This front line reference investigates nanostructured surfaces, invisible to the naked eye. Machinery and processes explained in a logical fashion. Students and professionals will benefit from the knowledge imparted by the prominent authors.

Part One Top-Down Strategy 1 Top-Down Fabrication of Nanostructures 2 Scanning Probe Microscopy as a Tool for the Fabrication of Structured Surfaces 3 Physical, Chemical, and Biological Surface Patterning by Microcontact Printing 4 Advances in Nanoimprint Lithography: 2-D and 3-D Nanopatterning of Surfaces by Nanoimoprint Lithography, Morphological Characterization, and Photonic Applications Part Two Bottom-Up Strategy 5 Anodized Aluminum Oxide 6 Colloidal Lithography 7 Diblock Copolymer Micelle Nanolithography Characteristics and Applications 8 The Evolution of Langmuir?Blodgett Patterning 9 Surface-Supported Nanostructures Directed by Atomicand Molecular-Level Templates 10 Surface Microstructures and Nanostructures in Natural Systems