Comprehensive Nanoscience and Technology. Volume 1. Nanomaterials

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Academic Press, 2011. — 635 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-374396-1Five-Volume Set: 1. Nanomaterials Volume 2. Biological Nanoscience Volume 3. Nanostructured Surfaces Volume 4. Nanofabrication and Devices Volume 5. Self Assembly and NanochemistryNanotechnology and its underpinning sciences are progressing with unprecedented rapidity. With technical advances in a variety of nanoscale fabrication and manipulation technologies, the whole topical area is maturing into a vibrant field that is generating new scientific research and a burgeoning range of commercial applications, with an annual market already at the trillion dollar threshold. The means of fabricating and controlling matter on the nanoscale afford striking and unprecedented opportunities to exploit a variety of exotic phenomena such as quantum, nanophotonic and nanoelectromechanical effects. Moreover, researchers are elucidating new perspectives on the electronic and optical properties of matter because of the way that nanoscale materials bridge the disparate theories describing molecules and bulk matter. Surface phenomena also gain a greatly increased significance; even the well-known link between chemical reactivity and surface-to-volume ratio becomes a major determinant of physical properties, when it operates over nanoscale dimensions. Against this background, this comprehensive work is designed to address the need for a dynamic, authoritative and readily accessible source of information, capturing the full breadth of the subject. Its six volumes, covering a broad spectrum of disciplines including material sciences, chemistry, physics and life sciences, have been written and edited by an outstanding team of international experts. Addressing an extensive, cross-disciplinary audience, each chapter aims to cover key developments in a scholarly, readable and critical style, providing an indispensible first point of entry to the literature for scientists and technologists from interdisciplinary fields. The work focuses on the major classes of nanomaterials in terms of their synthesis, structure and applications, reviewing nanomaterials and their respective technologies in well-structured and comprehensive articles with extensive cross-references.Electronic Structure of Organic Materials Investigated by Quantum Chemical Calculations Carbon Nanotubes: Electronic Structure and Spectroscopy Laser Action in Organic Semiconductors An Overview of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes and their Applications Organic Spintronics Structured Organic Non-Linear Optics Quantum Dots: Theory Quantum Dots: Synthesis and Characterization Core–Shell Nanocrystals Inorganic Nanowires Inorganic Nanotubes beyond Cylindrical Matter ZnO Nanorods and their Heterostructures for Electrical and Optical Nanodevice Applications Noble Metal Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Optical Properties Magnetic Nanoparticles Colloidal and Self-Assembled Quantum Dots for Optical Gain Optical Properties of Nanostructured Silicon Solar Cells and Photocatalysts Rare-Earth Doped Upconversion Nanophosphors