Abstract
This special issue of Nanotechnology contains contributions presented at the Trends in Nanotechnology (TNT2000) conference, held in Toledo (Spain) from October 12-16, 2000. More than 160 scientists from Europe, United States and Japan attended this meeting and contributed with talks and stimulating discussions about their recent research.The rapidly emerging areas of nanoscale science and technology are focused on the design, fabrication and characterization of functional objects having dimensions at the nanometre length scale. New advances in this emerging area are expected to have long range implications in a wide variety of different scientific and engineering disciplines. The importance of nanoscale science is growing worldwide and it is now widely recognized as a critical component to the future growth of the world economy. In response to the growing awareness of the importance of nanotechnology, the international TNT conference was organized to discuss the latest advances. This event was particularly effective in transmitting information and establishing contacts among workers in this field.The aim of this conference was to focus on the applications of nanotechnology and to bring together in a scientific forum various groups throughout the world working in this field. The scientific program covered a wide spectrum of nanotechnology research (nanotubes, nanomagnetism, quantum computing, nanodevices and nanomachines, nanoscale integration, nanobiology, molecular nanotechnology, computational methods for nanotechnology, nanomaterials, etc.) including keynote lectures, oral presentations and posters.We would like to thank all the participants for their assistance as well as the authors for their written contributions. We are indebted to the following scientific institutions, companies and government agencies for their help and financial support: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, University of Cambridge, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, IBM, The Institute of Nanotechnology (IoN), World Scientific, MATS UK and the Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología. We would also like to thank the following companies for their participation: NanoTec, MTS, FEI and Obducat.Guest Editors Antonio Correia CMP Cientifica Spain Mark Welland University of Cambridge UK Pedro A Serena ICMM/CSIC Spain
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