Nanoscale Phenomena: Basic Science to Device Applications (Lecture Notes in Nanoscale Science and Technology)

✍ Scribed by Zikang Tang, Ping Sheng

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Leaves: 244
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book collects selected lectures from the Third Workshop of the Croucher Advanced Study Institute on Nano Science and Technology, and showcases contributions from world-renowned researchers. The book presents in-depth articles on the latest developments in nanomaterials and nanotechnology, and provides a cross-disciplinary perspective covering physics and biophysics, chemistry, materials science, and engineering.

✦ Table of Contents

front-matter......Page 1
Preface......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
1 Science and Technology of Nanocarbons......Page 14
2 Catalytically-Grown Carbon Nanotubes and Their Current Applications......Page 19
3 Transparent Conducting Films by Using Carbon Nanotubes......Page 24
4 Raman Spectroscopy on Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes......Page 38
5 Interface Design of Carbon Nano-Materials for Energy Storage......Page 49
6 Formation Mechanism of 0.4nm Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in CoAPO-5 Single Crystals......Page 56
Part II Quantum Dots and Molecular Spintronics......Page 64
7 Nanodevices and Maxwell's Demon......Page 65
8 Manipulating Electron Spins in an InGaAs/InAlAs Two-Dimensional Electron Gas......Page 88
9 Continuum Modelling of Nanoscale Hydrodynamics......Page 104
10 Defect in Zinc Oxide Nanostructures Synthesized by a Hydrothermal Method......Page 122
Part III Nano Materials Design and Synthesis......Page 136
11 Towards Surface Science Studies of Surfaces Formed by Molecular Assemblies Using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy......Page 137
12 Electronic Transport Through Metal Nanowire Contacts......Page 142
13 Synthesis and Properties of Quasi-One-Dimensional Nitride Nanostructures......Page 152
14 Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy for Nannomaterials......Page 181
15 Fabrication of Photovoltaic Devices by Layer-by-Layer Polyelectrolyte Deposition Method......Page 187
16 Optical Properties of Arrays of Iodine Molecular Chains Formed Inside the Channels of AlPO4-5 Zeolite Crystals......Page 192
Part IV Molecular Electronics......Page 199
17 Quantum Manipulation at Molecule Scale......Page 200
18 Silicon-Based Nano Devices for Detection of DNA Molecules......Page 208
19 From Simple Molecules to Molecular Functional Materialsand Nanoscience......Page 215
20 First-Principles Method for Open Electronic Systems......Page 233
Author Index......Page 242
Subject Index......Page 243

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