Physics and Engineering of New Materials

✍ Scribed by Michael Schreiber (auth.), Do Tran Cat, Annemarie Pucci, Klaus Wandelt (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 378
• Series: Springer Proceedings in Physics 127
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Under the general title "Physics and Engineering of New Materials" the book covers experimental and theoretical cutting-edge material-physics oriented topics such as new materials, magnetism, nanostructures, surface physics, carbon nanotubes, photonics, biophysics, large-scale simulations, etc.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Hierarchical Diffusive Properties of Electrons in Quasiperiodic Chains....Pages 1-9
Effect of Single-Side Modulation Doping on Low-Temperature Transport Properties in Square Infinite Quantum Wells....Pages 11-21
Nonlinear Optical Conductivity in Doped Semiconductor Superlattices Due to LO Phonon Scattering....Pages 23-29
The Effects of the Polarization Charges on the Quantum Lifetime of the Two-Dimensional Electron Gas in a Uniformly-Doped Heterostructure....Pages 31-40
Possible T C Superconducting Enhancement in Q2D Materials by Incommensurate Structural Phase Transition....Pages 41-49
Compressed Electron Distribution in the Nanostructure....Pages 51-60
Time and Space Resolved Studies on Metallic Nanoparticles....Pages 61-68
Ultra-small One-Dimensional Metallic Nanostructures....Pages 69-77
Synthesis and Optical Properties of Colloidal CdS/CdSe/CdS Quantum Wells....Pages 79-86
Preparation and optical properties of one dimensional nano hydroxides and oxides....Pages 87-93
Hydrothermal Synthesis and Photocatalytic Properties of TiO 2 Nanotubes....Pages 95-101
UHV Studies on CO and Methanol Adsorption and Decomposition on Pristine and Oxidized Alumina-Supported Co Nanoparticles....Pages 103-112
Surface confined electrochemical compound formation: Incipient sulfidation of Au(1 1 1)....Pages 113-122
Giant Spin-Polarization and Magnetic Anisotropy of Nanostructures at Surfaces....Pages 123-132
The Role of Spin-Polarized Tunneling on Transport Properties of (1–x)La 0.7 Ca 0.3 MnO 3 + xAl 2 O 3 Nanocomposites (x = 0 ÷ 5wt%)....Pages 133-140
Advanced Metallic Magnetic Materials Prepared by Electro-Chemical Deposition, Vapor Deposition and Rapid Quenching....Pages 141-149
Magnetic Interaction Between Polycrystalline Ultrathin Antiferromagnetic and Ferromagnetic Films....Pages 151-162
The (100)→(111) Transition in Epitaxial Manganese Oxide Nanolayers....Pages 163-170
Growth and Structure of Zinc Oxide Nanostructured Layer Obtained by Spray Pyrolysis....Pages 171-176
Influence of Different Post-treatments on the Physical Properties of Sprayed Zinc Oxide Thin Films....Pages 177-183
The Effect of SiO 2 Addition in Hydrophilic Property of TiO 2 Films....Pages 185-192
Investigation of the Transformation of a Modified Iron Oxide Structure During Redox Reaction....Pages 193-199
Structural Modification of Near-Surface Region of Strontium Titanate Single Crystal Under the Influence of a Static Electric Field Enhanced by X-ray Irradiation....Pages 201-208
Thermoelectric Properties of Heavily Doped Polycrystalline SrTiO 3 ....Pages 209-217
Optimization Study of TiO 2 Film Deposited by IAD Process....Pages 220-224
Polymorphs in GeO 2 Liquid....Pages 225-234
Formation of Chiral Aggregates of Tetralactam Macrocycles on the Au(111) Surface....Pages 235-245
Surface Resonant Raman Spectroscopy at Indium-Nanowire-Terminated Si(111)....Pages 247-255
The Properties of Nano-Hexaferrite Sr-La Prepared by Citrate-Gel Method....Pages 257-262
Glucose Sensor Based on Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Doped Polypyrrole....Pages 263-270
Structural and Spectral Properties of Curcumin and Metal- Curcumin Complex Derived from Turmeric (Curcuma longa)....Pages 271-278
In-situ Chemically Polymerized PANi-SWNTs Composites: Characterizations and Gas Sensing Feature....Pages 279-286
Design, Simulation and Experimental Characteristics of Hydrogel-based Piezoresistive pH Sensors....Pages 287-294
Optimization of the Thermostable Nanogel Systems for High Temperature Reservoir Application....Pages 295-304
Discovery of Nanotubes in Ancient Damascus Steel....Pages 305-310
Materials Research with Energetic Heavy Ions at GSI....Pages 311-319
Nanoantennas for Surface Enhanced Infrared Spectroscopy....Pages 321-325
Ultrafast Switching of Coherent Electronic Excitation: Great Promise for Reaction Control on the Femtosecond Time Scale....Pages 327-335
InGaAsp/InP Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers and their Some Nonlinear Effects....Pages 337-343
Simulation and Lock-In Phase Analysis in Photoreflectance Modulation Spectroscopy of Gaas And Photoreflectance Investigations of The Heterojunction Structure Al x ga 1–X as(N + )/Gaas(P − )/Gaas(P + )....Pages 345-354
Principally Basic Effects of Laser on the Bulk Semiconductor Bands....Pages 355-361
Controlling the Bragg Wavelength Spectral Profile Expansion of FBG Sensors by Nano-Particle Coated Layers....Pages 363-370
Controlled Cantilever-Tips Adapted from the Scanning Probe Microscopies as Active Working Elements in Smart Systems....Pages 371-376
Design and Fabrication of a Miniaturized Three-Degree-of-Freedom Piezoresistive Acceleration Sensor Based on MEMS Technology Using Deep Reactive Ion Etching....Pages 377-383
Back Matter....Pages 385-387

✦ Subjects

Materials Science, general; Nanotechnology; Magnetism, Magnetic Materials