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Swiss Nanoscience Institute

Nano structures

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Graphite by eye

Graphite by eye

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Graphite by electron microscopy

Graphite by scanning force microscopy (Nanosurf)

Surfaces in atomic resolution

Block-copolymer micelles Picture: H. Heinzelmann See also: nanonews January 2006

Block-copolymer micelles Picture: H. Heinzelmann See also: nanonews January 2006

Block-copolymer micelles Picture: H. Heinzelmann See also: nanonews January 2006

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

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)

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)

Graphite Graphite by Scanning Force Microscope (SFM)

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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)

Silicium-Atomes Silicium-Atomes visualized by Scanning Force Microscopy (Hans Joseph Hug)

Silicium-Atoms Silicium-Atoms visualized by Scanning Force Microscopy (Hans Joseph Hug)

Silicium-Atoms Silicium-Atoms visualized by Scanning Force Microscopy (Hans Joseph Hug)

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

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

Surface of Copper Size: 630x630 nm, non-contact UHV-AFM Microscope Group of Prof. E. Meyer Uni Basel (Photo: C. Loppacher)

Surface of Copper Size: 630x630 nm, non-contact UHV-AFM Microscope Group of Prof. E. Meyer Uni Basel (Photo: C. Loppacher)

Carbon nanotubes

Carbon nanotube on top of four gold electrodes See also: Module 4 – Molecular Electronics

Carbon nanotube on top of four gold electrodes See also: Module 4 – Molecular Electronics

Carbon nanotube on top of four gold electrodes See also: Module 4 – Molecular Electronics

CNT on a cantilever tip Scanning electron-microscopy (SEM) image of a carbon nanotube (CNT) attached to a cantilever tip

Growing of carbon nanotubes

Growing of carbon nanotubes

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)

Model of a bucky ball (fulleren) and carbon nanotubes

Physics of Charge Transport in Carbon Nanotubes See also: nanonews January 2006

Spiral Nanotubes

Tip of a multiwalled carbon nanotube

Towers Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) forming "towers"

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

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

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

Molecular machinery and devices (Foto: IBM) (Images provided by R. Schlittler, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, © IBM) See also: Module 1 – Nanobiology

Nature as a model: Nanoturbines as energy sources of the cell (Andreas Engel) See also: Module 1 – Nanobiology

Quantum mechanical systems

Blue ring (Picture: K. Ensslin) See also: Module 2 – Quantum Computing and Quantum Coherence

Blue ring (Picture: K. Ensslin) See also: Module 2 – Quantum Computing and Quantum Coherence

Blue ring (Picture: K. Ensslin) See also: Module 2 – Quantum Computing and Quantum Coherence

Microfabricated Au bridge See also: nanonews January 2006

Quantum dots (Picture: Ensslin) See also: Module 2 – Quantum Computing and Quantum Coherence

Quantum dots (Ensslin) See also: Module 2 – Quantum Computing and Quantum Coherence

Waves Quantum mechanical waves captured in a circle of single atoms

Spin qubits with electrically gated polyoxometalate molecules Nature Nanotechnology, Vol. 2, No. 5, 312 - 317 See also: Online Journal

Coupled quantum dots Scanning electron-microscopy image of a System of five coupled quantum dots with a scheme of a QEC algorithm (Guido Burkhard

Three-terminal quantum ring See also: nanonews January 2006

Various

Aspergillus niger spores (Picture: Martin Hegner)

Aspergillus niger spores (Picture: Martin Hegner)

Aspergillus niger spores (Picture: Martin Hegner)

Imaging of the native asymmetric unit membrane (AUM) by contact mode scanning force microscopy (CMSFM) — Asymmetric unit membrane (AUM) Imaging of the native asymmetric unit membrane (AUM) by contact mode scanning force microscopy (CMSFM) SFM reconstruction based on averaging over 100 plaque particles each for the luminal and cytoplasmic face of the asymmetric unit membrane (AUM) of urine bladder epithelium. The luminal side (upper left half in orange) of particles protrudes about 6.5nm relative to the lipid bilayer and the cytoplasmic face (lower right half in blue) only 0.5nm, hence the name "asymmetric unit membrane". Averages are based on contact mode SFM imaging in buffer solution. These particles form 2D crystalline plaques in situ. Center to center distance: 16nm

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

Dry aqueous colloidal solution on the top of a gold electrode (Picture: Laetitia Bernard)

Eyeglasses seen with scanning probe microscopy

Eyeglasses seen with scanning probe microscopy: Nanotechnology in quality control

IBM logo written with single Xenon atoms

Inorganic Nanowires TEM image of Cu(OH)2 nanoribbons synthesized with addition of ammonia nanonews January 2006

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

Nano-Art (Picture: Bert Hecht)

Nanodiagnostic See also: nanonews 3, Cover Story

Native disk membranes isolated from mice TEM image of Cu(OH)2 nanoribbons synthesized with addition of ammonia nanonews January 2006

SEM I

SEM II

Fibroblasts — Fibroblasts SFM imaging of cultured fibroblasts SFM imaging of rat-2 fibroblasts under optimal culture conditions. Confluent cells exhibiting their actin stress fiber network tightly adhering to the cytoplasmic face of the plasma membrane are depicted. (Picture: Tobias Reichlin)

Simulations Snapshot of a computer simulation reproducing the sliding motion of a tip on a surface on the atomic scale — Snapshot of a computer simulation reproducing the sliding motion of a tip on a surface on the atomic scale

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)

Resonant Optical Antennas — Resonant Optical Antennas Left: local intensity in resonant and off-resonant dipole antennas. Scale bar 200 nm Right: antenna structure at the apex of an atomic force microscopy tip nanonews January 2006

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