Nanowires and Nanobelts : Materials, Properties and Devices. Volume 1: Metal and Semiconductor Nanowires

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. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Nanowires as Building Blocks for Nanoscale Science and Technology....Pages 3-68 Epitaxial Quantum Wires: Growth, Properties and Applications....Pages 69-92 Front Matter....Pages 93-93 Theoretical Study of Nanowires....Pages 95-124 Modeling and Simulation of the Mechanical Response of Nanowires....Pages 125-155 Front Matter....Pages 157-157 Molecular and Ionic Adsorption onto Atomic-Scale Metal Wires....Pages 159-176 Structural Study of Metal Nanowires....Pages 177-209 Metal Nanowires Synthesized by Solution-Phase Methods....Pages 211-234 Chemical and Biomolecular Interactions in the Assembly of Nanowires....Pages 235-254 Front Matter....Pages 255-255 Group III- and Group IV-Nitride Nanorods and Nanowires....Pages 257-315 Template Assisted Synthesis of Semiconductor Nanowires....Pages 317-341 Wide Band-Gap Semiconductor Nanowires Synthesized by Vapor Phase Growth....Pages 343-391 Semiconducting Oxide and Nitride Nanowires....Pages 393-411 Silicon-Based Nanowires....Pages 413-462 Back Matter....Pages 463-475