Functional Properties of Nanostructured Materials

Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Nanoscaled Materials: a Brief Introduction....Pages 3-26
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Electronic Properties and Characterisation of Disordered Semiconductors....Pages 29-44
A Computer Modelling Study of Hopping Transport and Variable Range Hopping in Disordered Solids....Pages 45-56
Electrode-Limited Currents in Thin Ternary Chalcogenide Films....Pages 57-72
A Short Survey of Optical Properties of Metal Nanostructures....Pages 75-110
Nanocomposite Thin Films With Improved Mechanical Properties....Pages 113-124
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Fabrication of Nanostructures....Pages 127-136
Optical Properties of Metal Nanoparticles Formed by Ion Implantation and Modified by Laser Annealing....Pages 139-160
Synthesis Procedures of Nanocomposites from Gels....Pages 161-168
Phase Separation and Crystallisation in High Iron Containing Borosilicate Glasses....Pages 169-172
Nanocomposites Based on Immiscible Borate Glasses....Pages 173-176
Investigation of the Microstructure of Polypropylene Composites Filled with Wood Flour Modified with Monochloracetic Acid....Pages 177-180
Physics of Deposition of Hydroxyapatite Layers by the Pulsed Laser Deposition Method....Pages 183-196
Laser Deposition of Waveguiding Films....Pages 197-210
Functionalized Thin Films and Structures Obtained by Novel Laser Processing Issues....Pages 211-226
Nanostructured Films on Silicon Surfaces....Pages 229-255
On the Origin of Impurities in the Window Layers of CdTe/CdS Solar Cells....Pages 257-260
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Deposition, Characterization and Application of Nanocrystalline Diamond Films....Pages 263-274
Nano-Scale, Multi-Functional, Cubic Boron Nitride Coatings....Pages 275-288
Nanocrystalline Cubic Boron Nitride Films....Pages 289-294
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Boron Nitride Thin Layers Prepared Using a Krypton Fluoride Excimer Laser....Pages 295-298
Metal Induced Crystallisation - an Advanced Method for Polycrystalline SI Films Preparation....Pages 301-311
Modification of the Optical and Structural Properties of a-Si 1-X C X :H Films by Ion Implantation....Pages 313-322
Application of Stain Etched Porous Silicon in Solar Cells and Light Emitting Diodes....Pages 323-332
Structural Properties of Poly-Si Thin Films on ZnO:Al Coated Glass Substrates Obtained by Aluminiuminduced Crystallization in Different Atmospheres....Pages 333-337
Cvd-Transition Metal Oxide Films As Functional Layers in “Smart Windows” and X-Ray Mirrors....Pages 341-349
Plasma Assisted Deposition of Tungsten Oxide / Silicon Oxide Multilayer Films with Sub-Nanometer Single Layers....Pages 351-354
Electrical and Polarization Properties of Nano-Sized ZrO2 on Polycrystalline Silicon....Pages 355-358
Characterization of Optical Coatings for Artwork Protection by Means of Neutron Reflectometry....Pages 359-362
Functional Nanostructured Metal Oxide Thin Films for Applications in Optical Gas Detection....Pages 363-366
Structural Characterization of Er:Yag Thin Films Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition....Pages 369-372
Optical Behavior of Vacuum Deposited Amorphous and Nano-Crystalline AS2S3 Films before and after Irradiation....Pages 373-378
On the Determination of the Optical Constants of Very Thin Metallic Films....Pages 379-383
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Nanostructured Carbon Materials....Pages 387-398
Encapsulates: Nd-Fe-B@C and Fe@C for Drug Delivery Systems and Contrast Elements, Study of Structure, Chemical Composition and Magnetic Properties....Pages 399-402
Carbon-Based Nanostructures Through Laser Interaction with Reactive Gaseous Mixtures....Pages 403-406
Growth and Properties of Zincsulfide Nanowires....Pages 407-410
Smart Materials and Martensite Microstructures in Copper Based Shape Memory Alloys....Pages 411-414
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES FOR FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS AND OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS....Pages 417-430
NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS BASED DEVICES AND SENSORS....Pages 431-442
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS SENSING USING NANOTECHNOLOGY BASED SENSORS AND IMAGE PROCESSED REAL-TIME SATELLITE DATA....Pages 443-448
OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC DATA STORAGE WITH PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS: FROM CRYSTAL STRUCTURES TO KINETICS....Pages 449-454
CHALCOGENIDE ALLOYS AS A BASIS FOR NEW NON-VOLATILE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES....Pages 455-460
NANOCRYSTALLINE Mg - BASED HYDROGEN STORAGE ALLOYS SYNTHESIZED BY MECHANICAL ALLOYING - A REVIEW....Pages 463-467
NANOCRYSTALLINE Mg BASED ALLOYS OBTAINED BY MECHANICAL ALLOYING AS PRECURSORS FOR HIGH-CAPACITY NEGATIVE ELECTRODES IN RECHARGEABLE Ni/MH BATTERIES....Pages 469-472
ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIOR OF NANOCRYSTALLINE α-Fe 2 O 3 ANODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES....Pages 473-478
NANO-SIZED VANADIUM BRONZES AS CATHODE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE LI BATTERIES....Pages 479-484
SOL-GEL PRODUCED MESOPOROUS TiO 2 /Ag COATINGS EFFECTIVE IN RHODAMINE B PHOTOOXIDATION....Pages 485-490
NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS....Pages 493-504
BIOACTIVITY OF NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACES....Pages 505-510
EFFECT OF DYSTROPHIN GENE IMMOBILIZED NANOSTRUCTURED THERAPEUTIC TEMPLATES ON AGING SKELETAL MUSCLES....Pages 511-514
IMMOBILIZATION OF RNA AND PROTEIN BIOMOLECULES ON NANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW BIOSENSORS....Pages 515-520