Physics, chemistry and application of nanostructures: review and short notes to Nanomeeting-2001: Minsk, Belarus 22-25 May 2001

Foreword......Page 8
CONTENTS......Page 10
PHYSICS OF NANOSTRUCTURES......Page 20
Discovery and understanding of nanoworld in the XX-th century: main achievements in the mirror of the Nobel Prizes......Page 22
Self-assembled InGaAs quantum dot superlattices......Page 34
Multiexciton dynamics of GaAs single quantum dots......Page 41
Photoreflectance Investigations of low dimensional semiconductor structures......Page 49
Thermoelectric properties of chaotic quantum dots......Page 59
Polarons in quantum wells......Page 67
Self-assembling SiGe dots: nucleation and growth......Page 76
Stress and strain distributions in Ge dots on Si(001) by molecular dynamics simulation......Page 88
Light emission from semiconducting silicide nanostructures in silicon......Page 95
Physics of multiwalled carbon nanotubes......Page 105
Ultra thin C60-based films: molecular arrangement and electronic states......Page 113
On a possibility of the Mott transition in a quantum dot ensemble......Page 121
Screening of extra point charge in a few particle coulomb system......Page 125
A superlattice with resonant states in a unit cell: the band structure and electron transitions......Page 129
Dispersion of guided plasmon-polaritons in a planar Bragg microresonator with two-dimensional electron system......Page 133
Optical properties of fractal Cantor-like multilayer nanostructures......Page 137
I-V curves of short intentionally disordered superlattices in vertical direction......Page 141
Phonon-plasmon interaction in tunneling GaAs/AlAs superlattices: experiment and calculations......Page 145
Negative and persistent positive photoconductivity in p-type Al0.5Ga0.5As / GaAs / Al0.5Ga0.5As......Page 149
Raman and photoluminescence studies of the interface reconstructions in GaAs/AlAs superlattices grown on (311) and (001) surfaces......Page 153
Investigation of surface morphology features and local photoelectric properties of InAs/GaAs quantum dot structures......Page 157
Controllable one-dimensional photonic structures with n-i-p-i crystal layers......Page 161
Influence of electron irradiation on carrier recombination and intradot relaxation in InGaAs/GaAs quantum dot structures......Page 165
Electric field effect on absorption spectra of an ensemble of close-packed CdSe nanocrystals......Page 169
Ge nanocrystals in SiC: ab initio supercell calculations of optical properties......Page 175
Surface energies of Ge and Si and consequences for nanocrystallites......Page 179
2D nanostructures and 3D silicide nanocrystallites at rare-earth metal/Si(111) interfaces: formation mechanism and properties......Page 183
Photoluminescence of the silicon carbide nanoclusters embeded into porous silicon......Page 187
Exciton recombination mechanism in light emitting nanocrystalline silicon......Page 191
Time-resolved photoluminescence of nanocrystalline silicon films obtained by laser ablation......Page 195
Electron-phonon coupling in heavily doped silicon......Page 199
Influence of surface phases on electrical conductivity of silicon surface......Page 203
Morphology and optical properties of Si(111)/CrSi2/Si and Si(111)/Mg2Si/Si systems with self-organized quantum dots......Page 209
Microcavity enhancement of second-harmonic generation and Raman scattering in photonic crystals of porous silicon......Page 213
Structural and electrical characterization of thin crystalline CaF2 layers grown by MBE on Si(111)......Page 217
Switching effect in lead phthalocyanine nanostructure......Page 221
Photoreflectance diagnostics of nanometer dielectric films......Page 225
Nanostructured TiO2:Tb2O3 phosphor fabricated by sol-gel method on porous anodic alumina......Page 229
Three-dimensional photonic band gap structures doped with Tb3+ ions......Page 233
Europium photoluminescence in sol-gel derived titania xerogel on Porous Anodic Alumina......Page 240
Dynamic observation and structure analysis of nanostructures of Cu on Si(111) by low energy electron microscopy......Page 244
Optical properties of layer-periodic metal nanoparticle systems in the visible......Page 254
Conductance quantization in magnetic and nonmagnetic metallic nanowires......Page 258
