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Semiconductor nanowires promise to provide the building blocks for a new generation of nanoscale electronic and optoelectronic devices. Semiconductor Nanowires: Materials, Synthesis, Characterization and Applications covers advanced materials for nanowires, the growth and synthesis of semiconductor nanowires-including methods such as solution growth, MOVPE, MBE, and self-organization. Characterizing the properties of semiconductor nanowires is covered in chapters describing studies using TEM, SPM, and Raman scattering. Applications of semiconductor nanowires are discussed in chapters focusing on solar cells, battery electrodes, sensors, optoelectronics and biology. Explores a selection of advanced materials for semiconductor nanowires Outlines key techniques for the property assessment and characterization of semiconductor nanowires Covers a broad range of applications across a number of fields
List of contents
Part 1 Semiconductor materials for nanowires
Group IV nanowires: Silicon/Germanium
II-VI semiconductor nanowires: ZnO
II-VI semiconductor nanowires: chalcogenides (II-S, II-Se and II-Te)
III-V semiconductor nanowires: arsenides (As-based; III-As)
III-V semiconductor nanowires: nitrides (N-based; III-N)
Part 2 Growth and synthesis of semiconductor nanowires
Epitaxial growth of semiconductor nanowire alloys and heterostructures
Solution growth of semiconductor nanowires
Metal-organic vapour phase epitaxy (MOVPE) growth of semiconductor nanowires
Molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) growth of semiconductor nanowires
Self-organized nanowire formation
Part 3 Characterizing the properties of semiconductor nanowires
Quantum transport in semiconductor nanowires
Measuring the properties of semiconductor nanowires with transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
Electrical characterization of semiconductor nanowires by scanning probe microscopies (SPM)
Using atom probe tomography in the study of semiconductor nanowires; Optoelectronic properties of semiconductor nanowires
Semiconductor nanowires studied by Raman scattering
Scanning cathodoluminescence (CL) spectroscopy of nanowires
Photoluminescence of semiconductor nanowires
Part 4 Applications of semiconductor nanowires
Semiconductor nanowires for solar cells
Semiconductor nanowire battery electrodes
Semiconductor nanowires for sensors
Nanowire for advanced optoelectronics
Plasmonic nanowire networks: from waveguiding to passive and active nanoscale optical devices
Nanowires for nano-electro-mechanical-systems (NEMS)
Nanowires and their applications in biology
