Publisher's Synopsis
The techniques of micro and nano fabrication have been successfully applied to a wide range of mechanical, electromechanical and purely structural devices. The first half of this book takes an example of an atomic scale device whose exact form is crucial to its performance. Through examining the details of the manufacturing techniques available and how they affect both the composition and the shape of the device, you will discover just how inextricably the design of the device itself is connected to the methods used in its manufacture. The second half goes a stage further, and looks at an inertial sensor, so unrecognizable as to demand an answer to the question 'why are successful micro and nano engineered devices not simply miniature, scaled-down versions of their conventional counterparts?' Indeed, they cannot be so. The laws of nature, although universal, make the world at these small scales quite alien to our common experience.The audio CD and DVD refered to in this book unfortunately are not available for sale due to copyright restrictions.
