How far are we from realizing practical benefits from nanotechnology?















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"We would like to thank professors Ronald Andres (Chemical Engineering), Supriyo Datta (Electrical Engineering), Robert Gunshor (Electrical Engineering), David Janes (Electrical Engineering) and Ronald Reifenberger (Physics) for their many helpful comments and suggestions in preparing these remarks. Interested readers may want to explore these references."

Fabrication of Submicrometer Features on Curved Substrates by Microcontact Printing. R. J. Jackman, J. L. Wilbur and G. M. Whitesides in Science, Vol. 269, pages 664-666; August 4, 1995.

"Coulomb Staircase" at Room Temperature in a Self-Assembled Molecular Nanostructure. R. P. Andres, T. Bein, M. Dorogi, S. Feng, J. I. Henderson, C. P. Kubiak, W. Mahoney, R. G. Osifchin and R. Reifenberger in Science, Vol. 272, pages 1323-1325; May 31, 1996.

Room Temperature Operation of a Single Electron Transistor Made by the Scanning Tunneling Microscope Nanooxidation Process for the TiOx/Ti System. K. Matsumoto, M. Ishii, K. Segawa, Y. Oka, B. J. Vartanian and J. S. Harris in Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 68, No. 1, pages 34-36; January 1, 1996



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