Nanostructured Materials for Advanced Technological Applications (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics)

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Nanostructured Materials For Advanced Technological Applications: A Brief Introduction....Pages 3-34
Low Temperature Variable-Range Hopping In Disordered Solids: The Failure of the Mott “ T −1/4 ” Model and the Demonstration of a New Procedure....Pages 39-48
On The Validities And Limitations Of Transient Photo-Decay Techniques For Identifying The Energy Distribution And Related Properties Of Localized States In Disordered Semiconductors....Pages 49-58
Composite Films With Nanosized Multilayer Particles: Numeric Modelling Of Their Optical Response....Pages 61-67
Two-Photon Lasing In Micro-Cavities....Pages 69-75
Interference Of Cooperative Resonant Fluorescence From Two Distant Systems Of Radiators....Pages 77-83
Modelling The Cohesive Energy Of Chalcogenide Nanoparticles....Pages 87-95
Quantum-Dimensional Effects In The Positron Annihilation Spectra Of La–Ba–Cu–O Superconductors....Pages 97-100
Examples Of Current Industrial Micro- and Nanomaterials and Techniques for Their Characterization....Pages 103-113
Raman Spectroscopy Of Uncd Grain Boundaries....Pages 115-121
Structural Study Of Multi-Component Glasses By The Reverse Monte Carlo Simulation Technique....Pages 123-130
Dynamic Light Scattering as a Probe af Nanosized Entities: Applications In Materials and Life Sciences....Pages 131-136
The Collapse of Hydrodynamic Radii In Pluronic Pe6400 Micelles In Vicinity of Supramolecular Transition: Dynamic Light Scattering, Heat Capacity and Sound Velocity Measurements....Pages 137-142
Some Structural Modifications At The Nanometric Scale Induced By Swift Heavy Ion Irradiation....Pages 145-151
Fabrication Of Metal Nanoparticles In Polymers By Ion Implantation....Pages 153-162
Rapid Laser Prototyping Of Polymer-Based Nanoplasmonic Components....Pages 163-171
Design of Ceramic Microstructure of Nanoscaled Transitional Alumina....Pages 173-176
Carbon Nanotube Composite Materials: Opportunities and Processing Issues....Pages 181-198
Laser Ablation of Cdse and Zno: Alkylamine Assisted Formation of Magic Clusters....Pages 201-206
Synthesis and Characterization of Silver/Silica Nanostructures....Pages 207-210
Zno Nanostructures Grown By Thermal Evaporation And Thermal Decomposition Methods....Pages 211-214
Antimicrobial Effects Of Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized By An Electrochemical Method....Pages 215-218
The Effect Of Au Nanoclusters In Tin OxIDe Film Gas Sensors....Pages 219-222
Preparation And Some Characteristics Of Polyepoxypropylcarbazole Thin Films With Embedded Au–Ag Nanoparticles....Pages 223-226
Nanostructural Carbonaceous Films With Metal (Pd, Ni) Nanoparticles....Pages 227-230
Nanostructured Ionic Conductors: Investigation Of Sio2−Mi (M = Li, Ag) Composites....Pages 233-243
Preparation And Properties Of Flexible Nanocomposites, Obtained By A Combination Of Colloidal Chemistry And Sol-Gel Approach....Pages 245-250
Template Synthesis Of Mesoporous Silicas Inside Nanoreactors Based On Large Pores Of Silica Gel....Pages 251-254
Nanocrystalline Metastable Hard Coatings....Pages 257-267
Influence Of The Precursor Materials On The Structural Properties Of Poly-Si Thin Films Obtained By Aluminium-Induced Crystallization....Pages 269-284
The Renascence of Zno – Properties and Applications....Pages 285-301
Sensitivity of Zno Films Doped with Er, Ta and Co to NH3 at Room Temperature....Pages 303-306
Pulsed Laser Deposition of Layers and Nanostructures Based on CdTe and Bi....Pages 307-312
Ternary Ge–Se–(B, Ga, Tl) Chalcogenides – Preparation, Properties and Applications....Pages 315-328
Study of (As 2 Se 3 ) 100-X (AgI) X Thin Films Prepared by Pld and Vte Methods....Pages 329-334
Physico-Chemical Characterization of Nanostructured As–Se–Ag Glassy Materials....Pages 335-340
Atomic Structure of As 34 Se 51 Ag 15 and As 34 Te 51 Ag 15 Glasses Studied with Xrd, Nd and Exafs and Modeled with Rmc....Pages 341-351
Thermal Behavior of Novel (GeS 2 ) 1-X (AgI) X Glasses....Pages 353-356
Microstructural, MOrphological And Optical Characterization of As 2 Se 3 –As2 Te 3 –Sb 2 Te 3 Amorphous Layers....Pages 357-360
Nanocolloidal Solutions of As–S Glasses and their Relation to the Surface Morphology of Spin-Coated Amorphous Films....Pages 361-364
Nanostructural Characterization Of Amorphous Chalcogenides By X-Ray Diffraction And Positron Annihilation Techniques....Pages 365-370
Heterogeneous Structures In The Systems B 2 O 3 –MoO 3 –Coo and B 2 0 3 –Mo0 3 –Fe 2 O 3 ....Pages 371-376
Rare-Earth Doped Fluorochlorozirconate (Fcz) Glasses And Glass-Ceramics: Selected Thermal Properties And X-Ray Luminescence In Samarium Doped Fcz....Pages 377-386
Mixed Nano-Scaled Electrode Materials For Hydrogen Evolution....Pages 391-398
Silicon/Graphite Nano-Structured Composites For A High Efficiency Lithium-Ion Batteries Anode....Pages 399-404
Magnetron Sputtered Thin Film Cathode Materials For Lithium-Ion Batteries In The System Li–Co–O....Pages 405-409
Phase-Change Materials For Non-Volatile Data Storage....Pages 413-428
Structure And Crystallization Behaviour Of (GeTe 5 ) 100−X Ga X Nanosized Thin Films For Phase-Change Applications....Pages 429-434
Ag-Conducting Chalcogenide Glasses: Applications In Programmable Metallization Cells....Pages 435-443
Nanostructured Semiconductor Materials For Optoelectronic Applications....Pages 447-476
Ultrananocrystalline Diamond/Amorhous Carbon Nanocomposite Films For Biotechnological Applications....Pages 479-500
Wetting Behaviour And Protein Adsorption Tests on Ultrananocrystalline Diamond And Amorphous Hydrogenated Carbon Thin Films....Pages 501-508
Tantalum Pentoxide As A Material For Biosensors: Deposition, Properties And Applications....Pages 509-524
Novel Nanostructured Materials Accelerating Osteogenesis....Pages 525-532
Effects of Functional Groups, Biosignal Molecules And Nanotopography on Cellular Proliferation....Pages 533-538
Back Matter....Pages 539-547