Introduction to nanomaterials and devices [[electronic resource] /] / Omar Manasreh

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910139565903321
• Autore: Manasreh Mahmoud Omar
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2012
• ISBN: 1-283-33234-5; 9786613332349; 1-118-14841-X; 1-118-14840-1; 1-118-14837-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (488 p.)
• Classificazione: TEC008090
• Disciplina: 620.1/15; 620.115
• Soggetti: Nanostructured materials; Optoelectronic devices; Semiconductor nanocrystals; Quantum electronics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: INTRODUCTION TO NANOMATERIALS AND DEVICES; CONTENTS; Preface; Fundamental Constants; 1 Growth of Bulk, Thin Films, and Nanomaterials; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Growth of Bulk Semiconductors; 1.2.1 Liquid-Encapsulated Czochralski (LEC) Method; 1.2.2 Horizontal Bridgman Method; 1.2.3 Float-Zone Growth Method; 1.2.4 Lely Growth Method; 1.3 Growth of Semiconductor Thin Films; 1.3.1 Liquid-Phase Epitaxy Method; 1.3.2 Vapor-Phase Epitaxy Method; 1.3.3 Hydride Vapor-Phase Epitaxial Growth of Thick GaN Layers; 1.3.4 Pulsed Laser Deposition Technique; 1.3.5 Molecular Beam Epitaxy Growth Technique; 1.4 Fabrication and Growth of Semiconductor Nanomaterials1.4.1 Nucleation; 1.4.2 Fabrications of Quantum Dots; 1.4.3 Epitaxial Growth of Self-Assembly Quantum Dots; 1.5 Colloidal Growth of Nanocrystals; 1.6 Summary; Problems; Bibliography; 2 Application of Quantum Mechanics to Nanomaterial Structures; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The de Broglie Relation; 2.3 Wave Functions and Schrödinger Equation; 2.4 ; Dirac Notation; 2.4.1 Action of a Linear Operator on a Bra; 2.4.2 Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions of an Operator; 2.4.3 The Dirac d-Function; 2.4.4 Fourier Series and Fourier Transform in Quantum Mechanics2.5 Variational Method; 2.6 Stationary States of a Particle in a Potential Step; 2.7 Potential Barrier with a Finite Height; 2.8 Potential Well with an Infinite Depth; 2.9 Finite Depth Potential Well; 2.10 Unbound Motion of a Particle (E > V0) in a Potential Well With a Finite Depth; 2.11 Triangular Potential Well; 2.12 Delta Function Potentials; 2.13 Transmission in Finite Double Barrier Potential Wells; 2.14 Envelope Function Approximation; 2.15 Periodic Potential; 2.15.1 Bloch's Theorem; 2.15.2 The Kronig-Penney Model; 2.15.3 One-Electron Approximation in a Periodic Dirac d-Function2.15.4 Superlattices; 2.16 Effective Mass; 2.17 Summary; Problems; Bibliography; 3 Density of States in Semiconductor Materials; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Distribution Functions; 3.3 Maxwell-Boltzmann Statistic; 3.4 Fermi-Dirac Statistics; 3.5 Bose-Einstein Statistics; 3.6 Density of States; 3.7 Density of States of Quantum Wells, Wires, and Dots; 3.7.1 Quantum Wells; 3.7.2 Quantum Wires; 3.7.3 Quantum Dots; 3.8 Density of States of Other Systems; 3.8.1 Superlattices; 3.8.2 Density of States of Bulk Electrons in the Presence of a Magnetic Field3.8.3 Density of States in the Presence of an Electric Field; 3.9 Summary; Problems; Bibliography; 4 Optical Properties; 4.1 Fundamentals; 4.2 Lorentz and Drude Models; 4.3 The Optical Absorption Coefficient of the Interband Transition in Direct Band Gap Semiconductors; 4.4 The Optical Absorption Coefficient of the Interband Transition in Indirect Band Gap Semiconductors; 4.5 The Optical Absorption Coefficient of the Interband Transition in Quantum Wells; 4.6 The Optical Absorption Coefficient of the Interband Transition in Type II Superlattices
• Sommario/riassunto: "This book introduces the basic concepts of nanomaterials and devices fabricated from these nanomaterials. Explicates cutting-edge topics and concepts in the field, such as plasmon-photon interaction and coupling of photonic crystals to devices with the purpose of enhancing the device performance. Provides a thorough background in quantum mechanics/physics. Successfully details the interrelationship between quantum mechanics and nanomaterials"--