05576nam 22007334a 450 991101912820332120200520144314.09786610242764978128024276212802427609780470020876047002087397804700208690470020865(CKB)1000000000356126(EBL)241158(OCoLC)77513982(SSID)ssj0000207942(PQKBManifestationID)11175343(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000207942(PQKBWorkID)10239050(PQKB)10667232(MiAaPQ)EBC241158(Perlego)2764577(EXLCZ)99100000000035612620040712d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNanoscale science and technology /edited by Robert W Kelsall, Ian W Hamley, and Mark GeogheganChichester, England ;Hoboken, NJ John Wiley20051 online resource (474 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780470012727 0470012722 9780470850862 0470850868 Includes bibliographical references and index.Nanoscale Science and Technology; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Chapter authors; 1 Generic methodologies for nanotechnology: classification and fabrication; 1.1 Introduction and classification; 1.1.1 What is nanotechnology?; 1.1.2 Classification of nanostructures; 1.1.3 Nanoscale architecture; 1.2 Summary of the electronic properties of atoms and solids; 1.2.1 The isolated atom; 1.2.2 Bonding between atoms; 1.2.3 Giant molecular solids; 1.2.4 The free electron model and energy bands; 1.2.5 Crystalline solids; 1.2.6 Periodicity of crystal lattices; 1.2.7 Electronic conduction1.3 Effects of the nanometre length scale1.3.1 Changes to the system total energy; 1.3.2 Changes to the system structure; 1.3.3 How nanoscale dimensions affect properties; 1.4 Fabrication methods; 1.4.1 Top-down processes; 1.4.2 Bottom-up processes; 1.4.3 Methods for templating the growth of nanomaterials; 1.4.4 Ordering of nanosystems; 1.5 Preparation, safety and storage issues; Bibliography; 2 Generic methodologies for nanotechnology: characterization; 2.1 General classification of characterization methods; 2.1.1 Analytical and imaging techniques; 2.1.2 Some scattering physics2.2 Microscopy techniques2.2.1 General considerations for imaging; 2.2.2 Image magnification and resolution; 2.2.3 Other considerations for imaging; 2.2.4 Light microscopy; 2.3 Electron microscopy; 2.3.1 General aspects of electron optics; 2.3.2 Electron beam generation; 2.3.3 Electron-specimen interactions; 2.3.4 Scanning electron microscopy; 2.3.5 Transmission electron microscopy; 2.3.6 Scanning transmission electron microscopy; 2.4 Field ion microscopy; 2.5 Scanning probe techniques; 2.5.1 Scanning tunnelling microscopy; 2.5.2 Atomic force microscopy; 2.5.3 Other scanning probe techniques2.6 Diffraction techniques2.6.1 Bulk diffraction techniques; 2.6.2 Surface diffraction techniques; 2.7 Spectroscopy techniques; 2.7.1 Photon spectroscopy; 2.7.2 Radio frequency spectroscopy; 2.7.3 Electron spectroscopy; 2.8 Surface analysis and depth profiling; 2.8.1 Electron spectroscopy of surfaces; 2.8.2 Mass spectrometry of surfaces; 2.8.3 Ion beam analysis; 2.8.4 Reflectometry; 2.9 Summary of techniques for property measurement; 2.9.1 Mechanical properties; 2.9.2 Electron transport properties; 2.9.3 Magnetic properties; 2.9.4 Thermal properties; Bibliography3 Inorganic semiconductor nanostructures3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Overview of relevant semiconductor physics; 3.2.1 What is a semiconductor?; 3.2.2 Doping; 3.2.3 The concept of effective mass; 3.2.4 Carrier transport, mobility and electrical conductivity; 3.2.5 Optical properties of semiconductors; 3.2.6 Excitons; 3.2.7 The pn junction; 3.2.8 Phonons; 3.2.9 Types of semiconductor; 3.3 Quantum confinement in semiconductor nanostructures; 3.3.1 Quantum confinement in one dimension: quantum wells; 3.3.2 Quantum confinement in two dimensions: quantum wires3.3.3 Quantum confinement in three dimensions: quantum dotsNanotechnology is a vital new area of research and development addressing the control, modification and fabrication of materials, structures and devices with nanometre precision and the synthesis of such structures into systems of micro- and macroscopic dimensions. Future applications of nanoscale science and technology include motors smaller than the diameter of a human hair and single-celled organisms programmed to fabricate materials with nanometer precision.Miniaturisation has revolutionised the semiconductor industry by making possible inexpensive integrated electronic circuits coNanotechnologyNanoscienceNanostructured materialsMagnetic propertiesNanotechnology.Nanoscience.Nanostructured materialsMagnetic properties.620/.5Kelsall Robert W1302724Hamley Ian W296836Geoghegan Mark1839192MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911019128203321Nanoscale science and technology4418353UNINA