Volume 1, Metal and Semiconductor Nanowires covers a wide range of materials systems, from noble metals (such as Au, Ag, Cu), single element semiconductors (such as Si and Ge), compound semiconductors (such as InP, CdS and GaAs as well as heterostructures), nitrides (such as GaN and Si3N4) to carbides (such as SiC). The objective of this volume is to cover the synthesis, properties and device applications of nanowires based on metal and semiconductor materials. The volume starts with a review on novel electronic and optical nanodevices, nanosensors and logic circuits that have been built using individual nanowires as building blocks. Then, the theoretical background for electrical properties and mechanical properties of nanowires is given. The molecular nanowires, their quantized conductance, and metallic nanowires synthesized by chemical technique will be introduced next. Finally, the volume covers the synthesis and properties of semiconductor and nitrides nanowires.
Author(s): Yi Cui, Xiangfeng Duan, Yu Huang, Charles M. Lieber (auth.), Zhong Lin Wang (eds.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer US
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 475
Tags: Nanotechnology;Optical and Electronic Materials;Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation;Condensed Matter Physics;Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Nanowires as Building Blocks for Nanoscale Science and Technology....Pages 3-68
Epitaxial Quantum Wires: Growth, Properties and Applications....Pages 69-92
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Theoretical Study of Nanowires....Pages 95-124
Modeling and Simulation of the Mechanical Response of Nanowires....Pages 125-155
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
Molecular and Ionic Adsorption onto Atomic-Scale Metal Wires....Pages 159-176
Structural Study of Metal Nanowires....Pages 177-209
Metal Nanowires Synthesized by Solution-Phase Methods....Pages 211-234
Chemical and Biomolecular Interactions in the Assembly of Nanowires....Pages 235-254
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
Group III- and Group IV-Nitride Nanorods and Nanowires....Pages 257-315
Template Assisted Synthesis of Semiconductor Nanowires....Pages 317-341
Wide Band-Gap Semiconductor Nanowires Synthesized by Vapor Phase Growth....Pages 343-391
Semiconducting Oxide and Nitride Nanowires....Pages 393-411
Silicon-Based Nanowires....Pages 413-462
Back Matter....Pages 463-475
