Nanowires - Synthesis, Properties, Assembly and Applications: Volume 1144 (Hardcover)

Preface; 1. Growth of ultra thin ZnSe nanowires; 2. Optical properties of single wurtzite GaAs nanowires and GaAs nanowires with GaAsSb inserts; 3. Epitaxal growth of Si nanowires by a modified VLS method using molten Ga as growth assistant; 4. Matrix formation leading to catalyst free growth of GaN nanowires; 5. Annealing of nanocrystalline sillicon micro-bridges with electrical stress; 6. Three-dimensional structure of helical and zigzagged nanowires using electron tomography; 7. Anodization of NbN; 8. Langmuir?Blodgett films of one-dimensional nanowires composed of amphiphilic tetrathiafulvalenes and electron acceptor; 9. Structural and electronic properties of rare-earth nanowires; 10. Effect of metal-silicon nanowire contacts on the performance of accumulation metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor; 11. High performance printed aligned carbon nanotube transistors on both rigid and flexible substrates for transparent electronics; 12. Hydrothermal synthesis and photocatalytic activity of titanium dioxide nanotubes, nanowires and nanospheres; 13. Enhanced 1540 nm emission from Er-doped ZnO nanorod arrays via coupling with localized surface plasmon of au island film; 14. Effects of laser ablation on growth of ZnO/ZnS/ZnO multilayer structured nanorods by chemical vapor deposition; 15. Growth and characterization of p-n junction core-shell GaAs nanowires on carbon nanotube composite films; 16.Luminescence characterization of InGaN/GaN vertical heterostructures grown on GaN nanocolumns; 17. Near-infrared lasers in GaAs/GaAsP coaxial core-shell nanowires; 18. Fabrication of ZnO bridging nanowire device by a single-step chemical vapor deposition method; 19. Modeling of the oxidation of suspended silicon nanowires; 20. Nanorods as a precursor for high quality GaN layers; 21. Stabilizing dispersions of large quantities of selenium nanowires; 22. Grafting of organic molecules on silicon nanowires; 23. Electronic structure and magnetization of diluted magnetic semiconductor nanowires; 24. ZnO/Al2O3 core-shell nanorod arrays: processing, structural characterization and luminescent property; 25. Structural and optical properties of pseudobinary wurtzite alloy nanowires; 26. Novel inorganic DC lateral thin film electroluminescent devices composed of ZnO nanorods and ZnS phosphor; 27. Directed assembly of nanowires using silicon grooves and localized surface treatments; 28. Silver nanowires: synthesis, characterization and optical properties; 29. The strength of gold nanowires and nanoporous gold; 30. Electrofluidic positioning of biofunctionalized nanowires; Author index; Subject index.