Nanoscale Phenomena (eBook)

Preface 6
Contents 8
Contributors 11
Nano Structured Carbons and their Applications 15
Science and Technology of Nanocarbons 16
Catalytically-Grown Carbon Nanotubes and Their Current Applications 21
Transparent Conducting Films by Using Carbon Nanotubes 26
Raman Spectroscopy on Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes 40
Interface Design of Carbon Nano-Materials for Energy Storage 51
Formation Mechanism of 0.4nm Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in CoAPO- 5 Single Crystals 58
Quantum Dots and Molecular Spintronics 66
Nanodevices and Maxwell’s Demon 67
Manipulating Electron Spins in an InGaAs/ InAlAs Two- Dimensional Electron Gas 90
Continuum Modelling of Nanoscale Hydrodynamics 106
Defect in Zinc Oxide Nanostructures Synthesized by a Hydrothermal Method 124
Nano Materials Design and Synthesis 138
Towards Surface Science Studies of Surfaces Formed by Molecular Assemblies Using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy 139
Electronic Transport Through Metal Nanowire Contacts 144
Synthesis and Properties of Quasi- One- Dimensional Nitride Nanostructures 154
Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy for Nannomaterials 183
Fabrication of Photovoltaic Devices by Layer- by- Layer Polyelectrolyte Deposition Method 189
Optical Properties of Arrays of Iodine Molecular Chains Formed Inside the Channels of AlPO4- 5 Zeolite Crystals 194
Molecular Electronics 201
Quantum Manipulation at Molecule Scale 202
Silicon-Based Nano Devices for Detection of DNA Molecules 210
From Simple Molecules to Molecular Functional Materials and Nanoscience 217
First-Principles Method for Open Electronic Systems 235
Author Index 244
Subject Index 245