Conductivity of two-dimensional chromium and iron ordered surface phases on Si(111)......Page 262
Effect of the symmetry on the properties of superconductor/normal metal nanostructures......Page 266
CHEMISTRY OF NANOSTRUCTURES......Page 272
Self-assembling alkali nanowires at semiconductor surfaces......Page 274
Relaxation processes in self-assembled nanoscale photosynthetic models......Page 282
Electronic processes in nanocomposite films......Page 292
Size-control of small metal clusters and nanoparticles in zeolites: silver and copper in mordenites with variable SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratio......Page 300
Formation of ultradisperse bimetallic particles by redox processes in aqueous solutions......Page 306
Polyelectrolyte micro- and nanocapsules as microcages for chemical reactions in restricted volumes......Page 310
Employment of the layer-by-layer technique for the formation of polymer-core TiO2-shell particles and TiO2 hollow spheres......Page 314
Observation of single molecule diffusion in micro- and nanodroplets of polymers on surfaces......Page 318
Chemically grown II-VI semiconductor quantum dots for optoelectronic and photonic applications......Page 323
Fast electrochemical impedance spectroscopy for nanochemistry and nanophysics......Page 327
Kinetics of tip induced oxidation by scanning probe microscope......Page 332
Features of luminescent semiconductor nanowire array formation by electrodeposition into porous alumina......Page 336
Structural, electrical and gas sensing properties of copper phthalocyanine nanoparticles in polystyrene......Page 340
NANOTECHNOLOGY......Page 346
Micro- and nanostructures: preparation and applications......Page 348
Massively parallel atomic lines on silicon carbide......Page 359
Formation of silicon and germanium nanostructures using ultrathin SiO2 films......Page 372
High temperature superconducting artificial superlattices: technology and perspectives......Page 383
Semi-spherical SiGe/Si-nanostructures grown by MBE with in situ ion-beam assistance......Page 391
Molecular beam epitaxial growth and photoluminescence studies of InAs self-organized quantum dots on patterned GaAs (001) substrates......Page 395
Production type planetary MOVPE reactors for fabrication of nitride quantum well lasers......Page 400
SPM modification of organic Langmuir-Blodgett films......Page 405
Advancing magnetic force microscopy......Page 409
Microporous xerogels in mesoporous anodic alumina......Page 412
Technology of pillar microstructure formation with anodic oxides......Page 418
New materials and nanostructures for organic electroluminescent devices......Page 422
Cadmium selenide nanocrystals inside plastic microspheres: a quantum dot in a photonic dot structure with unusual optical properties......Page 427
Porous silicon as a material for enhancement of electron field emission......Page 431
On use of Bessel light beams in nanotechnologies......Page 436
Computer simulation of gas-phase plasma chemistry and silicon ion cluster formation during PECVD......Page 443
Development and application of nanostructured metallized fiber materials in microwave absorbers......Page 447
NANOSTRUCTURE BASED DEVICES......Page 450
Carrier transport and electroluminescence in Si/CaF2 superlattices......Page 452
Reverse biased porous silicon light emitting diodes for optoelectronics......Page 460
Energy transfer and lasing in InGaN/GaN multiple quantum well heterostructures......Page 469
A new multipeak resonant tunneling diode for signal processing application......Page 473
A cyclotron resonance quantum Hall effect detector......Page 478
The role of shallow and deep traps in carrier transport across silicon/insulator nanostructures......Page 482
Long term charge relaxation in silicon single electron transistors......Page 485
Intersubband electron scattering rates in one-dimensional Si MOS-structure......Page 489
The potential of B-FeSi2 nanostructures for solar cell applications......Page 492
Resonant tunneling through an array of quantum dots coupled to superconductors under the effect of magnetic field......Page 495
Modeling of the differential conductance of mesoscopic system: theory and simulation......Page 499
Author Index......Page 504