Nanostructured and Advanced Materials for Applications in Sensor, Optoelectronic and Photovoltaic Technology (eBook)

Preface.- Invited Papers: Nanostructured materials based next generation devices and sensors; A. Vaseashta.- Metal-induced crystallization an advanced technology for producing polycrystalline Si films on foreign substrates; D. Dimova-Malinovska.- Electronic characterisation and modelling of disordered semiconductors; J. M. Marshall, C. Main.- Spectroscopy of rare earth ions; R. Reisfeld.- Nanostructured and advanced materials for bio-applications; D. Dimova-Malinovska .-Transmission electron microscopy imaging of nanoparticulate matter; H. Hofmeister.- Matrix embedded metal and semiconductor nanoparticles; H. Hofmeister.- From nanoparticles to nanorods and nanowires; H. Hofmeister.- ZnO - an advanced material for solar cell, optoelectronic and sensor applications; D. Dimova-Malinovska.- Ion beam nanostructuring of materials; J.-C. Pivin.- Porous silicon for sensor applications; A.. Nassiopoulou.- Luminescent nanoparticles: Colloid synthesis and emission properties; T. Gacoin.- Nanoparticles: Functionalization and elaboration of materials; T. Gacoin.- Organized mesoporous thin films; T. Gacoin.- Photovoltaics in the world; S. M. Pietruszko.- Nano-structured materials for a hydrogen economy; D. Perniu et al.- Nano-structured functional materials: The defect chemistry; J. Schoonman.- Nano-structured materials for the conversion of sustainable energy; J. Schoonman.- Seminar Papers: Double-walled carbon nanotubes: Synthesis and filling by l-D nanocrystals; E. Flauhaut.- Kinetics of field-aided nickel induced lateral crystallisation of hydrogenated amorphous silicon; A. J. Flewitt et al.- Silicon thin-film solar cells; W. Fuhs.- Nanocavity structures produced by ion implantation into silicon for semiconductor applications; R. E. Hurley et al.- Nanocrystal superlattices ofcopper, silver and gold, by nanomachining; A..A.. Ponce et al.- Raman scattering from low-dimensional semiconductors; D. Nesheva.- Selected Contributed Papers: Stress state and twin configuration of spheroidal silver nanoparticles in glass; A. Berger et al.- Synthesis, characterization, photocatalytic and dielectric properties of nanosized strontium and barium titanates; D.V. Demydov , K. J. Klabunde.- Properties of ß-FeSi2 quantum structures grown on silicon; L. Dózsa et al.- Zinc oxide nanowires on non-epitaxial substrates from colloidal processing for gas sensing applications; A. Sugunan et al.- Structural properties of poly-Si thin films obtained by aluminium-induced crystallization in different atmospheres; V. Grigorov et al.- Challenges of growing CuAlSe2 by physical vapor deposition; M. W. Haimbodi et al. Silicon-on-insulator thin films grown by liquid phase epitaxy; I. Jozwik et al.- Recrystallization of CdTe under conditions of high temperature and pressure; V. Mikli, J. Hue.- Prospective investigations of biofuel cells as sources for applications in nanobiotechnology; I. Stamatin et al.- Electronic properties of a peanut-shaped C60 polymer; J. Onoe .- The gel trapping technique: A novel method for characterizing the wettability of microparticles and the replication of particle monolayers; V. N. Paunov, 0. J. Cayre .- Ideal nano-emitters and panel nano-devices based on 2D crystals of superconducting nanotubes; V. V. Pokropivny et al.- Photoluminescence and XPS study of selenium treated porous silicon; R. Jarimaviciute-Zvalioniene et al.- Synthesis and characterization of PbS nanocrystal assemblies; T. Saraidarov, R. Reisfeld.- Laser assisted fragmentation of silver and copper nanoclusters in Si02 thin films; M. Sendova et al.- Nd3+ photoluminescence in silica thin films; M. Sendova-Vassileva et al.- Characterization of the metal-semiconductor interface for silicon carbide based sensors; A. A. Woodworth et al.- Nanoparticles, nanoporous and carbon nanotube based devices for bio-molecular detection; A. Vaseashta et al.- Crystallisation of apatite stoichiometric ionomer glasses for medical