Research and Markets: This Essential Report on Nanostructures in Electronics and Photonics is Now Available

DUBLIN--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/502331/nanostructures_in) has
announced the addition of Pan Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd.'s new report
"Nanostructures in Electronics and Photonics" to their offering.

Nanotechnology is the buzzword these days. This book provides a broad overview
of nanotechnology as applied to contemporary electronics and photonics. The
areas of application described are typical of what originally set off the
nanotechnology revolution. An account of original research contributions from
researchers all over the world, the book is extremely valuable for gaining an
understanding of the latest developments in applied nanotechnology. Clearly
structured and readable, the book is useful for both students and researchers
alike: students can learn about the various aspects of nanotechnology and
professional researchers can update themselves on the new developments in this
dynamic field.

Reviews:

"I am very impressed with the presentation of information in this book. The
information contained is on the edge of current technology in which there are
not many available yet. I find the pictures informative and of high quality. The
text is very well written and it actually reads like a novel. There are valuable
explanations on how the work was done - that can be helpful for researchers who
wish to start in this field. This is a book I will recommend to my students who
are taking my advanced electronics device course. It will make very interesting
background reading. Finally this is a reference work I can use. I recommend this
book to the general public, anyone with an interest on developments in the field
of nanotechnology, especially those who are keen to become involved in this
field." Dr Kristel Fobelets Imperial College London, UK

The book covers nanoscale materials and devices for both electronics and optical
technologies. The emphasis throughout is on experimental methods rather than
theoretical modeling. The material will provide food for thought for researchers
and research students keen to develop new technologies at the ultra-small scale
and to open up new avenues for research.

For many years now, engineering at the very small scale has remained the driving
force behind a significant share of the global economy. Over the past four
decades, microelectronic devices have proliferated and their myriad uses have
increasingly defined our modern lifestyles. Throughout the microelectronics era,
the sizes of individual devices integrated on semiconductor chips have been
steadily reduced. With this trend still continuing, a future is in sight when we
shall reach the end of the road for conventional device miniaturization. This
will come about both as a result of the graininess of matter and the quantum
mechanical nature of physical phenomena that become evident at very small length
scales. Although the limitations would principally come from material science
and physics, their repercussions would be largely economical. In order to keep
the semiconductor industry profitable, new materials, processing techniques and
device architectures will be needed. At the time of this writing we have about
ten years to prepare for a graceful handover to alternative technologies. By all
accounts, these futuristic technologies will exploit the physics and technology
of novel devices whose dimensions will be measured in nanometers - 1 nanometer
being one billionth of a meter. Structures and devices at this scale are already
at the heart of modern technology and these are going to play increasingly
important roles in the future. Nanotechnology - the engineering discipline
concerned with studying and fabricating such ultra small objects is now a
thriving field in applied sciences and is attracting more researchers and
funding throughout the world. Several countries have made nanotechnology funding
a very high priority in their budget allocations, as an appreciation for its
potential has grown in recent years. Developed countries as well as a number of
developing countries see much promise from nanotechnology in fields as diverse
as information technology and health care.

The interdisciplinary nature of nanotechnology is perhaps the most noticeable
feature of this new field. The nano world can be approached from several
different disciplines such as materials science, electronics, physics, chemistry
and biology. This creates new opportunities for scientists and engineers as well
as policy makers. It is clear that explorations and innovations in this realm
will open up entirely new Nanostructures in Electronics and Photonics
possibilities. This is good news for a world that is increasingly short of
non-renewable sources of both materials and energy. Recognizing the potential of
nanotechnology, many companies have started research in this field and more are
joining them every year. Universities too are increasingly active in this area.
As researchers we need to have a broad understanding of what our fellow
researchers are doing elsewhere. This book is geared towards satisfying that
need. Nanotechnology being such a wide discipline, this book is only concerned
with its applications in electronics and photonics and in that too it looks at
only a narrow selection of topics. The book contains a selection of 16 chapters
contributed by a number of research teams around the world. They have especially
expanded and adapted these chapters from papers published by them in the recent
past.

After the introductory chapter the book is divided into two parts. The first is
comprised of works that deal with electronic applications of nanotechnology
whereas the following part is constituted of nanotechnology applications in
pushing the frontiers of photonic technologies. The chapters are focused on
experimental aspects of nanotechnology rather than theoretical studies or
computer modeling. All the contributors are active researchers in their fields
of specialization and thus this book provides an up-to-date survey of the state
of contemporary nanotechnology. The publisher, editor and contributors hope that
it will be useful to both students and professional researchers alike.

