Nanostructures and Thin Films for Multifunctional Applications: Technology, Properties and Devices

✍ Scribed by Ion Tiginyanu, Pavel Topala, Veaceslav Ursaki (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 585
• Series: NanoScience and Technology
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is focused on recent advances in the development of thin films for photovoltaic applications, TiO2/WO3 bi-layers for applications with enhanced photo-catalytic properties, nanometer oxide and hydroxide films for anticorrosive coatings, surface passivation in chemical industries, micro- and nanoelectronics, trilayers of metglas and lead free piezoelectrics for magnetic field sensors, current sensors, spintronics, microwave and read/write devices. Diluted ferromagnetic alloy films are also considered for superconducting spintronics based on superconducting spin-valves. Thermal properties of segmented nanowires are analyzed with respect to thermoelectric applications. Recent advances in template production of nanocomposites are also reviewed with particular focus on technologies for template assisted formation of metal nanotubes. Some elements related to abrasive flow machining (AFM), specifically state of the art elements of technological systems and construction of equipment are presented. The book is written for researchers in materials science, nanotechnologies, PhD students and graduate student.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Study of Thin Films by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy....Pages 3-42
Nanostructures Obtained Using Electric Discharges at Atmospheric Pressure....Pages 43-83
Graphite Films Deposited on Metal Surface by Pulsed Electrical Discharge Machining....Pages 85-114
Structural and Physical Properties of ZnSxSe1-X Thin Films....Pages 115-142
Thin-Film Photovoltaic Devices Based on A2B6 Compounds....Pages 143-186
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Engineering the Magnetoelectric Response in Piezocrystal-Based Magnetoelectrics: Basic Theory, Choice of Materials, Model Calculations....Pages 189-226
Dynamic Measurements of Magnetoelectricity in Metglas-Piezocrystal Laminates....Pages 227-265
Peculiarities of Physical Properties of Semimagnetic Semiconductors and Their Practical Application....Pages 267-299
Cobalt/Cobaltoxide Exchange Bias System for Diluted Ferromagnetic Alloy Films in Superconducting Spin-Valves....Pages 301-313
Front Matter....Pages 315-315
Local Ordering at the Interface of the TiO2-WO3 Bi-Layers....Pages 317-331
Crystalline Structure and Surface Morphology of AIIIBVI Type Lamellar Semiconductor Nanocomposites Obtained by Heat Treatment in Cd and Zn Vapor....Pages 333-379
Optical and Photoelectric Properties of GaS, GaSe, GaTe and InSe Semiconductors and Nanocomposites Obtained by Heat Treatment in Cd and Zn Vapor....Pages 381-413
Photoluminescence of Nanocomposites Obtained by Heat Treatment of GaS, GaSe, GaTe and InSe Single Crystals in Cd and Zn Vapor....Pages 415-446
Nanoreliefs Obtained by Various Machining Methods....Pages 447-471
Template Assisted Formation of Metal Nanotubes....Pages 473-506
Thermal Conductivity of Segmented Nanowires....Pages 507-531
THz Devices Based on Carbon Nanomaterials....Pages 533-549
Abrasive Flow Machining....Pages 551-568
Back Matter....Pages 569-576

✦ Subjects

Nanotechnology; Nanotechnology and Microengineering; Nanoscale Science and Technology; Optical and Electronic Materials; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering; Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films