Scanning probe microscopies beyond imaging [[electronic resource] ] : manipulation of molecules and nanostructures / / edited by Paolo Samori

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910142437403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, 2006
• ISBN: 1-280-72346-7; 9786610723461; 3-527-60856-7; 3-527-60851-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (570 p.)
• Classificazione: 33.03; 51.30
• Altri autori (Persone): SamorìPaolo
• Disciplina: 502.82
• Soggetti: Scanning probe microscopy; Microscopy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Scanning Probe Microscopies Beyond Imaging; Foreword; Contents; Preface; List of Authors; Part I Scanning Tunneling Microscopy-Based Approaches; Nanoscale Structural, Mechanical and Electrical Properties; 1 Chirality in 2D; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Chirality and STM: From 0D to 2D; 1.2.1 Determination of Absolute Chirality; 1.2.2 Expression of 2D Chirality by Enantiopure Molecules; 1.2.3 Racemic Mixture of Chiral Molecules; 1.2.4 Achiral Molecules; 1.2.5 Systems with Increased Complexity; 1.2.6 Multicomponent Systems; 1.2.6.1 Mixed Systems; 1.2.6.2 Cocrystals; 1.2.7 Chemisorption versus Physisorption1.2.8 The Effect of Molecular Adsorption on Substrates: Toward Chiral Substrates; 1.2.9 Chirality and AFM; 1.3 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 2 Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Complex Molecular Architectures at Solid/Liquid Interfaces: Toward Single-Molecule Electronic Devices; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 STM/STS of Molecular Adsorbates; 2.3 An Early Example of STS at the Solid/Liquid Interface; 2.4 Ultrahigh Vacuum versus Solid/Liquid Interface; 2.5 Probing π-Coupling at the Single-; Molecule Level by STS; 2.6 Molecular Diodes and Prototypical Transistors2.7 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 3 Molecular Repositioning to Study Mechanical and Electronic Properties of Large Molecules; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Specially Designed Molecules; 3.3 STM-Induced Manipulation; 3.3.1 Manipulation of Single Atoms; 3.3.2 Repositioning of Molecules at Room Temperature; 3.3.3 Manipulation in Constant Height Mode; 3.4 Mechanical Properties: Controlled Manipulation of Complex Molecules; 3.5 Inducing Conformational Changes: A Route to Molecular Switching; 3.6 The Role of the Substrate; 3.7 Electronic Properties: Investigation of the Molecule-Metal Contact3.8 Perspectives; Acknowledgements; References; 4 Inelastic Electron Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Single Molecules by STM; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 Working Principle; 4.2 Experimental Results; 4.2.1 C(60) on Ag(110); 4.2.2 C(6)H(6) on Ag(110); 4.3 Theory; 4.3.1 Extension of Tersoff-Hamman Theory to IETS-STM; 4.3.2 Some Model Systems; 4.3.3 Acetylene Molecules on Cu(100); 4.3.4 Oxygen Molecules on Ag(110); 4.3.5 Ammonia Molecules on Cu(100); 4.4 Conclusion; References; Part II Scanning Force Microscopy-Based ApproachesPatterning; 5 Patterning Organic Nanostructures by Scanning Probe Nanolithography; 5.1 Importance of Patterning Organic Nanostructures; 5.2 Direct Patterning of Organic Thin Films; 5.2.1 Fabrication of Nanostructures by a Local Modification; 5.2.1.1 Nanorecording for Memory Storage; 5.2.1.2 Local Probe Photolithography; 5.2.1.3 Nanorubbing; 5.2.2 Self-Organization of Molecular Nanostructures Triggered by SPM; 5.3 Assembly of Organic Structures on Nanofabricated Patterns; 5.3.1 Replacement Nanolithography on Self-Assembly Monolayers (SAMs); 5.3.2 Template Growth of Molecular Nanostructures
• Sommario/riassunto: This first book to focus on the use of SPMs to actively manipulate molecules and nanostructures on surfaces goes way beyond conventional treatments of scanning microscopy merely for imaging purposes. It reviews recent progress in the use of SPMs on such soft materials as polymers, with a particular emphasis on chemical discrimination, mechanical properties, tip-induced reactions and manipulations, as well as their nanoscale electrical properties. Detailing the practical application potential of this hot topic, this book is of great interest to specialists of wide-ranging disciplines, including

Contratti di lavoro e pubbliche amministrazioni / Edoardo Ales

• Record Nr.: UNICASMOD1405107
• Autore: Ales, Edoardo
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Torino, : UTET giuridica, ©2007
• ISBN: 9788859801825
• Descrizione fisica: XII, 239 p. ; 24 cm.
• Collana: Universitaria
• Disciplina: 331.891
• Soggetti: Contratti di lavoro - Germania - Sec. 20
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

The Art of Audit. Eight remarkable government auditors on stage / / written by Roel Janssen

• Record Nr.: UNISA996552360503316
• Autore: Janssen Roel
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [The Hague] : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2015
• ISBN: 90-485-3082-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (104 pages)
• Disciplina: 330
• Soggetti: Economics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction “The pillars of integrity” -- “La cour est dans mon coeur” -- Accountability, transparency and independence -- The leadership makes the difference -- The face of trust and hope -- E-auditing in Estonia -- From accounting to accountability -- Auditing extractive industries and the ‘oil curse’ -- ; Rebuilding the Board of Audit in a shattered country -- List of abbreviations -- Notes
• Sommario/riassunto: Accountability, good government and public trust are intricately linked. Supreme Audit Institutions fulfil an exceptional role in the public domain, checking if governments spend their money properly. They are like 'watchdogs' for citizens and parliaments with the purpose of auditing public expenditure and examining the effectiveness of policies. They aim to strengthen the trustworthiness of government institutions, all the more so in fragile democracies. They do so, for instance, in striving to disclose cases of corruption, not just in the highest echelons of government, but also in everyday petty bribery. And they can be found counting houses, roads and water taps, to see if government's promises are being kept. On the occasion of the retirement of Saskia J. Stuiveling as the president of the Netherlands Court of Audit, eight (former) heads of audit institutions talk candidly about their work and innovations in the area of public auditing, about how the financial crisis affected their profession, about the advent of open data and about the need for new skills to audit the oil industry. Each of them - Faiza Kefi (Tunisia), Josef Moser (Austria), Terence Nombembe (South Africa), Heidi Mendoza (Philippines), Alar Karis (Estonia), David Walker (USA), John Muwanga (Uganda) and Abdulbasit Turki Saeed (Iraq) - has made a difference in his or her country, often under difficult, adverse and sometimes outright dangerous circumstances.