Molecular Building Blocks for Nanotechnology (Topics in Applied Physics, #109)
This book takes a "bottom-up" approach, beginning with atoms and molecules - molecular building blocks - and assembling them to build nanostructured materials. Coverage includes Carbon Nanotubes, Nanowires, and Diamondoids. The applications presented here will enable practitioners to design and build nanometer-scale systems. These concepts have far-reaching implications: from mechanical to chemical processes, from electronic components to ultra-fine sensors, from medicine to energy, and from pha...
Molecular Devices for Solar Energy Conversion and Storage (Green Chemistry and Sustainable Technology)
This book shows the different molecular devices used for solar energy conversion and storage and the important characterization techniques for this kind of device. It has five chapters describing representative molecule-based solar cells, such as organic solar cells, dye-sensitized solar cells and hybrid solar cells (perovskite solar cell and quantum dots solar cells). It also includes two chapters demonstrating the use of molecular devices in the areas of solar fuel, water splitting and carbon...
The Physics and Chemistry of Carbides, Nitrides and Borides (Nato Science Series E:, #185)
Carbides, nitrides and borides are families of related refractory materials. Traditionally they have been employed in applications associated with engineering ceramics where either high temperature strength or stability is of primary importance. In recent years there has been a growing awareness of the interesting electrical, thermal and optical properties exhibited by these materials, and the fact that many can be prepared as monolithic ceramics, single crystals and thin films. In practical ter...
Verformung Und Schadigung Von Werkstoffen Der Aufbau- Und Verbindungstechnik
by Steffen Wiese
Im Mittelpunkt stehen Zuverlassigkeits- und Lebensdauerfragen mikroskopisch kleiner Bauteilstrukturen, wie sie fur die Aufbau- und Verbindungstechnik der Mikroelektronik bzw. Mikrosystemtechnik typisch sind. Der mikrostrukturelle Aufbau von Werkstoffen, die Werkstoffverformung und die Materialschadigung werden systematisch und detailliert dargestellt. Die methodischen Besonderheiten gegenuber der klassischen Werkstoffprufung erlautert der Autor anhand zahlreicher konkreter Beispiele.
High Magnetic Fields in Semiconductor Physics II (Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, #87)
This volume contains contributions presented at the International Conference "The Application of High Magnetic Fields in Semiconductor Physics", which was held at the University of Wiirzburg from August 22 to 26, 1988. In the tradition of previous Wiirzburg meetings on the subject - the first conference was held in 1972 - only invited papers were presented orally. All 42 lecturers were asked to review their subject to some extent so that this book gives a good overview of the present state of th...
Als Funktionswerkstoffe werden alle Materialien bezeichnet, die nicht als Konstruktionswerkstoffe auf Grund ihres mechanischen Verhaltens, sondern wegen anderer Eigenschaften eingesetzt werden. Dazu gehoeren beispielsweise elektrische Leiter, Halbleiter und Supraleiter, aber auch als Aktoren oder Sensoren eingesetzte Werkstoffe wie Formgedachtnislegierungen oder piezoelektrische Materialien. Der Schwerpunkt dieses Lehrbuchs liegt auf den Grundlagen und Funktionsprinzipien und nicht auf der Besch...
This book highlights and investigates novel solid-state luminescent properties of crystals with stimuli-responsive behavior. Several novel molecular designs for controlling crystal structures with photo-physical properties are described, with a special focus on external stimuli-responsive properties. The major goal of the material design concept was to capitalize on the chirality of crystals with stimuli-responsive properties. To allow crystals' chirality to be controlled and modified by means...
This thesis presents various characteristics of 122-type iron pnictide (FeSC) such as crystal and electronic structure, carrier-doping effect, and impurity-scattering effect, using transport, magnetization, specific heat, single-crystal X-ray diffraction, and optical spectral measurements. Most notably the measurement on the magnetic fluctuation in the material successfully explains already known unusual electronic properties, i.e., superconducting gap symmetry, anisotropy of in-plane resistivit...
This book assesses the thermal feasibility of using materials with atomically thin layers such as graphene and the transition metal dichalcogenides family in electronics and optoelectronics applications. The focus is on thermal conductivity measurement techniques currently available for the investigation of thermal performance at the material and device level. In addition to providing detailed information on the available techniques, the book introduces readers to novel techniques based on photo...
Fatigue Life Prediction of Solder Joints in Electronic Packages with ANSYS® describes the method in great detail starting from the theoretical basis. The reader is supplied with an add-on software package to ANSYS® that is designed for solder joint fatigue reliability analysis of electronic packages. Specific steps of the analysis method are discussed through examples without leaving any room for confusion. The add-on package along with the examples make it possible for an engineer with a workin...
Anti-reflection and Light Trapping in c-Si Solar Cells (Green Energy and Technology)
by Chetan Singh Solanki and Hemant Kumar Singh
This book offers essential insights into c-Si based solar cells and fundamentals of reflection, refraction, and light trapping. The basic physics and technology for light trapping in c-Si based solar cells are covered, from traditional to advanced light trapping structures. Further, the book discusses the latest developments in plasmonics for c-Si solar cell applications, along with their future scope and the requirements for further research. The book offers a valuable guide for graduate studen...
