Content: Synthesis, Processing, and Application of Nanostructures Introduction to Nanotechnology History of Nanotechnology What Is a Nanomaterial? Properties of Nanostructured Materials Thermal Stability of Nanostructures Nanotechnology and Future Perspectives Some Applications of Nanostructures Classification of Two-Dimensional Nanostructures Introduction Various Methods for Production of Nanostructures Physical and Chemical Analysis of Nanoparticles Different Forms of Growth Relation between Growth and Energy Level Overaturation Effect on Growth Quantitative Description of Initial Stages of Film Growth Kinetic Theory of Growth Orientation of Thin Films Film Growth with a Certain Orientation Film-Substrate Interfaces Characterization and Fabrication Methods of Two-Dimensional Nanostructures Introduction Silicon (Si) Dimer-Adatom-Stacking Fault (DAS) Model Auger Electron Spectrometry (AES) Low-Energy Electron Diffraction (LEED) Technique X-Ray Phototransmission Spectrometry Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) Methods Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) Ion Beam-Assisted Film Deposition Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) Chemical Bath Deposition (CBD) Mechanical Fabrication/Properties of Two-Dimensional Nanostructures Introduction Multiple-Layer Coatings Fabrication Methods of Multiple-Layer Coatings Examining the Characteristics of the Multiple-Layer Coatings Examples of Mechanical Affected Properties of Two-Dimensional Nanostructures Chemical/Electrochemical Fabrication/Properties of Two-Dimensional Nanostructures Introduction History Direct Writing of Metal Nanostructures Theory and Thermodynamic Method of Codeposition Phase Transition of Two-Dimensional Nanostructure by Electrochemical Potential Procurement of Nanomaterials through Deposition Conclusion Physical and Other Fabrication/Properties of Two-Dimensional Nanostructures Introduction Concepts of Nanostructured Thin Films Important Physical Fabrication Methods Specification of Sculptured Thin Films Phase, Length, and Time Sandwich A Model to Make a Relation between Features and Structures of Dielectric Helicoidal Sculptured Thin Films Analysis of Precise Couple Wave for the Incident Transverse Wave Physical Principles and Applications of Different Fabrication Methods Index References appear at the end of each chapter.
Abstract: ''Discussing different fabrication methods for developing 2-D nanostructures, this book is the first of its kind to focus on the ''size effect'' of 2-D nanostructures. Using accessible language and simple figures, it classifies different methods by their ability to control the sizes of 2-D nanostructures and thus the relative properties of the resulting materials. The book also presents applications in both nanotechnology and materials science and covers mechanical, electrochemical, and physical properties and usage, including thin films and nanostructured coatings''