Modeling, Characterization, and Production of Nanomaterials: Electronics, Photonics and Energy Applications (Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials)

Nano-scale materials have unique electronic, optical, and chemical properties which make them attractive for a new generation of devices. Part one of Modeling, Characterization, and Production of Nanomaterials: Electronics, Photonics and Energy Applications covers modeling techniques incorporating quantum mechanical effects to simulate nanomaterials and devices, such as multiscale modeling and density functional theory. Part two describes the characterization of nanomaterials using diffraction techniques and Raman spectroscopy. Part three looks at the structure and properties of nanomaterials, including their optical properties and atomic behaviour. Part four explores nanofabrication and nanodevices, including the growth of graphene, GaN-based nanorod heterostructures and colloidal quantum dots for applications in nanophotonics and metallic nanoparticles for catalysis applications.

• Comprehensive coverage of the close connection between modeling and experimental methods for studying a wide range of nanomaterials and nanostructures
• Focus on practical applications and industry needs, supported by a solid outlining of theoretical background
• Draws on the expertise of  leading researchers in the field of nanomaterials from around the world

The unique electronic, optical, and chemical properties of nano-scale materials have made them central to a new generation of devices, and nanomaterial simulation tools have proven crucial to the success of the semiconductor industry. Modeling, characterization, and production of nanomaterials reviews a range of modeling techniques used to simulate nanomaterial behavior, in addition to production methods and characterization techniques.

Part One provides an overview of the key modeling techniques for nanomaterials, before Part Two goes on to explore nanomaterial characterization techniques, including diffraction techniques, thermal analysis, raman spectroscopy and molecular simulation. The structure and properties of nanomaterials, based on modeling and its experimental applications, are then discussed in Part Three. Finally, the book concludes in Part Four with a discussion of nanofabrication and nanodevice modeling and applications, including doping, energy storage, catalysis applications, tuning luminescence, nanorod heterostructures and graphene photonic structures, in addition to atomistic modeling, superlattices and plasma deposition.