1. Methods of point-contact preparation Prof. I.V.Krive lecture presentation Address: Svobody Sq. 4, 61022, Kharkiv, Ukraine, Rooms. 5-46, 7-36, Phone: +38(057)707 54 30, e-mail:ktf@karazin.ua

2. Thin films, 70-th Nanotechnology, 90-th Break junction, 90-th Needle-anvil, 75-th Sliding, 80-th Methods of point-contact preparation notch “Soft” PC, 2000-th

3. Most popular setup for PCs establishing at low temperatures Two metallic bars are touching in liquid He (at -270 C) Set up allows to move upper sample in 2 directions

4. Atomic contacts and nanowires G 0 =2e 2 /h=1/12.9 (k   Displacement A.I.Yanson et al., Nature, 395,783 (1998). J.M.Krans et al., Nature, 375,767 (1995).

5. Quantum point contacts in 2DEG and conductance quantization

6. Scanning tunneling microscope Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer (Nobel Prize in Physics 1986)

7. Atomic force microscope and force oscillations