Author :
Chikichev, Sergei I.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mol. Beam Epitaxy, Russian Acad. of Sci., Novosibirsk
Abstract :
It is evident that a four-letter prefix of Greek origin "nano" is one of the most frequently used in scientific publications as well as in the mass media in recent years. The present review is purported to show that at nanoscale almost all branches of natural sciences effectively merge and so the natural philosophy is coming back. Moreover, the immense potential of nanotechnology sits exactly in synergetic inter-disciplinary effect. Some examples are provided from semiconductor physics and technology, as well as from biophysics, biochemistry and metallurgy to illustrate the main idea of the present work.
Keywords :
biochemistry; metallurgy; molecular biophysics; nanobiotechnology; nanoelectronics; nanolithography; Greek origin; biochemistry field; biophysics field; mass media; metallurgical fields; nanotechnology; natural philosophy; natural sciences; scientific publications; semiconductor physics; synergetic inter-disciplinary effect; Biochemistry; Biophysics; Chemistry; Flash memory; High-K gate dielectrics; Humans; Molecular beam epitaxial growth; Nanobioscience; Physics; Semiconductor materials;
Conference_Titel :
Strategic Technologies, 2008. IFOST 2008. Third International Forum on
Conference_Location :
Novosibirsk-Tomsk
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2319-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2320-0
DOI :
10.1109/IFOST.2008.4602939
