The beginning of the XXI-st century can be seen as the start of a revolution in nanomaterials and nanotechnology which has already an impact on everyday life; this impact will grow rapidly in the near future. The need for international but also interdisciplinary cooperation and dissemination of knowledge in the field of nanoscale science and engineering is also becoming increasingly apparent. The common efforts of researchers from different countries and fields of science can bring complementary expertise to solve the rising problems in order to take the advantages of the nanoscale approach in materials sciences. Nanostructured materials are becoming of major significance, and their investigations require a comprehensive approach. The fundamental properties of these materials are remarkably altered as the size of their constituent grains or phases decreases to the nanometer scale. These novel materials made of nanosized building blocks offer unique and entirely different electrical, optical, mechanical, and magnetic properties compared to conventional micro- or millimetre-size materials owing to their distinctive size, shape, topology, surface properties, etc.
Author(s): Rainer Kassing, Wilhelm Kulisch (auth.), Rainer Kassing, Plamen Petkov, Wilhelm Kulisch, Cyril Popov (eds.)
Series: Nato Science Series 223
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 530
Tags: Materials Science; Nanotechnology; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Nanoscaled Materials: a Brief Introduction....Pages 3-26
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Electronic Properties and Characterisation of Disordered Semiconductors....Pages 29-44
A Computer Modelling Study of Hopping Transport and Variable Range Hopping in Disordered Solids....Pages 45-56
Electrode-Limited Currents in Thin Ternary Chalcogenide Films....Pages 57-72
A Short Survey of Optical Properties of Metal Nanostructures....Pages 75-110
Nanocomposite Thin Films With Improved Mechanical Properties....Pages 113-124
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Fabrication of Nanostructures....Pages 127-136
Optical Properties of Metal Nanoparticles Formed by Ion Implantation and Modified by Laser Annealing....Pages 139-160
Synthesis Procedures of Nanocomposites from Gels....Pages 161-168
Phase Separation and Crystallisation in High Iron Containing Borosilicate Glasses....Pages 169-172
Nanocomposites Based on Immiscible Borate Glasses....Pages 173-176
Investigation of the Microstructure of Polypropylene Composites Filled with Wood Flour Modified with Monochloracetic Acid....Pages 177-180
Physics of Deposition of Hydroxyapatite Layers by the Pulsed Laser Deposition Method....Pages 183-196
Laser Deposition of Waveguiding Films....Pages 197-210
Functionalized Thin Films and Structures Obtained by Novel Laser Processing Issues....Pages 211-226
Nanostructured Films on Silicon Surfaces....Pages 229-255
On the Origin of Impurities in the Window Layers of CdTe/CdS Solar Cells....Pages 257-260
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Deposition, Characterization and Application of Nanocrystalline Diamond Films....Pages 263-274
Nano-Scale, Multi-Functional, Cubic Boron Nitride Coatings....Pages 275-288
Nanocrystalline Cubic Boron Nitride Films....Pages 289-294
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Boron Nitride Thin Layers Prepared Using a Krypton Fluoride Excimer Laser....Pages 295-298
Metal Induced Crystallisation - an Advanced Method for Polycrystalline SI Films Preparation....Pages 301-311
Modification of the Optical and Structural Properties of a-Si 1-X C X :H Films by Ion Implantation....Pages 313-322
Application of Stain Etched Porous Silicon in Solar Cells and Light Emitting Diodes....Pages 323-332
Structural Properties of Poly-Si Thin Films on ZnO:Al Coated Glass Substrates Obtained by Aluminiuminduced Crystallization in Different Atmospheres....Pages 333-337
Cvd-Transition Metal Oxide Films As Functional Layers in “Smart Windows” and X-Ray Mirrors....Pages 341-349
Plasma Assisted Deposition of Tungsten Oxide / Silicon Oxide Multilayer Films with Sub-Nanometer Single Layers....Pages 351-354
Electrical and Polarization Properties of Nano-Sized ZrO2 on Polycrystalline Silicon....Pages 355-358
Characterization of Optical Coatings for Artwork Protection by Means of Neutron Reflectometry....Pages 359-362
Functional Nanostructured Metal Oxide Thin Films for Applications in Optical Gas Detection....Pages 363-366
Structural Characterization of Er:Yag Thin Films Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition....Pages 369-372
Optical Behavior of Vacuum Deposited Amorphous and Nano-Crystalline AS2S3 Films before and after Irradiation....Pages 373-378
On the Determination of the Optical Constants of Very Thin Metallic Films....Pages 379-383
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Nanostructured Carbon Materials....Pages 387-398
Encapsulates: Nd-Fe-B@C and Fe@C for Drug Delivery Systems and Contrast Elements, Study of Structure, Chemical Composition and Magnetic Properties....Pages 399-402
Carbon-Based Nanostructures Through Laser Interaction with Reactive Gaseous Mixtures....Pages 403-406
Growth and Properties of Zincsulfide Nanowires....Pages 407-410
Smart Materials and Martensite Microstructures in Copper Based Shape Memory Alloys....Pages 411-414
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES FOR FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS AND OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS....Pages 417-430
NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS BASED DEVICES AND SENSORS....Pages 431-442
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS SENSING USING NANOTECHNOLOGY BASED SENSORS AND IMAGE PROCESSED REAL-TIME SATELLITE DATA....Pages 443-448
OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC DATA STORAGE WITH PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS: FROM CRYSTAL STRUCTURES TO KINETICS....Pages 449-454
CHALCOGENIDE ALLOYS AS A BASIS FOR NEW NON-VOLATILE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES....Pages 455-460
NANOCRYSTALLINE Mg - BASED HYDROGEN STORAGE ALLOYS SYNTHESIZED BY MECHANICAL ALLOYING - A REVIEW....Pages 463-467
NANOCRYSTALLINE Mg BASED ALLOYS OBTAINED BY MECHANICAL ALLOYING AS PRECURSORS FOR HIGH-CAPACITY NEGATIVE ELECTRODES IN RECHARGEABLE Ni/MH BATTERIES....Pages 469-472
ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIOR OF NANOCRYSTALLINE α-Fe 2 O 3 ANODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES....Pages 473-478
NANO-SIZED VANADIUM BRONZES AS CATHODE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE LI BATTERIES....Pages 479-484
SOL-GEL PRODUCED MESOPOROUS TiO 2 /Ag COATINGS EFFECTIVE IN RHODAMINE B PHOTOOXIDATION....Pages 485-490
NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS....Pages 493-504
BIOACTIVITY OF NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACES....Pages 505-510
EFFECT OF DYSTROPHIN GENE IMMOBILIZED NANOSTRUCTURED THERAPEUTIC TEMPLATES ON AGING SKELETAL MUSCLES....Pages 511-514
IMMOBILIZATION OF RNA AND PROTEIN BIOMOLECULES ON NANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW BIOSENSORS....Pages 515-520
