Coherent Effects in Nanostructures | |
Extinction and Recovery of Superconductivity by Interference in Superconductor/Ferromagnet Bilayers | p. 3 |
Introduction | p. 3 |
Sample Preparation and Characterization | p. 6 |
Results of Superconducting TC Measurements and Discussion | p. 8 |
Conclusions | p. 9 |
References | p. 10 |
Aharonov-Bohm Oscillations in Small Diameter Bi Nanowires | p. 13 |
Introduction | p. 13 |
Experimental | p. 15 |
Results and Discussion | p. 16 |
Conclusions | p. 19 |
References | p. 19 |
Point-Contact Study of the Superconducting Gap in the Magnetic Rare-Earth Nickel-Borocarbide RNi2B2C(R = Dy, Ho, Er, Tm) Compounds | p. 21 |
Introduction | p. 21 |
Experimental | p. 22 |
Results and Discussion | p. 22 |
Conclusions | p. 26 |
References | p. 27 |
Peculiarities of Supershort Light Pulses Transmission by Thin Semiconductor Film in Exciton Range of Spectrum | p. 29 |
Introduction | p. 29 |
Basic Equations | p. 30 |
Discussion of Results of Numerical Solutions | p. 33 |
Conclusions | p. 37 |
References | p. 37 |
Nanomaterials and Nanoparticles | |
Nanostrucruring and Dissolution of Cementite in Pearlitic Steels During Severe Plastic Deformation | p. 41 |
Introduction | p. 41 |
Experimental | p. 42 |
Results and Discussion | p. 44 |
Changes in the Microstructure and in Phase Composition of the Pearlitic Steel During HPT | p. 44 |
Variations of the Chemical Composition of Carbides | p. 47 |
Distribution of Released Carbon Atoms in the Microstructure | p. 51 |
Role of the Cementite Morphology | p. 52 |
Driving Force and Mechanism of Strain Induced Decomposition of Cementite | p. 52 |
Conclusions | p. 54 |
References | p. 54 |
Advanced Method for Gas-Cleaning from Submicron and Nanosize Aerosol | p. 57 |
Introduction | p. 57 |
Development of the Method and Electrostatic Precipitator | p. 58 |
Influence of Gas Temperature on Current-Voltage Characteristics | p. 60 |
Precipitation of Al203 Particles | p. 60 |
Precipitation of TI02 Particles | p. 63 |
Conclusion | p. 64 |
References | p. 65 |
Deformation Microstructures Near Vickers Indentations in SNO2/SI Coated Systems | p. 67 |
Introduction | p. 67 |
Experimental | p. 68 |
Results and Discussion | p. 68 |
Conclusions | p. 73 |
References | p. 74 |
Grain Boundary Phase Transformations in Nanostructured Conducting Oxides | p. 75 |
Introduction | p. 75 |
Grain Boundary Phase Transformations and Phase Diagrams | p. 76 |
Grain Boundary Phases in Zinc Oxide | p. 77 |
Conducting Oxides of Fluorite Structure | p. 80 |
GB Wetting Phases.80 | |
Monolayer GB Segregation | p. 81 |
Scavengers for GB Impurities | p. 82 |
Heavy Doping | p. 83 |
GB Phenomena in Perovskites | p. 84 |
Influence of Synthesis Route on the Properties of Nanostructured Materials | p. 84 |
Synthesis of Nanostructured Oxides by a "Liquid Ceramics" Method | p. 85 |
Conclusions | p. 86 |
References | p. 87 |
Copper Electrodeposition from Ultrathin Layer of Electrolyte | p. 89 |
Introduction | p. 89 |
Experimental Methods | p. 90 |
Copper Submicrowires | p. 92 |
Periodically Nanostructured Films | p. 97 |
Conclusion | p. 100 |
References | p. 100 |
Effect of Plasma Environment on Synthesis of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofibers in Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition | p. 103 |
Introduction | p. 103 |
Theoretical Model | p. 104 |
Results and Discussion | p. 107 |
Conclusions | p. 109 |
References | p. 110 |
Nanoelectronics | |
Single-Atom Transistors: Switching an Electrical Current with Individual Atoms | p. 113 |
Introduction | p. 113 |
Experimental | p. 113 |
Configuring a Bistable Atomic Switch by Repeated Electrochemical Cycling | p. 116 |
Preselectable Integer Quantum Conductance of Electrochemically Fabricated Silver Point Contacts | p. 118 |
Summary | p. 121 |
References | p. 122 |
Electronically Tunable Nanostructures: Metals and Conducting Oxides | p. 125 |
Introduction | p. 125 |
Tunable Change in Electronic Transport of a Metal | p. 130 |
Nanoporous Gold Electrode from De-alloying | p. 130 |
Variation in Resistance in Thin Gold Film Electrode | p. 130 |
Reversible Change in Electronic Transport in a High Conducting Transparent Oxide Nanoparticulate Thin Film | p. 133 |
Summary | p. 136 |
References | p. 137 |
Impedance Spectroscopy as a Powerful Tool for Better Understanding and Controlling the Pore Growth Mechanism in Semiconductors | p. 139 |
Introduction | p. 139 |
Experimental | p. 140 |
Results and Discussion | p. 140 |
Conclusions | p. 143 |
References | p. 144 |
Studying Functional Electrode Structures with Combined Scanning Probe Techniques | p. 145 |
Introduction | p. 145 |
AFM Characterization and Grain Size Analysis | p. 147 |
Chemical Contrast Imaging | p. 147 |
Electrostatic Force Microscopy (EFM) | p. 150 |
Implementation and Test of the EFM Method | p. 152 |
Electrical Characterization of 8YSZ-MOD Layers | p. 154 |
Summary | p. 157 |
References | p. 158 |
Nanobiology | |
Integrated Lab-on-a-Chip System in Life Sciences | p. 161 |
Lab-on-a-Chip Systems | p. 161 |
General Manipulation of Cells and Cell Components in Microdevices | p. 163 |
Actuation of Lab-on-a-Chip Systems | p. 165 |
Lab-on-a-Chip Concepts | p. 168 |
Acoustically Driven Microfluidics | p. 169 |
Experimental Details | p. 170 |
Acoustic Mixing | p. 171 |
Droplet Actuation | p. 172 |
PCR-Chips | p. 172 |
Stationary On-Chip PCR | p. 173 |
PCR on a Chip | p. 176 |
Blood Flow on a Chip | p. 177 |
Proteins Under Flow | p. 178 |
Cell-Cell Interactions on a Chip | p. 180 |
Microdissection | p. 180 |
Extended Glass-Needle Microdissection | p. 181 |
Laser-Based Microdissection | p. 182 |
Atomic Force Microscopy Microdissection | p. 183 |
Acoustically Driven Cytogenetic Lab-on-a-Chip | p. 184 |
Summary | p. 186 |
References | p. 187 |
Philosophical Aspects of Nanoscience | |
Methodological Problems of Nanotechnoscience | p. 193 |
Different Definitions of Nanotechnology | p. 194 |
Nanotheory as a Cluster of the Different Natural and Engineering Theories | p. 195 |
Nano Systems Engineering | p. 201 |
Index | p. 207 |
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