Key Features:

* Wide coverage of research topics and written with a high pedagogical value
that could be used as an advanced graduate textbook
* Authoritative descriptions of cutting-edge research from leading researchers
* Inclusion of extensive bibliographic information

Topics

* From Microstructures for Nanostructures (F Rahman)
* Nanoscale Materials and Structures for Electronics:
* Assembling Ferromagnetic Single-electron Transistors with Atomic Force
Microscopy (H Pettersson et al.)
* Nanoporous Alumina Templates for Nanowire Electron Devices (T L Wade et al.)
* Single-walled Carbon Nanotube Transistors (S Kim & S Mohammadi)
* Cooling with Integrated Carbon Nanotube Films (G Tóth et al.)
* AC Dielectrophoresis Alignment of Gallium Nitride Nanowires (GaN NWs) for Use
in Device Applications (S-K Lee et al.)
* Design, Fabrication, and Applications of Large-area Well-ordered Dense-array
Three-dimensional Nanostructures (C-H Choi & C-J "CJ" Kim)
* UV-NIL Stamp Fabrication Techniques with Diamond-like Carbon Film (J-H Jeong
et al.)
* ZnO Nanowires and Nanobelts: Structure Switch by Indium Doping (H J Fan)
* Field Emission Properties of 1-D SiC Nanostructures (G-Z Shen & D Chen)
* Nanoscale Materials and Structures for Photonics:
* Manipulating the Optical Properties of Individual and Arrays of Gold
Nanopyramids (J Lee et al.)
* Properties of Gold Nanoantennas in the Infrared (F Neubrech et al.)
* Three-dimensional Holographic Polymeric Photonic Crystal Operating in the
Optical communication Window (J-Q Chen & R T Chen)
* Continuous Roll Nano-imprinting Technology for Large-scale Nano- and
Microstructures (S Kang et al.)
* Fabrication and Characterization of Two-dimensional ZnO Photonic
Nanostructrures (J-B Cui)
* Visible Light Emission from Innate Silicon Nanoparticles in Silicon-compound
Films Grown at Low Temperatures (Z-X Cao)

Readership

Graduate students and researchers in:

* Physics
* Chemistry
* Materials science
* Device engineering

Key Topics Covered:

* From Microstructures to Nanostructures Faiz Rahman
* Assembling Ferromagnetic Single-electron Transistors with Atomic Force
Microscopy Hakån Pettersson, Ruisheng Liu, Dmitry Suyatin and Lars Samuelson
* Nanoporous Alumina Templates for Nanowire Electron Devices Travis L. Wade,
Costel S. Cojocaru, Jean-Eric Wegrowe and Didier Pribat
* Single-walled Carbon Nanotube Transistors Sunkook Kim and Saeed Mohammadi
* Cooling with Integrated Carbon Nanotube Films Géza Tóth, Krisztián Kordás,
Pulickel M. Ajayan and Robert Vajtai
* AC Dielectrophoresis Alignment of Gallium Nitride Nanowires (GaN NWs) for Use
in Device Applications Sang-Kwon Lee, Tae-Hong Kim and Seung-Yong Lee
* Design, Fabrication, and Applications of Large-area Well-ordered Dense-array
Three-dimensional Nanostructures Chang-Hwan Choi and Chang-Jin "CJ" Kim
* UV-NIL Stamp Fabrication Techniques with Diamond-like Carbon Film Jun-ho
Jeong, Ali Ozhan Altun and Ki-don Kim
* ZnO Nanowires and Nanobelts: Structure Switch by Indium Doping Hong Jin Fan
* Field Emission Properties of 1-D SiC Nanostructures Guozen Shen and Di Chen
* Manipulating the Optical Properties of Individual and Arrays of Gold
Nanopyramids Jeunghoon Lee, Joel Henzie and Teri W. Odom
* Properties of Gold Nanoantennas in the Infrared F. Neubrech, J. Aizpurua, S.
Karim, T. W. Cornelius and A. Pucci
* Three-dimensional Holographic Polymeric Photonic Crystal Operating in the
Optical Communication Window Jiaqi Chen and Ray T. Chen
* Continuous Roll Nano-imprinting Technology for Largescale Nano- and
Microstructures Shinill Kang, Suho Ann and Seok-min Kim
* Fabrication and Characterization of Two-dimensional ZnO Photonic
Nanostructures Jingbiao Cui
* Visible Light Emission from Innate Silicon Nanoparticles in Silicon-compound
Films Grown at Low Temperatures Cao Zexian

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