This book gives an overview of nanostructures and nanomaterials applied in the fields of energy and organic electronics. It combines the knowledge from advanced deposition and processing methods of nanomaterials such as laser-based growth and nanopatterning and state-of-the-art characterization techniques with special emphasis on the optical, electrical, morphological, surface and mechanical properties. Furthermore it contains theoretical and experimental aspects for different types of nanomaterials such as nanoparticles, nanotubes and thin films for organic electronics applications. The international group of authors specifically chosen for their distinguished expertise belong to the academic and industrial world in order to provide a broader perspective. The authors take an interdisciplinary approach of physics, chemistry, engineering, materials science and nanotechnology. It appeals to researchers and graduate students.

Gives a survey of the fabrication and processing of nanomaterials for optical and solar energy Reviews applications of carbon and compound semiconductor nanomaterials With contributions from a highly interdisciplinary team of authors Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
Nanotechnology and applications.- Carbon nanomaterials: synthesis, properties and applications.- Carbon nanotubes: from symmetry to technology.- Laser-based growth and processing of nanostructured thin films.- High efficiency multijunction solar cells with finely-tuned quantum wells.- Thin film deposition and nanoscale characterisation techniques.- Implementation of optical characterization for flexible organic electronics applications.- Introduction to organic vapour phase deposition (OVPD) technology for organic optoelectronics.- Computational studies of organic electronic materials.- Self-assembled diblock-copolymer ZnO nanosensor.- Self-assembly of nanoparticles on surfaces: Towards surface nanopatterning.