1. Progress in “engineering up” nanotechnology devices utilizing DNA as a construction material

   • C.M. Niemeyer

   Regular paper Pages: 119 - 124

2. Lateral manipulation of adatoms and native substrate atoms with the low-temperature scanning tunneling microscope

   • G. Meyer
   • L. Bartels
   • K.H. Rieder

   Regular paper Pages: 125 - 129

3. Present and future developments of SPM systems as mass storage devices

   • A. Born
   • R. Wiesendanger

   Regular paper Pages: 131 - 135

4. Nano-scale metal cluster deposition using STM

   • X. Hu
   • P. von Blanckenhagen

   Regular paper Pages: 137 - 143

5. Adsorption and growth of Al on Si(100) in the initial stage

   • C.X. Zhu
   • S. Misawa
   • S.J. Pang

   Regular paper Pages: 145 - 151

6. Charge transfer via interfaces, especially of nanoscale materials

   • J. Halbritter

   Regular paper Pages: 153 - 162

7. Monolayers of graphite rotated by a defined angle: hexagonal superstructures by STM

   • H. Beyer
   • M. Müller
   • T. Schimmel

   Regular paper Pages: 163 - 166

8. Investigation of the (111) surface of P-doped Si by scanning tunneling microscopy

   • T. Trappmann
   • C. Sürgers
   • H. v. Löhneysen

   Regular paper Pages: 167 - 172

9. AFM, a tool for single-molecule experiments

   • M. Ludwig
   • M. Rief
   • H.E. Gaub

   Regular paper Pages: 173 - 176

10. Combined electric field and near-field scanning optical microscopy: modification of silicon surfaces

    • M. Tang
    • Y. Chen
    • B.H. Loo

    Regular paper Pages: 177 - 180

11. STM studies of the characteristics of the surface fabrication process using chemical and electrical methods

    • C. Wang
    • G. Shang
    • C. Bai

    Regular paper Pages: 181 - 185

12. Excited nano-clusters

    • W. Schommers

    Regular paper Pages: 187 - 196

13. Nanostructures produced by cluster beam lithography

    • A. Gruber
    • J. Gspann
    • H. Hoffmann

    Regular paper Pages: 197 - 201

14. Applications of scanning force microscopy operating in dynamic modes on self-organized assemblies of nanoclusters and organic amphiphiles

    • L.F. Chi

    Regular paper Pages: 203 - 210

15. Dielectric properties and potential applications of nanocrystal networks

    • P. Marquardt

    Regular paper Pages: 211 - 224

16. Preparation and characterisation of ultrafine amorphous alloy particles

    • Z. Hu
    • Y. Fan
    • Y. Chen

    Regular paper Pages: 225 - 229

17. Some interesting behaviors observed in nanostructured magnetic multilayers with alloy spacers

    • Y.J. Wang

    Regular paper Pages: 231 - 238

18. AFM studies of surface morphologies of sputtered SrTiO3 films and annealed MgO substrates

    • Q. Meng
    • R. Moerman
    • G.J. Gerritsma

    Regular paper Pages: 239 - 245

19. Morphology of native and reconstituted biological membranes and their components analysed with atomic force microscopy

    • H.-A. Kolb
    • O. Enders
    • R. Schauer

    Regular paper Pages: 247 - 254

20. Scanning probe microscopy (STM/AFM) and applications in biology

    • M.Q. Li

    Regular paper Pages: 255 - 258

21. Surfactant-mediated growth of Si1-xSnx layers by molecular-beam epitaxy

    • M.F. Fyhn
    • J. Lundsgaard Hansen
    • A. Nylandsted Larsen

    Rapid communication Pages: 259 - 262