Quantum Plasmonics (Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, #185)
This book presents the latest results of quantum properties of light in the nanostructured environment supporting surface plasmons, including waveguide quantum electrodynamics, quantum emitters, strong-coupling phenomena and lasing in plasmonic structures. Different approaches are described for controlling the emission and propagation of light with extreme light confinement and field enhancement provided by surface plasmons. Recent progress is reviewed in both experimental and theoretical invest...
Conducting Polymer Hybrids (Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials)
This book presents a comprehensive survey about conducting polymers and their hybrids with different materials. It highlights the topics pertinent to research and development in academia and in the industry. The book thus discusses the preparation and characterization of these materials, as well as materials properties and their processing. The current challenges in the field are addressed, and an outline on new and even futuristic approaches is given."Conducting Polymer Hybrids" is concerned wi...
Introduction to the Physics of Silicene and other 2D Materials (Lecture Notes in Physics, #930)
by Seymur Cahangirov, Hasan Sahin, Guy Le Lay, and Angel Rubio
This concise book offers an essential introduction and reference guide for the many newcomers to the field of physics of elemental 2D materials. Silicene and related materials are currently among the most actively studied materials, especially following the first experimental synthesis on substrates in 2012. Accordingly, this primer introduces and reviews the most crucial developments regarding silicene from both theoretical and experimental perspectives. At the same time the reader is guided th...
Das Buch beinhaltet die wichtigsten Themengebiete der Mikroelektronik. Der fachlich fundierte und didaktisch sehr gut dargestellte Inhalt ermoeglicht das Verstandnis fur den Aufbau und die Funktionsweise elektronischer Bauelemente der Mikroelektronik und deren Einsatz in schaltungstechnischen Anwendungen. Die Verknupfung physikalischer Halbleitereffekte mit der Funktionsweise elektronischer Bauelemente und integrierter Schaltungen stellt ein Hauptmerkmal des Buches dar. Ein weiteres pragnantes...
BTEC First Award/Cert/Ex.Cert Engineering Assignment Briefs
This second edition of Nanofabrication is one of the most comprehensive introductions on nanofabrication technologies and processes. A practical guide and reference, this book introduces readers to all of the developed technologies that are capable of making structures below 100nm. The principle of each technology is introduced and illustrated with minimum mathematics involved. Also analyzed are the capabilities of each technology in making sub-100nm structures, and the limits of preventing a te...
Diffusion Barrier Stack - 5 nm -3 nm -2 nm :. . . -. . . . : . . O. 21-lm Figure 2: Schematic representing a cross-sectional view of the topography that is encountered in the processing of integrated circuits. (Not to scale) these sub-micron sized features is depicted in Fig. 2. The role of the diffusion barrier is to prevent the diffusion of metallic ions into the interlayer dielectric (lLD). Depending on the technology, in particular the choice of the ILD and the metal interconnect, the diffus...
International Workshop on Superconducting Nano-Electronics Devices
Thisvolumereportsthemajorpartofthescientificcontributionsofthefirstinternational workshoponSuperconductingNano-ElectronicsDevices(SNED)heldinNapoli,Italy,at theendofMay2001. Theaimoftheworkshopwastofocusonrecentexperimentalandtheoreticalresultsin thefieldofsuperconductingnano-electronicsdevices. Itcombinedphysicswithpresent andfuturetechnologicalapplications:bothfundamentalandappliedaspectswerecovered. SpecialemphasiswasgiventoquantumcoherenceandcomputationusingsmallJosephson junctions,noiseinul...
Thin Films and Heterostructures for Oxide Electronics (Multifunctional Thin Film)
by Satischandra B Ogale
Oxides form a broad subject area of research and technology development which encompasses different disciplines such as materials science, solid state chemistry, physics etc. The aim of this book is to demonstrate the interplay of these fields and to provide an introduction to the techniques and methodologies involving film growth, characterization and device processing. The literature in this field is thus fairly scattered in different research journals covering one or the other aspect of the s...
Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices 2004
This volume contains the proceedings of the 10th edition of the International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices (SISPAD 2004), held in Munich, Germany, on September 2-4, 2004. The conference program included 7 invited plenary lectures and 82 contributed papers for oral or poster presentation, which were carefully selected out of a total of 151 abstracts submitted from 14 countries around the world. Like the previous meetings, SISPAD 2004 provided a world-wide forum...
Lightweight Polymer Composite Structures
This book provides a comprehensive account of developments in the area of lightweight polymer composites. It encompasses design and manufacturing methods for the lightweight polymer structures, various techniques, and a broad spectrum of applications. The book highlights fundamental research in lightweight polymer structures and integrates various aspects from synthesis to applications of these materials. Features Serves as a one stop reference with contributions from leading researchers from...
Contains 10 lengthy papers from a July 1996 meeting, on the status of precision tests of the standard model, challenges of the LHC, statistical issues in data analysis, muon-muon and other high energy colliders, electroweak and top physics at Haldron Colliders, advancements in tracking chambers, the
This book is a systematic survey of the knowledge accumulated in this field in the last thirty years. It includes material on the thermodynamic aspects of the polymers, the theory of the mechanism of charge transport processes, and the chemical and physical properties of these compounds. Also covered are the techniques of characterization, the electrochemical methods of synthesis, and the application of these systems. Inzelt's book is a must-read for electrochemists and others.