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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on nanostructured semiconductors, their fabrication, and their application in fields such as optics, acoustics, and biomedicine. It presents recent developments in nanostructured and hybrid materials and also contains a collection of principles and approaches related to nano-size semiconductors. The text summarizes the recent work by renowned scientists, emphasizing the synthesis by self-assembly or prestructuring and characterization methods of such nanosize materials and also discusses the potential applications of nanostructured semiconductors and hybrid systems. It also gives adequate coverage to the novel properties of nanostructured and low-dimensional materials.
Table of ContentsA Meta Model for Electrochemical Pore Growth in Semiconductors. ew Approaches to the Production of Porous Silicon by Stain Etching. Silicon nanostructures by self-assembly and metal assisted etching. Synthesis and Characterization of Ge Nanocrystals. SiGe Nanostructures: From Fundamentals to Applications. Mesoporous Silica from Anodization of Silicon: Preparation and Morphologies. Filling of Porous Silicon with Metals by Electrochemical Reactions. Magnetic Nanostructures Embedded in a Porous Silicon Matrix. Manifestations of the Quantum Confinement Effect in the Phototransport Properties of Ensembles of Semiconductor Quantum Dots. Silicon Nanocrystals Embedded in SiO2 Matrices: Ab initio Results. Design of Composite and Multi-Component One-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Structures Based on Silicon. Si-Based Optical Resonators. Optical Properties of Nanoscale Si/SiO2 Superlattices. Nanosilicon for Advanced Post-Scaling Applications. Semiconductor Nanowires and Associated Polymeric Composites: Therapeutic Implications for Smart Tissue Engineering Scaffolds.
