](/fileadmin/_processed_/4/2/csm_Molecular_machinery_and_devices1_dab9d1b2d6.jpg?1661778749)
![Molecular machinery and devices (Foto: IBM) (Images provided by R. Schlittler, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, © IBM) See also: Module 1 – Nanobiology](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Molecular_machinery_and_devices2.jpg?1661778232)
![Molecular machinery and devices (Foto: IBM) (Images provided by R. Schlittler, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, © IBM) See also: Module 1 – Nanobiology](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Molecular_machinery_and_devices3.jpg?1661778232)
![Molecular machinery and devices (Foto: IBM) (Images provided by R. Schlittler, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, © IBM) See also: Module 1 – Nanobiology](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Molecular_machinery_and_devices4.jpg?1661778232)
![Nature as a model: Nanoturbines as energy sources of the cell (Andreas Engel) See also: Module 1 – Nanobiology](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/2/csm_Nanoturbines_as_energy_sources_of_the_cell_7acde5b993.jpg?1661778749)
Quantum Mechanical Systems
![Blue ring (Picture: K. Ensslin) See also: Module 2 – Quantum Computing and Quantum Coherence](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Blue_ring.jpg?1661778565)
![Microfabricated Au bridge See also: nanonews January 2006](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Microfabricated_Au_bridge.jpg?1661778565)
![Quantum dots (Picture: Ensslin) See also: Module 2 – Quantum Computing and Quantum Coherence](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Module_2_-_Quantum_Computing_and_Quantum_Coherence.jpg?1661778565)
![Quantum dots (Ensslin) See also: Module 2 – Quantum Computing and Quantum Coherence](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Quantum_dots.jpg?1661778566)
![Waves Quantum mechanical waves captured in a circle of single atoms](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Quantum_mechanical_waves.jpg?1661778565)
![Spin qubits with electrically gated polyoxometalate molecules Nature Nanotechnology, Vol. 2, No. 5, 312 - 317 See also: Online Journal](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Spin_qubits_with_electrically_gated_polyoxometalate_molecules.gif?1661778565)
![Coupled quantum dots Scanning electron-microscopy image of a System of five coupled quantum dots with a scheme of a QEC algorithm (Guido Burkhard](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/System_of_five_coupled_quantum_dots.gif?1661778565)
![Three-terminal quantum ring See also: nanonews January 2006](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Three-terminal_quantum_ring.jpg?1661778565)
Various
![Aspergillus niger spores (Picture: Martin Hegner)](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Aspergillus_niger_spores.jpg?1661779079)
![Imaging of the native asymmetric unit membrane (AUM) by contact mode scanning force microscopy (CMSFM)](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Asymmetric_unit_membrane.jpg?1661779079)
![Direct Stencil Type Lithography Copper lines with a width of 40 nm fabricated on a silicon wafer surface by the stenciling technique nanonews January 2006](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Direct_Stencil_Type_Lithography_Copper_lines.jpg?1661779079)
![Dry aqueous colloidal solution on the top of a gold electrode (Picture: Laetitia Bernard)](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Dry_aqueous_colloidal_solution.jpg?1661779079)
![Eyeglasses seen with scanning probe microscopy](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Eyeglasses.jpg?1661779079)
![Eyeglasses seen with scanning probe microscopy: Nanotechnology in quality control](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Eyeglasses_seen_with_scanning_probe_microscopy.jpg?1661779079)
![IBM logo written with single Xenon atoms](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/IBM_logo.jpg?1661779080)
![Inorganic Nanowires TEM image of Cu(OH)2 nanoribbons synthesized with addition of ammonia nanonews January 2006](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Inorganic_Nanowires.jpg?1661779080)
![model of the light-harvesting 1-reaction center (RC-LH1) complex (photo: Fotiadis et al., front cover from Journal of Biological Chemistry, January 16th, 2004) Journal of Biological Chemistry, January 16th, 2004](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/model_of_the_light-harvesting_1-reaction_center.jpg?1661779079)
![Nano-Art (Picture: Bert Hecht)](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Nano-Art.jpg?1661779079)
![Nanodiagnostic See also: nanonews 3, Cover Story](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Nanodiagnostic.jpg?1661779080)
![Native disk membranes isolated from mice TEM image of Cu(OH)2 nanoribbons synthesized with addition of ammonia nanonews January 2006](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Native_disk_membranes.jpg?1661779080)
![SEM I](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/SEM_I.jpg?1661779080)
![SEM II](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/SEM_II.jpg?1661779079)
![Fibroblasts](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/SFM_imaging_of_cultured_fibroblasts.jpg?1661779080)
![Simulations Snapshot of a computer simulation reproducing the sliding motion of a tip on a surface on the atomic scale](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Simulations_Snapshot_of_a_computer_simulation.jpg?1661779079)
![Submonolayer of DPDI Submonolayer of DPDI (4,9-diaminoperylene-quinone-3,10-diimine, a Perylen derivate) on Cu(111) surface. Under the influence of heat (300°C) a hexagonal network of Perylen-derivatives (DPDI) is formed. The emerging holes can be used to catch other molecules - here C60-molecules. (Picture: Meike Stöhr)](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Submonolayer_of_DPDI.jpg?1661779080)
![Resonant Optical Antennas](/fileadmin/user_upload/nanoscience/07_Outreach/Bilder/Nano_Structures/Resonant_Optical_Antennas.jpg?1661779079)