Because of advanced characterization and new fabrication techniques, nanomaterials are now central to multiple disciplines, including materials science, chemistry, physics, and engineering. Nanomaterials with many kinds of morphologies and compositions have been extensively investigated, and display various kinds of functionality in areas such as electronic structure, optical effects, and spin dynamics. This book presents a detailed overview of recent research developments on functional nanomaterials, including synthesis, characterization, and applications. A series of chapters provides state-of-the-art information on oxide nanoparticles, metal nanostructures, semiconductor nanocrystals, and polymer nanocomposites.
Toward Functional Nanomaterials Lecture Notes in Nanoscale Science and Technology Volume 5 Series Editors Zhiming M. Wang Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA Andreas Waag Institut f¨ur Halbleitertechnik, TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany Gregory Salamo Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA Naoki Kishimoto Quantum Beam Center, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan Volumes Published in This Series: Volume 1: Self-Assembled Quantum Dots, Wang, Z.M. (Ed.), 2007 Volume 2: Nanoscale Phenomena: Basic Science to Device Applications, Tang, Z., and Sheng, P. (Eds.), 2007 Volume 3: One-Dimensional Nanostructures, Wang, Z.M. (Ed.), 2008 Volume 4: Nanoparticles and Nanodevices in Biological Applications, Bellucci, S. (Ed.), 2009 Volume 5: Toward Functional Nanomaterials, Wang, Z.M. (Ed.), 2009 Forthcoming Titles: B-C-N Nanotubes and Related Nanostructures, Yap, Y.K. (Ed.), 2008 Epitaxial Semiconductor Nanostructures, Wang, Z.M., and Salamo, G., 2009 Zhiming M. Wang (Ed.) Toward Functional Nanomaterials 123 Zhiming M. Wang Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering University of Arkansas 835 W. Dickson St. Fayetteville AR 72701
[email protected] ISBN 978-0-387-77716-0 e-ISBN 978-0-387-77717-7 DOI 10.1007/978-0-387-77717-7 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009921350 c Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) Preface Advanced probes and new fabrication techniques enable nanomaterials to pervade multiple disciplines, including physics, chemistry, engineering and biology. Nanomaterials have been extensively investigated with various kinds of morphologies (nanoparticles, nanowhiskers, nanorods, nanowires, nanoclusters, quantum dots, etc.) and compositions (semiconductor, metal, polymer, etc.). Impressive progress has been made on directed assembly and synthesis, structure, and property characterization, as well as nanoscale device concepts and performance by a diverse group of experts. However, in spite of continu