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The past few decades have seen an explosive increase in our ability to create nanostructures and nanosystems with a great degree of control, using a diversity of techniques. This ability has been accompanied by a similar enhancement in our ability to characterize structures and systems at the nanosc...

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Main Author: Martín-Palma, Raúl J.
Corporate Author: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
Other Authors: Lakhtakia, A. (Akhlesh), 1957-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bellingham, Wash. (1000 20th St. Bellingham WA 98225-6705 USA) : SPIE, 2010.
Series:SPIE tutorial texts ; TT86.
Subjects:
Nanotechnology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 2. Low-dimensional structures
  • 2.1. Brief survey of quantum mechanics
  • 2.2. Two-dimensional structures: quantum wells
  • 2.3. One-dimensional structures: quantum wires and nanowires
  • 2.4. Zero-dimensional structures: quantum dots and nanodots
  • 2.5. Chapter summary
  • References
  • Bibliography.
  • 3. Properties of nanostructures
  • 3.1. Band diagrams
  • 3.2. Electrical-transport properties
  • 3.3. Thermal-transport properties
  • 3.4. Magnetic properties
  • 3.5. Optical properties
  • 3.6. Mechanical properties
  • 3.7. Chapter summary
  • References
  • Bibliography.
  • 4. Nanofabrication
  • 4.1. Physical vapor deposition
  • 4.2. Chemical vapor deposition
  • 4.3. Atomic layer deposition
  • 4.4. Molecular beam epitaxy
  • 4.5. Nanolithography
  • 4.6. Nano-imprint lithography
  • 4.7. Scanning probe lithography
  • 4.8. Focused ion-beam technique, proton-beam writing, and ion-beam sculpting
  • 4.9. Self-assembly, self-organization, and self-assembled monolayers
  • 4.10. Langmuir-Blodgett method
  • 4.11. Layer-by-layer assembly
  • 4.12. Other techniques
  • References
  • Bibliography.
  • 5. Characterization of nanostructures and nanomaterials
  • 5.1. Electron microscopy
  • 5.2. Other electron-based techniques
  • 5.3. Spectroscopic techniques
  • 5.4. Scanning probe microscopy
  • 5.5. Magnetic resonance techniques
  • 5.6. Ion-based techniques (RBS, PIXE, ERDA, SIMS, NRA)
  • 5.7. Other techniques
  • References
  • Bibliography.
  • 6. Nanomaterials and applications
  • 6.1. Carbon nanostructures. 6.1.1. Spherical fullerenes; 6.1.2. Carbon nanotubes; 6.1.3. Other carbonic nanomaterials
  • 6.2. Porous Nanomaterials. 6.2.1. Porous silicon; 6.2.2. Other porous nanomaterials
  • 6.3. Sculptured thin films
  • 6.4. Aerogels, et cetera
  • 6.5. Semiconductor quantum dots
  • 6.6. Langmuir-Blodgett films
  • 6.7. Nanowires, nanorods, and nanopillars
  • 6.8. Polymer nanocomposites
  • References
  • Bibliography.
  • 7. Future prospects
  • 7.1. Avenues of promise
  • 7.2. The evolution of nanotechnology
  • 7.3. Balancing of risk
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • Index.
  • To the reader
  • Nomenclature
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Definitions
  • 1.2. What is nanotechnology, and what should we expect from it?
  • 1.3. Nanotechnology and society
  • References
  • Bibliography.