Nanostructured and Advanced Materials for Applications in Sensor, Optoelectronic and Photovoltaic Technology: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Nanostructured and Advanced Materials for Applications in Sensors, Optoelectronic and Photovoltaic Technology Sozopol, Bulgaria 6–17 September 2004

Nanostructured Materials Based Next Generation Devices and Sensors....Pages 1-30
Metal-Induced Crystallization — An Advanced Technology for Producing Polycrystalline Si Films on Foreign Substrates....Pages 31-50
Electronic Characterisation and Modelling of Disordered Semiconductors....Pages 51-76
Spectroscopy of Rare Earth Ions....Pages 77-100
Nanostructured and Advanced Materials for Bio-Applications....Pages 101-114
Transmission Electron Microscopy Imaging of Nanoparticulate Matter....Pages 115-122
Matrix Embedded Metal and Semiconductor Nanoparticles....Pages 123-130
From Nanoparticles to Nanorods and Nanowires....Pages 131-138
ZnO — An Advanced Material for Solar Cell, Optoelectronic and Sensor Applications....Pages 139-154
Ion Beam Nanostructuring of Materials....Pages 155-188
Porous Silicon for Sensor Applications....Pages 189-204
Luminescent Nanoparticles: Colloidal Synthesis and Emission Properties....Pages 205-216
Nanoparticles: Functionalization and Elaboration of Materials....Pages 217-227
Organized Mesoporous Thin Films....Pages 229-239
Photovoltaics in the World....Pages 241-250
Nano-Structured Materials for a Hydrogen Economy....Pages 251-258
Nano-Structured Functional Materials: the Defect Chemistry....Pages 259-270
Nano-Structured Materials for the Conversion of Sustainable Energy....Pages 271-280
Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis and Filling by 1-D Nanocrystals....Pages 281-286
Kinetics of Field-Aided Nickel Induced Lateral Crystallisation of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon....Pages 287-292
Silicon Thin-Film Solar Cells....Pages 293-298
Nanocavity Structures Produced by Ion Implantation Into Silicon for Semiconductor Applications....Pages 299-308
Nanocrystal Superlattices of Copper, Silver and Gold, by Nanomachining....Pages 309-316
Raman Scattering from Low-Dimensional Semiconductors....Pages 317-322
Stress State and Twin Configuration of Spheroidal Silver Nanoparticles in Glass....Pages 323-326
Synthesis, Characterization, Photocatalytic and Dielectric Properties of Nanosized Strontium and Barium Titanates....Pages 327-330
Properties of β-FeSi 2 Quantum Structures Grown on Silicon....Pages 331-334
Zinc Oxide Nanowires on Non-Epitaxial Substrates from Colloidal Processing, for Gas Sensing Applications....Pages 335-338
Structural Properties of Poly-Si Thin Films Obtained by Aluminum-Induced Crystallization in Different Atmospheres....Pages 339-342
Challenges of Growing CuAlSe 2 by Physical Vapor Deposition....Pages 343-346
Silicon-On-Insulator Thin Films Grown by Liquid Phase Epitaxy....Pages 347-350
Recrystallization of CdTe Under Conditions of High Temperature and Pressure....Pages 351-354
Prospective Investigations of Biofuel Cells as Sources for Applications in Nanobiotechnology....Pages 355-358
Electronic Properties of A Peanut-Shaped C 60 Polymer....Pages 359-362
The Gel Trapping Technique: A Novel Method for Characterizing the Wettability of Microparticles and the Replication of Particle Monolayers....Pages 363-366
Ideal Nano-Emitters and Panel Nano-Devices Based on 2D Crystals of Superconducting Nanotubes....Pages 367-370
Photoluminescence and XPS Study of Selenium Treated Porous Silicon....Pages 371-374
Synthesis and Characterization of PbS Nanocrystal Assemblies....Pages 375-378
Laser Assisted Fragmentation of Silver and Copper Nanoclusters in SiO 2 Thin Films....Pages 379-382
Nd 3+ Photoluminescence in Silica Thin Films....Pages 383-386
Characterization of the Metal-Semiconductor Interface for Silicon Carbide Based Sensors....Pages 387-390
Nanoparticles, Nanoporous and Carbon Nanotube Based Devices for Bio-Molecular Detection....Pages 391-394
Crystallisation of Apatite Stoichiometric Ionomer Glasses for Medical Applications and Optoelectronics....Pages 395-398
Growth and Characterization of Nanocrystalline Diamond and Carbon Nanotubes by Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition....Pages 399-402