Einstein's thesis revisited: the size, geometry, and interactions of nanoparticles – a basis for NEMS

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Abstract

Many of the physics problems of interest to Einstein throughout his career had and continue to have relevance to solid state physics. Einstein's doctoral thesis work, submitted in April 1905, in fact concerned the size, geometry, and interactions of nanoscale particles. These topics are of fundamental relevance to the design, creation, and operation of next-generation nanoelectromechanical systems. I will highlight some interesting problems which, 100 years later, have come full circle.

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Authors

  • Alex Zettl

    • University of California, Berkeley
    • Department of Physics, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UC Berkeley; Materials Sciences Division, LBNL; Berkeley, CA 94720
    • Physics department, University of California at Berkeley
    • Department of Physics, UC Berkeley, and Materials Sciences Division, LBNL, Berkeley, California 94720
    • Physics Department, University of California at Berkeley, and Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley CA 94720
    • University of California-Berkeley
    • MSD, LBNL, Berkeley, Caifornia 94720 and Dept. of Physics, UC Berkeley, California, 94720
    • MSD,LBNL, Berkeley, Caifornia 94720 and Dept. of Physics, UC Berkeley, California, 94720