Physics And Chemistry Of Nanostructured Materials

The development of nanostructured materials represents a new fast evolving application of recent research in physics and chemistry. Novel experimental tools coupled with new theory have made this possible. Topics covered in this book include nanocrystals, semiconductor heterostructures, nanotubes, nanowires, and manipulation and fabrication techniques. The core of the book consists of lectures by distinguished researchers, including Paul Alivisatos, D.D. Awschalom, and Phaedon Avouris, presented at an Advanced Study Institute in Hong Kong in January 1999. It will interest materials physicists and chemists as well as materials scientists with an interest in the growth and characterisation of sophisticated materials.