
Fundamentals and Applications of Nano Silicon in Plasmonics and Fullerines
Current and Future Trends
Description
Key Features
- Features a variety of designs and operation of nano-devices, helping engineers to make the best use of nanosilicon
- Contains underlying principles of how nanomaterials work and the variety of applications they provide, giving those new to nanosilicon a fundamental understanding
- Assesses the viability of various nanoslicon devices for mass production and commercialization, thereby providing an important source of information for engineers
Readership
Materials Scientists and Engineers working in Plasmonics, Energy Storage and Solid State Physics
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Atom by atom and particle by particle manipulation
Laser-based detection, trapping and manipulation of individual/single atoms and nanoparticles
Optical tweezers: atoms and nanoparticles3. Proximal probe nanolithography
Scanning probe imaging/microscopy of atoms and nanoparticles
STM/AFM-based nanolithography and deposition and control of nanoparticles and atoms/molecules
electron/ion-beam nanolithography
optical and x-ray nanolithography4. Emergence of Nanotechnology
Nanostructures (top-down and bottom-up)
Why nanoparticles are innovative?5. Nano metals (plasmonics)
Miniaturized gold (film, wire, particle): sub-wavelength concentration of light
Miniaturization-induced coloration of metals
Plasmonic nano lenses
Metamaterials: Negative refractive index
Heat Loss: Are plasmonic-based devices practical?
Synthesis of nanogold, safety, mass production and cost analysis6. Nano silicon
Direct and indirect semiconductors
Quantum Confinement: Enhancing and blue shifting of luminescence
Making silicon glow
Optical nonlinearity and optical gain in nano silicon
Nano silicon in extreme pressure
Synthesis and characterization of forms of nano silicon (particles, wires, films), safety, mass production and cost analysis7. Nanostructured gold-silicon: Material/functionality integration
Binary gold-silicon eutectic system
Wafer bonding
Nanostructured gold silicide
Plasmonic-silicon integration
Synthesis of silicon nanowires using gold nanoparticle seeds
Synthesis of silicon nanoparticles using gold nanoparticles
Synthesis of gold nano wires/rods using silicon nanoparticle seeds
8. Advanced and low-cost device applications of nano-Si, nano-Au, and nano gold silicide
Energy harvest and storage (nano/plasmonic solar cells, nano-capacitor, fuel cell, battery devices)
Solid state white LED lightingConfined light in service of substance detection
Plasmonic hyperthermic treatment of acute disease
Skin and hair care
Glucose implantable-sensor
Luminescent/magnetic capsules for drug delivery and underground exploration
Nano catalyst and filtrationNanotransistors and nanomemory
Quantum computing
Nanophotodetectrs for Cherenkov radiation
Silicon-gold nano antennas
Gold silicide waveguides
Silicon-loaded gold nanoplasmonic for on chip waveguides
Microlasers for on chip applicationsElectrospray, printing and patterning
Magnetic control of silicon-loaded metal
Encapsulation for harsh environment application and remote control9. Nanotechnology and Art
Stained glass, lustreware pottery
Nanosilicon in space (red and blue rectangle)10. Commercialization: From lab to consumer
Mass production
Nano Start-ups
IP and freedom of operation
Open Innovation, and global nano landscape and partnerships
Obama’s Commercialization initiative (Government Intervention)11. Nano Culture and societal implications
Education, training, management, and the youth/children
Safety, environment, military, evil use and ethics12. Future of Nano technology in the market
Where are nanotech pioneers taking us and what are the risks?
Will room at the bottom make room at the top?Appendix: Facts, exercises and questions on nanotechnology
material properties and devices design and operation
Product details
- No. of pages: 602
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2018
- Published: June 25, 2018
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780323480574
- eBook ISBN: 9780323480581
About the Author
Munir Nayfeh
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