Toward Functional Nanomaterials (2009)

Chapter 1: Fabrication of oxide nanoparticles by ion implantation and thermal oxidation Hiroshi Amekura Chapter 2: Design of solution-grown ZnO nanostructures Thierry Pauporté Chapter 3: Self-assembled metal nanostructures in semiconductor structures Francesco Ruffino Chapter 4: Nanocrystal based polymer composites as novel functional materials Marinella Striccoli Chapter 5: Large-scale ab initio study of size, shape, and doping effects on electronic structure of nanocrystals Jingbo Li Chapter 6: Chaotic behavior appearing in dynamic motions of nanoscale particles Kouji Miura Chapter 7: Hydrogen concentration, bonding configuration and electron emission properties of polycrystalline diamond films: from micro- to nano-metric grain size Alon Hoffman Chapter 8: Super-resolution optical effects of nanoscale nonlinear thin film structure and ultrahigh density information storage Jingsong Wei Chapter 9: Spin-transfer and current-induced spin dynamics in spin valves: diffusive transport regime Martin Gmitra Chapter 10: Self-organized surface nanopatterning by ion beam sputtering Raul Gago Chapter 11: Area-selective depositions of self-assembled monolayers on patterned SiO2/Si surfaces Changhsun Wang Chapter 12: Virtual synthesis of electronic nanomaterials: Fundamentals and prospects Liudmila Pozhar