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About Micro & Nano Letters: Micro & Nano Letters offers express online publication of short research papers containing the latest advances in miniature and ultraminiature structures and systems. With an average of six weeks to decision, and publication online in advance of each issue, Micro & Nano Letters offers a rapid route for the international dissemination of high quality research findings from both the micro and nano communities.

Scope: The editors of Micro & Nano Letters invite the submission of original manuscripts presenting research conducted at the forefront of micro- and nanoscale science, engineering and technology, with at least one dimension ranging from a few tens of micrometres to a few nanometres.

Contributions addressing issues spanning from fundamental understanding to experimental demonstrations in the disciplines of engineering, physical, chemical, biological and material science should be submitted. Particular interest is placed on manuscripts addressing cross-disciplinary activities and applications.

Typical topics include:

• MEMS and NEMS
• Micro- and nanostructures and devices
• Modelling, simulation and realisation of micro- and nanoscale structures, devices and systems
• Synthesis and processing
• Micro- and nano-photonics
• Molecular machines, circuits and self-assembly
• Organic and inorganic micro- and nanostructures
• Micro- and nanofluidics

Featured Letter

FREE to download! The latest Featured Letter selected by the Editors is:

Measurement of pull-off force for planar contact at the microscale, Vol.4, No.3, p.148–154

Miniaturisation in the field of telecommunication and sensors technology is increasing the need to manufacture highly complex three-dimensional hybrid and intelligent microsystems. Using a coarse/fine microrobotic system and a capacitive microforce sensor, researchers in France have proposed measurements that enable the evaluation of pull-off forces between two planar silicon surfaces commonly required in microassembly. Their technique also allows for the measurement of surface roughness, environmental conditions, and contact surface area.

Special Issue

Micro & Nano Letters is delighted to be working with the 6th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS 2011) to produce a Special Issue of some of the best, expanded papers from the conference. The issue will be Guest Edited by Prof. Gwo-Bin Lee (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan).

Author and Reader Benefits

• Decisions made in an average of six weeks from submission
• Constructive and supportive peer-review feedback
• Short 3-4 page format for fast communication of preliminary results and work that usefully advances research presented in conference papers
• Publication online in advance of each issue in an average of 3 weeks after acceptance
• Worldwide readership and database coverage, including ISI
• Colour figures published online free of charge
• No page charges for authors
• Available online on the IET Digital Library and the IEEE/IET Electronic Library-IEL (IEEE Xplore)

Micro & Nano Letters is available online on the IET Digital Library. To access the full-text of articles for this journal, you will need a valid subscription to the IET Digital Library, or you can purchase individual articles by clicking the 'Buy This PDF' link on the article abstract page.

Citing this Journal

Micro & Nano Letters is usually cited by the abbreviated title 'Micro Nano Lett.' Every article in this journal is assigned a Crossref DOI, which is displayed on the article abstract page.