Anne Marcovich and Terry Shinn
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780198714613
- eISBN:
- 9780191782923
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198714613.003.0002
- Subject:
- Physics, History of Physics
Nanoscale scientific research suddenly arose during the 1980s and 1990s. It now constitutes an immense worldwide research domain. It is based on the invention of scanning probe microscopy and ...
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Nanoscale scientific research suddenly arose during the 1980s and 1990s. It now constitutes an immense worldwide research domain. It is based on the invention of scanning probe microscopy and powerful numerical simulation, and on the capacity to manipulate individual molecules and atoms. The capacity of nanoscale research to synthesize artificial substances, often through epitaxy, such as fullerenes and low-dimensional objects, has fueled important transformations in scientific investigation and allowed the formulation of previously unimagined questions. The emergence of nanostructured materials and corresponding instrumentation has been fueled by cognitive, methodological, instrumental, and material combinatorials. “Combinatorial” refers to an association or interlocking of two or more components that give rise to a resulting novelty in the form of a synergy.Less
Nanoscale scientific research suddenly arose during the 1980s and 1990s. It now constitutes an immense worldwide research domain. It is based on the invention of scanning probe microscopy and powerful numerical simulation, and on the capacity to manipulate individual molecules and atoms. The capacity of nanoscale research to synthesize artificial substances, often through epitaxy, such as fullerenes and low-dimensional objects, has fueled important transformations in scientific investigation and allowed the formulation of previously unimagined questions. The emergence of nanostructured materials and corresponding instrumentation has been fueled by cognitive, methodological, instrumental, and material combinatorials. “Combinatorial” refers to an association or interlocking of two or more components that give rise to a resulting novelty in the form of a synergy.
Anne Marcovich and Terry Shinn
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780198714613
- eISBN:
- 9780191782923
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198714613.003.0003
- Subject:
- Physics, History of Physics
The introduction of scanning probe microscopy to scientific research sparked a “gold rush” over the next fifteen years in which hundreds and then thousands of publications were produced on nano ...
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The introduction of scanning probe microscopy to scientific research sparked a “gold rush” over the next fifteen years in which hundreds and then thousands of publications were produced on nano instrumentation. Massive research also focused on the surface topography, properties, and behavior of single molecules. The capacity of nano instruments to control materials and to tailor them has led to the development of a new nanoscale specialty, epitaxy. In nanoscale scientific research, new horizons of collaborations functioned between epitaxy and metrological experimentation. For the first time, questions are not limited by the dictates of nature; artificial objects are designed and constructed in response to questions. In this effort, numerical simulation and metrological experimentation often work together—an instance of a combinatorial.Less
The introduction of scanning probe microscopy to scientific research sparked a “gold rush” over the next fifteen years in which hundreds and then thousands of publications were produced on nano instrumentation. Massive research also focused on the surface topography, properties, and behavior of single molecules. The capacity of nano instruments to control materials and to tailor them has led to the development of a new nanoscale specialty, epitaxy. In nanoscale scientific research, new horizons of collaborations functioned between epitaxy and metrological experimentation. For the first time, questions are not limited by the dictates of nature; artificial objects are designed and constructed in response to questions. In this effort, numerical simulation and metrological experimentation often work together—an instance of a combinatorial.
