UID:
almahu_9948025497102882
Format:
1 online resource (859 p.)
Edition:
Concise ed.
ISBN:
1-281-07685-6
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9786611076856
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0-08-053727-8
Uniform Title:
Handbook of nanostructured materials and nanotechnology. Selections.
Content:
This concise edition of Hari Singh Nalwa's Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology fills the needs of scientists and students working in chemistry, physics, materials science, electrical engineering, polymer science, surface science, spectroscopy, and biotechnology. This version of the Handbook contains 16 chapters particularly focused on synthesis and fabrication as well as the electrical and optical properties of nanoscale materials.The 5-volume reference Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology, published in October 1999, created w
Note:
"This condensed version of Handbook of nanostructured materials and nanotechnology contains 16 chapters selected from the five-volume reference work published in 1999"--P. 4 of cover.
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Front Cover; Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology; Copyright Page; Contents; About the Editor; List of Contributors; CHAPTER 1. CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF NANOSTRUCTURED METALS, METAL ALLOYS, AND SEMICONDUCTORS; 1. Introduction; 2. Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials; 3. Synthesis of Metals, Intermetallics, and Semiconductors; 4. Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 2. NANOCOMPOSITES PREPARED BY SOL-GEL METHODS: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION; 1. Introduction; 2. Nanocomposites Containing Elemental Nanoparticulates; 3. Nanocomposites Containing Nanoparticulate Substances; 4. Summary
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AcknowledgmentsReferences; CHAPTER 3. LOW-TEMPERATURE COMPACTION OF NANOSIZE POWDERS; 1. Introduction; 2. Low-Temperature-High-Pressure Powder Compaction; 3. Piston-Cylinder Die; 4. Compaction and Lubricants; 5. Compaction Equations for Powders; 6. Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 4. SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLES; 1. Introduction; 2. Preparation and Characterization; 3. Interfacial Charge Transfer Processes in Colloidal Semiconductor Systems; 4. Photocatalytic Applications; 5. Surface Modification of Semiconductor Colloids
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6. Ordered Nanostructures Using Semiconductor Nanocrystallites and their Functionality7. Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgments; References; CHAPTER 5. COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS OF III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; 1. Introduction; 2. Synthesis of Colloidal Quantum Dots; 3. Properties of III-V Quantum Dots; 4. Summary; Acknowledgment; References; CHAPTER 6. STRAINED-LAYER HETEROEPITAXY TO FABRICATE SELF-ASSEMBLED SEMICONDUCTOR ISLANDS; 1. Introduction; 2. Basics of Heteroepitaxy; 3. Common Experimental Techniques; 4. Two-Dimensional Growth and Island Formation Before Transition to Three-Dimensional Growth
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5. Three-Dimensional Islands6. Physical Properties and Applications of Self-Assembled Islands; 7. Summary; Acknowledgment; References; CHAPTER 7. HYBRID MAGNETIC-SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES; 1. Introduction; 2. Electrons in Microscopically Inhomogeneous Magnetic Fields; 3. Magnetic Field Profiles; 4. Quantum Motion in Nonhomogeneous Magnetic Fields; 5. Diffusive Transport of Electrons through Magnetic Barriers; 6. One-Dimensional Magnetic Modulation; 7. Two-Dimensional Magnetic Modulation; 8. Hall Effect Devices; 9. Nonpolarized Current Injection from Semiconductor Into Ferromagnets
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10. Spin Injection Ferromagnetic/Semiconductor Structures11. Ferromagnetic/Semiconductor Experimental Structures; 12. Nanoscale Magnets; 13. Superlattices of Nanoscale Magnet Layers and Semiconductors; Acknowledgments; References; CHAPTER 8. CARBON NANOTUBES; 1. Introduction; 2. Structure; 3. Growth; 4. Nanotube Properties; 5. Applications of Nanotubes; 6. Nanotubes Made from Noncarbon Materials; 7. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; CHAPTER 9. ENCAPSULATION AND CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR OF MATERIALS INSIDE CARBON NANOTUBES; 1. Introduction
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2. Methods of Opening, Filling, and Purifying Multiple- and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-513920-9
Language:
English
