Gasphase synthesis of nanoparticles and nanostructured materials offers high chemical purity and crystalline quality as well as scalability up to industrial quantities. It is therefore highly attractive for both basic and applied science. This book gives a broad and coherent overview of the complete production and value chain from nanoparticle formation to integration into products and devices. Written by experts in the field – with backgrounds in electrical engineering, experimental and theoretical physics, materials science, and chemical engineering – the book offers a deep insight into the fabrication, characterization and application of nanoparticles from the gasphase. The first part of the book, “Formation”, covers chemical and growth kinetics, in-situ diagnostics, numerical simulation, process development and material deposition. In the second section, the reader is introduced to the structure and dynamics that lead to functional nanoscale systems and materials. The third section, “Properties and Applications”, provides a detailed discussion of the optical, electronic, magnetic and chemical characteristics of nanostructures and demonstrates how these can be used in tailored materials and devices.
Author(s): Hartmut Wiggers, Mustapha Fikri, Irenaeus Wlokas, Paul Roth, Christof Schulz (auth.), Axel Lorke, Markus Winterer, Roland Schmechel, Christof Schulz (eds.)
Series: NanoScience and Technology
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2012
Language: English
Pages: 418
Tags: Nanoscale Science and Technology;Nanotechnology;Nanochemistry;Applied and Technical Physics;Physical Chemistry;Nanotechnology and Microengineering
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Synthesis of Tailored Nanoparticles in Flames: Chemical Kinetics, In Situ Diagnostics, Numerical Simulation, and Process Development....Pages 3-48
Chemical Vapor Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Oxides....Pages 49-76
Nucleation, Structure and Magnetism of Transition Metal Clusters from First Principles....Pages 77-98
Synthesis and Film Formation of Monodisperse Nanoparticles and Nanoparticle Pairs....Pages 99-119
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
Diffusion Enhancement in FePt Nanoparticles for L1 $$_0$$ Stability....Pages 123-138
Simulation of Cluster Sintering, Dipolar Chain Formation, and Ferroelectric Nanoparticulate Systems....Pages 139-159
Nanopowder Sintering....Pages 161-183
Material and Doping Contrast in III/V Nanowires Probed by Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy....Pages 185-206
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Optical Properties of Silicon Nanoparticles....Pages 209-230
Electrical Transport in Semiconductor Nanoparticle Arrays: Conductivity, Sensing and Modeling....Pages 231-271
Intrinsic Magnetism and Collective Magnetic Properties of Size-Selected Nanoparticles....Pages 273-302
Optical Spectroscopy on Magnetically Doped Semiconductor Nanoparticles....Pages 303-327
Gas Sensors Based on Well-Defined Nanostructured Thin Films....Pages 329-356
III/V Nanowires for Electronic and Optoelectronic Applications....Pages 357-385
Metal Oxide Thin-Film Transistors from Nanoparticles and Solutions....Pages 387-409
Back Matter....Pages 411-418
