Nanostructured and Advanced Materials for Applications in Sensor, Optoelectronic and Photovoltaic Technology: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study I (Paperback, 2005)

Preface.- Invited Papers: Nanostructured materials based next generation devices and sensors.- Metal-induced crystallization an advanced technology for producing polycrystalline Si films on foreign substrates.- Electronic characterisation and modelling of disordered semiconductors.- Spectroscopy of rare earth ions.- Nanostructured and advanced materials for bio-applications.-Transmission electron microscopy imaging of nanoparticulate matter.- Matrix embedded metal and semiconductor nanoparticles.- From nanoparticles to nanorods and nanowires.- ZnO - an advanced material for solar cell, optoelectronic and sensor applications.- Ion beam nanostructuring of materials.- Porous silicon for sensor applications.- Luminescent nanoparticles: Colloid synthesis and emission properties.- Nanoparticles: Functionalization and elaboration of materials.- Organized mesoporous thin films. Photovoltaics in the world.- Nano-structured materials for a hydrogen economy.- Nano-structured functional materials: The defect chemistry.- Nano-structured materials for the conversion of sustainable energy.- Seminar Papers: Double-walled carbon nanotubes: Synthesis and filling by l-D nanocrystals.- Kinetics of field-aided nickel induced lateral crystallisation of hydrogenated amorphous silicon.- Silicon thin-film solar cells.- Nanocavity structures produced by ion implantation into silicon for semiconductor applications.- Nanocrystal superlattices ofcopper, silver and gold, by nanomachining.- Raman scattering from low-dimensional semiconductors.- Selected Contributed Papers: Stress state and twin configuration of spheroidal silver nanoparticles in glass.- Synthesis, characterization, photocatalytic and dielectric properties of nanosized strontium and barium titanates.- Properties of ß-FeSi2 quantum structures grown on silicon.- Zinc oxide nanowires on non-epitaxial substrates from colloidal processing for gas sensing applications;- Structural properties of poly-Si thin films obtained by aluminium-induced crystallization in different atmospheres.- Challenges of growing CuAlSe2 by physical vapor deposition. Silicon-on-insulator thin films grown by liquid phase epitaxy.- Recrystallization of CdTe under conditions of high temperature and pressure.- Prospective investigations of biofuel cells as sources for applications in nanobiotechnology.- Electronic properties of a peanut-shaped C60 polymer.- The gel trapping technique: A novel method for characterizing the wettability of microparticles and the replication of particle monolayers.- Ideal nano-emitters and panel nano-devices based on 2D crystals of superconducting nanotubes.- Photoluminescence and XPS study of selenium treated porous silicon.- Synthesis and characterization of PbS nanocrystal assemblies.- Laser assisted fragmentation of silver and copper nanoclusters in Si02 thin films.- Nd3+ photoluminescence in silica thin films.- Characterization of the metal-semiconductor interface for silicon carbide based sensors.- Nanoparticles, nanoporous and carbon nanotube based devices for bio-molecular detection.- Crystallisation of apatite stoichiometric ionomer glasses for medical applications and optoelectronics.- Growth and characterization of nanocrystalline diamond and carbon nanotubes by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition.- ASI group photograph.- List of participans .- Poem delivered during the closing ceremony - H. Hofmeister.- Selected photographs taken during the ASI and at related social events.- Index.-