Metal oxides and their nanostructures have emerged as an important class of materials with a rich spectrum of properties and great potential for device applications. These include transparent electrodes, high electron mobility transistors, gas sensors, photovoltaic and photonic devices, energy harvesting devices with multiferroic oxides, nonvolatile memories with defective oxides, etc. The book addresses fundamental challenges related to synthesis, characterization, assembly, and device applications of oxide nanostructures, as well as the most recent progress in these fields. Topics include:...
Metal oxides and their nanostructures have emerged as an important class of materials with a rich spectrum of properties and great potential for devic...
Compound semiconductors have long been an integral part of everyday life. Recent progress on their potential as emitters, sensing devices in biological and chemical environments, and high-efficiency power devices demonstrates their impact on energy and environment. Compound-semiconductor-based photovoltaic systems are emerging as an economical means of generating renewable energy through the use of concentrator technologies. However, while solid-state lighting devices have shown energy-saving and environmental benefits, much still needs to be done to realize their full potential. This book...
Compound semiconductors have long been an integral part of everyday life. Recent progress on their potential as emitters, sensing devices in biologic...
Increasing awareness and concern for energy resources and the environment have stimulated significant advances in materials and technology for energy conversion in recent years. This volume, the ninth in a popular series, focuses on novel materials, materials processing and device technologies for direct thermal-to-electric energy conversion, and emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of research needed to advance the field. The volume begins with an overview of the state of the art in high-temperature thermoelectric materials by Harald Bottner. The section on nanocomposite materials...
Increasing awareness and concern for energy resources and the environment have stimulated significant advances in materials and technology for energy ...
This third book in a series on nonvolatile memories builds on fundamental materials properties, materials integration, demonstration, and industrial devices gathered in those previous. A strong and increasing interest in nonvolatile memories, both domestic and international, indicates the worldwide importance of these materials and memory devices. The book features research on advanced flash memories, including nanoparticle floating gate FETs, MRAM, FeRAM, ReRAM and phase change RAMs, as well as memories using polymer materials. Papers from a joint session with Symposium FF, Novel Materials...
This third book in a series on nonvolatile memories builds on fundamental materials properties, materials integration, demonstration, and industrial d...
Enabled by the development and introduction of new materials, the semiconductor industry continues to follow Moore's law into 32nm and 22nm technologies. Advanced interconnect structures require the use of porous dielectrics with further reduced k-values and even weaker mechanical properties, as well as much thinner metallization liners. In addition, the increasing resistivity of Cu at decreasing dimensions must be addressed in order to maintain the performance of continuously shrinking devices. To deal with these issues, and to maintain the reliability of the interconnects, innovations in...
Enabled by the development and introduction of new materials, the semiconductor industry continues to follow Moore's law into 32nm and 22nm technologi...
Organic electronics hold the promise for application in flexible displays, printable electronic circuits and inexpensively produced solar cells. Molecular electronics, on the other hand, aim at ultimate miniaturization with monolayers or even single molecules as the active elements of electronic devices. This book brings the two communities together for information interchange. A section on molecular-scale electronics stresses the absolute need for good statistics when evaluating experimental data, with recent progress demonstrated. A section on interfaces - crucial elements for...
Organic electronics hold the promise for application in flexible displays, printable electronic circuits and inexpensively produced solar cells. Molec...
Thin-film growth is a very old art and an established scientific field in materials science. For decades, growth of monocrystal-like films has been practiced by making use of epitaxy on monocrystalline substrates. In the quest for greater control of materials, the next level of achievement will be to grow well-oriented thin films on arbitrary substrates, i.e., without the need for monocrystalline substrates. That is the goal of artificially inducing grain alignment in thin films. Texturing methods show significant promise in fabricating technologically attractive grain-aligned films....
Thin-film growth is a very old art and an established scientific field in materials science. For decades, growth of monocrystal-like films has been pr...
There has been recent emergence of some of the most exciting avenues for innovation in clinical medicine, with materials as their core - sustained drug delivery systems, gene therapy, regenerative therapies, and technologies for imaging and tumor targeting. Nanotechnology promises to take materials innovation to yet another level, through ground-up design of probes and systems that precisely deliver information to cells and tissues on demand. Combined with microfabrication technologies, these breakthroughs have the potential to revolutionize the detection and treatment of diseases and...
There has been recent emergence of some of the most exciting avenues for innovation in clinical medicine, with materials as their core - sustained dru...
The increasing demand for materials which enable a more efficient energy conversion - materials allowing higher operating temperatures and a lower weight of the components with preferably better corrosion resistance- has put intermetallic-based alloys back into focus. For example, the recent use of light weight, TiAl-based alloys for automotive and aerospace applications has spurred research on other intermetallic-based alloys. In addition to structural intermetallics for extreme environments encountered in advanced energy systems, this book also focuses on fundamental and interdisciplinary...
The increasing demand for materials which enable a more efficient energy conversion - materials allowing higher operating temperatures and a lower wei...
To meet the demands of exponentially growing global energy consumption, extensive research is necessary for future fusion and Generation IV fission reactor power plants; however, structural material performance is a limiting factor. Conventional materials cannot withstand the complex thermomechanical loading, higher operating temperatures, and high irradiation doses. Consequently, research efforts are underway to develop and qualify novel structural materials. Likewise, research on fuel materials seeks to understand and mitigate issues such as oxidation and evolution of the fuel...
To meet the demands of exponentially growing global energy consumption, extensive research is necessary for future fusion and Generation IV fission re...