This is a winter school on surface atom and single molecule machines. We start from the basis of quantum control towards quantum and classical designs of atomic scale machineries.

The School will take place at the Ecole Physique des Houches in the French Alps at the foot of Mt. Blanc.

The courses are set up for PhD students, engineers, Post Doctoral fellows and researchers interested to enter this new field of research. New atomic scale multiple access experimental tools to/from an atomic scale machinery (nano-communications) will be detailed. The physics of the first surface atom circuits, molecule Boolean logic gates, molecule gears (trains of gears) together with the operation of a single molecule motor will be described from theoretical and experimental viewpoints.

Directors

· Christian Joachim (CEMES-CNRS, France)
· Saw-Wai Hla (Ohio University, Argonne National Laboratory, USA)

Date

· 27th January to 1st of February 2013

Topics
· Quantum states space trajectory and quantum control
· From quantum to semi-classical behaviours on a surface at the atomic scale
· Molecular states images principle with STM and NC-AFM
· Inelastic effects and friction at the atomic scale
· Design and functioning of UHV multi nano-probe system + their surface navigation tools
· Atom and single molecule logic gates (quantum and semi-classical)
· Single molecule mechanical machineries: gears, wheels, molecule motors and vehicles