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iutam symposium on modelling nanomaterials and nanosystems proceedings of the iutam symposium held in aalborg denmark 19 22 may 2008
p recent interest in nanotechnology is challenging the community to analyse develop and design nanometer to micrometer sized devices for applications in new generations of computer electronics photonics and drug delivery systems . to successfully design and fabricate novel nanomaterials and nanosystems we must necessarily bridge the gap in our understanding of mechanical properties and processes at length scales ranging from 100 nanometers where atomistic simulations are currently possible to a micron where continuum mechanics is experimentally validated . for this purpose the difficulties and complexity originate in the substantial differences in philosophy and viewpoints between conventional continuum mechanics and quantum theories . the challenge lies in how to establish the relationship between a continuum mechanical system and its atomistic counterpart in order to define continuum variables that are calculable within an atomic system .