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National Institute of Standard and Technology



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Preface IX
Part 1 Semiconductor Nanowires 1
Chapter 1 Surface Optical Mode in Semiconductor Nanowires 3
Chapter 2 Large-Scale Synthesis of Semiconductor Nanowires by Thermal Plasma 27
Chapter 3 Template-Assisted Electrochemical Synthesis of Semiconductor Nanowires 41
Chapter 4 Semiconducting Oxide Nanowires: Growth, Doping and Device Applications 59 Part 2 Oxide Nanowires 99
Chapter 5 Application of the Kirkendall Effect to Morphology Control of Nanowires: Morphology Change from Metal Nanowires to Oxide Nanotubes 101
Chapter 6 Formation of Oxide Nanowires by Thermal Evaporation and Their Application to Gas Sensors 117
Chapter 7 Electrodeposited Copper Oxide and Zinc Oxide Core-Shell Nanowire Photovoltaic Cells 141
Chapter 8 ZnO Nanowires and Their Application for Solar Cells 157 Part 3 Nanowire Devices 179
Chapter 9 Ultrafast Photoluminescence in Nanowires 181
Chapter 10 Numerical Simulation of Transient Response in 3-D Multi-Channel Nanowire MOSFETs Submitted to Heavy Ion Irradiation 201
Chapter 11 Co/Cu Nanowire Systems for GMR Sensing Applications 223
Chapter 12 Surface-Directed Growth of Nanowires: A Scalable Platform for Nanodevice Fabrication 245
Chapter 13 Organic Surface Modification of Silicon Nanowire-Based Sensor Devices 267
Chapter 14 Characterization and Application of Thermoelectric Nanowires 289
Chapter 15 Silicon-Based Nanowire MOSFETs: From Process and Device Physics to Simulation and Modeling 317 Part 4 Nanowire Fabrication 355
Chapter 16 Obtaining Nanowires under Conditions of Electrodischarge Treatment 357
Chapter 17 The Selective Growth of Silicon Nanowires and Their Optical Activation 375
Chapter 18 Nano-Scale Measurements of Dopants in Individual Silicon Nanowires Using Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy 417
Chapter 19 Fabrication of Conducting Polymer Nanowires 439
Chapter 20 Fabrication and Characterization of Copper Nanowires 455
Chapter 21 Laser Interference Lithography for Fabricating Nanowires and Nanoribbons 471 Part 5 Nanowire Characterization 485
Chapter 22 Growth and Characterisation of Ge Nanowires by Chemical Vapour Deposition 487 Chapter 23 Niobates Nanowires: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications 509

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