Nanodroplets, the basis of complex and advanced nanostructures such as quantum rings, quantum dots and quantum dot clusters for future electronic and optoelectronic materials and devices, have attracted the interdisciplinary interest of chemists, physicists and engineers. This book combines experimental and theoretical analyses of nanosized droplets which reveal many attractive properties. Coverage includes nanodroplet synthesis, structure, unique behaviors and their nanofabrication, including chapters on focused ion beam, atomic force microscopy, molecular beam epitaxy and the "vapor-liquid- solid" route. Particular emphasis is given to the behavior of metallic nanodroplets, water nanodroplets and nanodroplets in polymer and metamaterial nanocomposites. The contributions of leading scientists and their research groups will provide readers with deeper insight into the chemical and physical mechanisms, properties, and potential applications of various nanodroplets.
Author(s): Motoaki Adachi, Takuya Kinoshita (auth.), Zhiming M. Wang (eds.)
Series: Lecture Notes in Nanoscale Science and Technology 18
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 388
Tags: Nanotechnology; Nanoscale Science and Technology; Nanochemistry; Nanotechnology and Microengineering; Optical and Electronic Materials
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Generation of Nanodroplets and Its Applications....Pages 1-24
Nanodroplet Formations in Electrospun Fibers of Immiscible Polymer Blends and Their Effects on Fractionated Crystallization....Pages 25-50
Dynamic Study of Nanodroplet Nucleation and Growth Using Transmitted Electrons in ESEM....Pages 51-72
Self-Assembly of Nanodroplets in Nanocomposite Materials in Nanodroplets Science and Technology....Pages 73-97
Ordering of Ga Nanodroplets by Low-Energy Ion Sputtering....Pages 99-114
Atomistic Mechanisms Underlying the Freezing Behavior of Metal Nanodroplets....Pages 115-141
Dynamics of Nanodroplets on Structured Surfaces....Pages 143-167
Atomistic Simulation of Nanodroplet Collisions with a Wall: Fragmentation and Impact Desolvation of Macromolecules....Pages 169-193
Polymer Films with Nanosized Liquid-Crystal Droplets: Extinction, Polarization, Phase, and Light Focusing....Pages 195-235
Clusters and Nanoparticles in Superfluid Helium Droplets: Fundamentals, Challenges and Perspectives....Pages 237-264
Reactive Dynamics in Confined Water by Reversed Micelles....Pages 265-288
Brownian Deposition of Nanodroplets and Nanofiber Growth via “Vapor–Liquid–Solid” Route....Pages 289-299
Water Nanodroplets: Molecular Drag and Self-assembly....Pages 301-327
Atomistic Pseudopotential Theory of Droplet Epitaxial GaAs/AlGaAs Quantum Dots....Pages 329-361
Local Droplet Etching: Self-assembled Nanoholes for Quantum Dots and Nanopillars....Pages 363-384
Back Matter....Pages 385-388
