Oxide Thin Films, Multilayers, and Nanocomposites

ISBN-13: 9783319144771 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 316 str.

Paolo Mele; Tamio Endo; Shunichi Arisawa

Opis

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the science of nanostructured oxides. It details the fundamental techniques and methodologies involved in oxides thin film and bulk growth, characterization and device processing, as well as heterostructures. Both, experts in oxide nanostructures and experts in thin film heteroepitaxy, contribute the interactions described within this book.

Spis treści

Preface Paolo Mele, Chaoyang Li, Shunichi Arisawa, Tetsuo Tsuchiya, Tamio Endo SUPERCONDUCTORS 1) Nanostrucured Oxide Superconducting Films Prepared by Metal Organic Deposition Prof. Masashi Miura, Seikei University, Japan 2) Substrate engineering for the growth by spin coating of c-axis and non-c-axis HTS epitaxial thin films Prof. Kazuhiro Endo, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan and Dr. Petre Badica, University of Bucharest, Romania 3) High Tc superconductivity in engineered cuprate heterostructures Prof. Giuseppe Balestrino and Dr. Daniele Di Castro, 2nd University of Rome, Italy 4) Three dimensional nano-machining in high-Tc oxide superconductors whiskers and thin films Dr. Shrikant Saini, Hiroshima University, Japan and Prof. Sang Jae Kim, Jeju University, Republic of Korea 5) Nanocomposite RE-Ba-Cu-O bulk superconductors Dr. Kazumasa Iida, IFW Dresden, Germany 6) Design and development of high-Tc superconducting train model using bulk nanocomposite GdBa2Cu3Ox Mr. Santosh Miryala, St. Mary Int. School, Tokyo, Japan THERMOELECTRICS 7) Nanostructured oxide thermoelectric materials with enhanced phonon scattering Prof. Michitaka Ohtaki, Kyushu University, Japan 8) Nanostructured thin films of thermoelectric oxides Dr. Paolo Mele, Hiroshima University, Japan MULTILAYERS AND INTERFACE ENGINEERINGS 9)Superlattice thin films with metal oxide and organic layers by atomic layer deposition Prof. Maarit Karppinen and Dr. Tommi Tynell, Aalto University, Finland 10) Electronic reconstruction at the interface between band insulating oxide: the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 system Dr. Marco Salluzzo, CNR-SPIN, Napoli, Italy 11) Nanostructured cerium oxide films: synthesis, properties, and applications Dr. Katherine Develos-Bagarinao, AIST, Japan OPTOELECTRONICS and PHOTOCATALYSIS 12) Fabrication of ZnO thin film and nanostructures for optoelectronic devices application Prof. Chaoyang Li, Kochi University of Technology, Japan 13) Hybrid Oxide nanostructures as photocatalysts Dr. Rajineesh Mohan and Dr. J. Hubalek , Brno Technical University, Czech Republic 14)A visible perception from the Nanoworld - Visible light active metal oxide nanomaterials in photocatalysis and quantum dots engineering in solar cells Dr. Victor Menendez, UNAM, Mexico

O autorze

Paolo Mele is currently a Lecturer at Institute for Sustainable Sciences and Development, Hiroshima University (Higashi Hiroshima, Japan). He obtained a master degree on Chemistry and PhD in Chemical Sciences at Genova University (Italy). In 2003 he moved to ISTEC-SRL in Tokyo to study melt-textured ceramic superconductors. Then he worked as post-doc at Kyoto University (JSPS fellowship) from 2004 to 2007, and at Kyushu Institute of Technology (JST fellowship) from 2007 to 2011 before reaching his current position. His research interests include materials for energy and sustainable development (superconductors and thermoelectrics); fabrication and characterization of thin films of oxides, ceramics and metals; study of the effect of nanostructuration on the physical properties. He is author of more than 80 papers in scientific international journals, 2 book chapters, 2 patents and contributed to hundreds of communications at international conferences.

Tamio Endo is currently a professor at the Graduate School of Engineering at Mie University in Japan. He completed his PhD at Kyoto University and his MsD at Gifu University. Dr. Endo’s research is focused on Oxide Thin Films, Multifunctional oxide Composites and Heterostructures, Plasma Effects on Polymer Films and Tight Bonding. Dr. Endo has published over 200 papers. He is involved in many international academic projects including Japan-India Cooperative Science Program. Dr. Endo has been an invited speaker to many international conferences and often gives guest lectures at foreign universities.

Shunichi Arisawa is currently a principal researcher of National Institute of Materials Science in Tsukuba, Japan. He received his B.Eng. (1988), M. Eng. (1990) and doctor of engineering (1993) degrees in materials science from the University of Tokyo. His research fields are mainly processing, characterization and device applications of superconducting thin films. Characterization of superconducting films and single crystals using scanning SQUID microscopy is one of the recent interests.

Chaoyang Li is currently a professor at Kochi University of Technology (Kochi, Japan). She received the B.S degree in physics, the M.S degree in microelectronics and solid state electronics from Heilongjiang University, China. She received the Ph.D degree in electrical and photonic system engineering at the Kochi University of Technology, Japan. Her research interests include semiconductor growth, physics, processing and devices, nanostructures and nanotechnologies, and photovoltaic devices. She has led and participate many research projects. She also contributed to the hundreds of scientific international journals and international conferences.

Tetsuo Tsuchiya obtained his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Tokyo University of Science in 1998. He was a member of the Research Fellowshipsｆor Young Scientists (DC1) at JSPS. He is currently the group leader of the Flexible Chemical Coating Group in Advanced Manufacturing Research Institute at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). He developed the excimer laser assisted metal organic deposition (ELAMOD) process and the photo reaction of nano-particles (PRNP). He is currently focusing on the fabrication author and co-author of 115 papers and the holder of 32 patents.