Nanowires, nanobelts, nanoribbons, nanorods . . . , are a new class of quasi-one dimensional materials that have been attracting a great research interest in the last few years. These non-carbon based materials have been demonstrated to exhibit superior electrical, optical, mechanical and thermal properties, and can be used as fundamen tal building blocks for nano-scale science and technology, ranging from chemical and biological sensors, field effect transistors to logic circuits. Nanocircuits built using semiconductor nanowires demonstrated were declared a "breakthrough in science" by Science magazine in 2001. Nature magazine recently published a report claiming that "Nanowires, nanorods, nanowhiskers, it does not matter what you call them, they are the hottest property in nanotechnology" (Nature 419 (2002) 553). There is no doubt that nanowire based quasi-one-dimensional materials will be the new focal point of research in the next decades. Volume 1: Metal and Semiconductor Nanowires covers a wide range of mate rials systems, from noble metals (such as Au, Ag, Cu), single element semiconductors (such as Si and Ge), compound semiconductors (such as lnP, CdS and GaAs as well as heterostructures), nitrides (such as GaN and SiN ) to carbides (such as SiC). The 3 4 of this volume is to cover the synthesis, properties and device applications objective of nanowires based on metal and semiconductor materials. The volume starts with a review on novel electronic and optical nanodevices, nanosensors and logic circuits that have been built using individual nanowires as building blocks.

Volume 1 covers materials systems from noble metals, single element semiconductors, compound semiconductors, nitrides to carbides Provides a comprehensive and complete description of chemical and physical synthesis techniques and structure analysis of nanowires and nanobelts Shows the unique properties of devices and applications made from functional oxide nanowires and nanobelts An indispensable reference by leading researchers presenting their findings on the most up to date progress in nanowires and nanobelts

Zusammenfassung
Covers a wide range of materials systems, from noble metals (such as Au, Ag, Cu), single element semiconductors (such as Si and Ge), compound semiconductors (such as InP, CdS and GaAs as well as heterostructures), nitrides (such as GaN and Si3N4) to carbides (such as SiC).

Inhalt

1. Nanowires as Building Blocks for Nanoscale Science and Technology.- 2. Epitaxial Quantum Wires: Growth, Properties and Applications.- 3. Theoretical Study of Nanowires.- 4. Modeling and Simulation of the Mechanical Response of Nanowires.- 5. Molecular and Ionic Adsorption onto Atomic-Scale Metal Wires.- 6. Structural Study of Metal Nanowires.- 7. Metal Nanowires Synthesized by Solution-Phase Methods.- 8. Chemical and Biomolecular Interactions in the Assembly of Nanowires.- 9. Group III- and Group IV-Nitride Nanorods and Nanowires.- 10. Template Assisted Synthesis of Semiconductor Nanowires.- 11. Wide Band-Gap Semiconductor Nanowires Synthesized by Vapor Phase Growth.- 12. Semiconducting Oxide and Nitride Nanowires.- 13. Silicon-Based Nanowires.