The fast-growing world of nanotechnology promises to revolutionize microelectronics and optoelectronics with the production and application of materials, devices and systems at nanoscale (1 to 100 billionth of a meter). This book provides professionals and researchers with a comprehensive and up-to-date understanding of organic and inorganic nanostructures - materials formed by chemical routes that engineers can use to build a wide range of electronic devices and sensors. Practitioners gain insight into the selection and optimization of nanostructures for specific applications and the development of novel nanoelectronic and sensing devices. Moreover, the book provides a thorough overview of the most important research in the field, presents experimental methods of studying nanostructures and nanostructured materials, and offers a look at the future direction of nanoelectronics.
Author(s): Alexei Nabok
Edition: 2
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 286
Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
ISBN 1580538185......Page 5
2 Wet Technologies for the Formation of Organic Nanostructures......Page 6
5 Electron Transport in Organic/Inorganic Nanostructures......Page 7
7 Chemical and Biosensors......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
1.1 A Brief History of Nanorevolution......Page 14
1.2 Physical Limitations of Traditional Semiconductor Electronics......Page 15
1.3 Quantum Nanoelectronic Devices and Quantum Computing......Page 17
1.4 Revolutionary Nanotechnologies......Page 19
1.5 Solid State Against Soft Matter in Nanotechnologies......Page 22
1.6 The Book Structure......Page 24
2.1.1 Formation of Colloid Nanoparticles......Page 26
2.1.2 Self-Assembly of Colloid Nanoparticles......Page 28
2.1.3 Electrodeposition of Nanostructured Materials......Page 29
2.1.4 Sol-Gel Deposition......Page 31
2.2.1 The Idea of Electrostatic Self-Assembly......Page 36
2.2.2 ESA Deposition in Detail......Page 37
2.2.3 ESA Deposition Equipment......Page 40
2.2.4 Composite ESA Films......Page 42
2.3.1 LB Classics......Page 46
2.3.2 Special Types of LB Films—Composite LB Films......Page 56
2.3.3 Formation of II-VI Semiconductor Particles in LB Films......Page 61
2.4 Spin Coating......Page 67
2.5 Résumé......Page 71
3.1 Morphology and Crystallography of Nanostructured Materials Prepared by Chemical Routes......Page 84
3.1.1 Methods of Morphology Study......Page 85
3.1.2 Methods of Crystallography Study......Page 88
3.1.3 The Layer-by-Layer Structure of Thin Films......Page 89
3.1.4 Morphology of LB Films Containing Nanoparticles......Page 92
3.1.5 Morphology and Crystallography of Chemically Self-Assembled Nanoparticles......Page 94
3.1.6 The Morphology and Structure of Sol-Gel and Electrodeposited Materials......Page 97
3.2.1 Experimental Methods of Composition Study......Page 100
3.2.2 Examples of Composition Study of Materials Prepared by Chemical Routes......Page 101
3.2.3 Control of Impurities in Chemically Deposited Nanostructures......Page 103
4.1.1 Method of Ellipsometry......Page 108
4.1.2 Method of SPR......Page 113
4.1.3 Optical Constants of Thin Organic Films......Page 117
4.1.4 Optical Parameters of Organic Films Containing Nanoparticles......Page 123
4.2.1 Electron in a Quantum Box......Page 127
4.2.2 Quantum Confinement and the Main Optical Properties of Low-Dimensional Semiconductor Structures......Page 129
4.3.1 Semiconductor Nanoparticles in LB and Spun Films......Page 135
4.3.2 Semiconductor Nanoparticles in Electrostatically Self-Assembled Films......Page 140
5.1.1 Definitions and Experimental Methods......Page 146
5.1.2 Conductivity of Nanocrystalline Materials......Page 151
5.1.3 Organic Semiconductors......Page 154
5.2.1 The Concept and Main Features of Electron Tunneling......Page 157
5.2.2 Electron Transfer Through Thin Organic Films......Page 159
5.2.3 Electron Tunneling Through Multilayered LB Films......Page 162
5.2.4 Resonance Tunneling......Page 164
5.2.5 Inelastic Tunneling and Inelastic Tunneling Spectroscopy......Page 167
5.3.1 Coulomb Blockade and Staircase I-V Characteristics......Page 168
5.3.2 Single-Electron Devices and Their Practical Realization......Page 171
5.3.3 Single-Electron Phenomena in Organic Films Containing Nanoparticles......Page 173
6.1.1 Organic Films as Insulating and Passivating Layers......Page 184
6.1.2 Active Organic/Inorganic Devices......Page 185
6.2 Organic/Inorganic Optoelectronic Devices......Page 187
6.2.1 Nanostructured Photovoltaic Devices and Solar Cells......Page 188
6.2.2 Light-Emitting Devices......Page 194
6.2.3 Optical Memory Devices......Page 196
6.3 Quantum Nanoelectronic Devices......Page 198
6.3.1 Quantum Computing......Page 199
6.3.2 Practical Realization of Arrays of Quantum Dots......Page 201
7.1.1 Main Definitions and Classification of Sensors......Page 218
7.1.2 Parameters of Sensors......Page 221
7.2.1 Gravimetric Sensors......Page 225
7.2.2 Electrical and Electrochemical Sensors......Page 228
7.2.3 Optical Sensors......Page 233
7.3.1 Sensors Based on Inorganic Materials......Page 244
7.3.2 Sensors Based on Organic Materials......Page 245
7.3.3 Organic Vapor Sensors Based on Calixarenes......Page 246
7.4.1 Composite Membranes for Biosensing......Page 251
7.4.2 Immune Sensors......Page 253
7.4.3 Enzyme Sensors......Page 258
About the Author......Page 274
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F......Page 277
M......Page 278
R......Page 279
S......Page 280
Z......Page 281
