Microcrystalline And Nanocrystalline Semiconductors Volume 358

The MRS Symposium Proceeding series is an internationally recognised reference suitable for researchers and practitioners.

Semiconductor quantum dots represent one of the fields of solid state physics that have experienced the greatest progress in the last decade. Recent years have witnessed the discovery of many striking new aspects of the optical response and electronic transport phenomena. This book surveys this progress in the physics, optical spectroscopy and application-oriented research of semiconductor quantum dots. It focuses especially on excitons, multi-excitons, their dynamical relaxation behaviour and their interactions with the surroundings of a semiconductor quantum dot. Recent developments in fabrication techniques are reviewed and potential applications discussed. This book will serve not only as an introductory textbook for graduate students but also as a concise guide for active researchers.

Nanocrystalline and microcrystalline semiconductors are playing an increasing role in many areas of technology, such as deep submicron and nanoelectronic devices, optoelectronics, photovoltaics, and chemical and biological sensing applications. The interest in structures on this length scale stems from their large surface area; the fact that their properties can be tailored by specifying their size, shape and surface chemistry; and the nearly complete freedom of design and manufacture that has recently been achieved. This book presents the latest results of interdisciplinary research, integrating progress in respective disciplines with advances in allied fields. Emphasis is on silicon and other column-IV elements and alloys, which continue to dominate the market place. Breakthroughs in the theoretical understanding of electrical, optical, and chemical properties, advances in the manufacturing of quantum dots, nanostructures and films with the desired reproducibility are highlighted. Topics include: silicon quantum dot devices; porous silicon; silicon quantum dot preparation; nanocrystalline silicon; biology with nanoscale silicon; Si passivation and functionalization; silicon nanowires; Ge and SiGe quantum dots; diamond nanocrystals; rare earths in nanostructures and light-emitting devices.

Proceedings of the December 1996 symposium. Contains 159 papers which describe materials advances involving stuctures spanning more than five orders of magnitude in size--from Group IV molecular clusters to single-crystal grains large enough for fabrication of thin-film transistors within their boundaries. Sections cover topics such as the theory of semiconductor molecular clusters and nanocrystals; luminescent Group IV clusters/nanocrystals and quantum wells; semiconductor systems confined in three and one dimensions; Group III- V, Group II-VI, and metal sulfide, iodide, and oxide nanocrystals; porous silicon; applications of nanocrystal and porous semiconductors; light-emitting properties and applications of porous Si; and research results on the nano-, micro-, and polycrystalline thin films. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The MRS Symposium Proceeding series is an internationally recognised reference suitable for researchers and practitioners. This volume was first published in 1999.

Semiconductor nanostructures are attracting a great deal of interest as the most promising device with which to implement quantum information processing and quantum computing. This book surveys the present status of nanofabrication techniques, near field spectroscopy and microscopy to assist the fabricated nanostructures. It will be essential reading for academic and industrial researchers in pure and applied physics, optics, semiconductors and microelectronics. The first up-to-date review articles on various aspects on quantum coherence, correlation and decoherence in semiconductor nanostructures

This volume provides a comprehensive review of the experimental and theoretical aspects of the optical and transport properties of nanoporous silicon, their relation to the microscopic structure of nanocrystals, and the application of porous silicon in optical devices. As porous silicon is an ideal substance for the modelling of optical processes in nanocrystalline materials, this volume also is an excellent reference source on the more general subject of the structural and optical properties of nanocrystalline semiconductors.

It is now some 15 years since atomic clusters were first produced and investigated in laboratories. Since then, knowledge concerning clusters has enjoyed rapid and sustained growth, and cluster research has become a new branch of science.