Nanowires and Nanobelts: Materials, Properties and Devices Vol. 2: Volume 2: Nanowires and Nanobelts of Functional Materials

Volume 2, Nanowires and Nanobelts of Functional Materials covers a wide range of materials systems, from functional oxides (such as ZnO, SnO2, and In2O3), structural ceramics (such as MgO, SiO2 and Al2O3), composite materials (such as Si-Ge, SiC- SiO2), to polymers. This volume focuses on the synthesis, properties and applications of nanowires and nanobelts based on functional materials. Novel devices and applications made from functional oxide nanowires and nanobelts will be presented first, showing their unique properties and applications. The majority of the text will be devoted to the synthesis and properties of nanowires and nanobelts of functional oxides. Finally, sulphide nanowires, composite nanowires and polymer nanowires will be covered. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Nanodevice, Nanosensors and Nanocantilevers Based on Semiconducting Oxide Nanobelts....Pages 3-19 Oxide Nanowires and Nanolasers....Pages 21-44 Front Matter....Pages 45-45 Nanobelts and Nanostructures of Transparent Conducting Oxides....Pages 47-71 Nanomechanics and Mechanical Behavior of Nanobelts....Pages 73-81 Ferroelectric Nanowires....Pages 83-92 Growth of Oxide Nanorods through Sol Electrophoretic Deposition....Pages 93-112 Nanowires of Functional Oxides....Pages 113-137 Controlled Growth and Optical Properties of Zinc Oxide Nanostructures....Pages 139-156 One-Step Hydrothermal Synthesis and Characterizations of Titanate Nanostructures....Pages 157-171 Nanowires and Nanotubes of Complex Oxides....Pages 173-190 Silica Nanowires/Nanotubes....Pages 191-206 Front Matter....Pages 207-207 Sulphide Nanowires....Pages 209-238 Generalized Solution Synthesis of Large Arrays of Extended and Oriented Nanowires....Pages 239-255 Composite Nanowires....Pages 257-268 Polymer Nanowires and Nanofibers....Pages 269-288 Back Matter....Pages 289-300 Volume 1, Metal and Semiconductor Nanowires covers a wide range of materials systems, from noble metals (such as Au, Ag, Cu), single element semiconductors (such as Si and Ge), compound semiconductors (such as InP, CdS and GaAs as well as heterostructures), nitrides (such as GaN and Si3N4) to carbides (such as SiC). The objective of this volume is to cover the synthesis, properties and device applications of nanowires based on metal and semiconductor materials. The volume starts with a review on novel electronic and optical nanodevices, nanosensors and logic circuits that have been built using individual nanowires as building blocks. Then, the theoretical background for electrical properties and mechanical properties of nanowires is given. The molecular nanowires, their quantized conductance, and metallic nanowires synthesized by chemical technique will be introduced next. Finally, the volume covers the synthesis and properties of semiconductor and nitrides nanowires Nanowires, nanobelts, nanoribbons, nanorods ..., are a new class of quasi-one-dimensional materials that have been attracting a great research interest in the last few years. These non-carbon based materials have been demonstrated to exhibit superior electrical, optical, mechanical and thermal properties, and can be used as fundamental building blocks for nano-scale science and technology, ranging from chemical and biological sensors, field effect transistors to logic circuits. Nanocircuits built using semiconductor nanowires demonstrated were declared a ""breakthrough in science"" by Science.