Device Applications of Silicon Nanocrystals and Nanostructures

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Koshida, Nobuyoshi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Series: Nanostructure Science and Technology,
• Subjects: Materials science.; Superconductivity.; Superconductors.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Nanotechnology.; Materials Science.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity.

Recent developments in the technology of silicon nanocrystals and silicon nanostructures, where quantum-size effects are important, are systematically described including examples of device applications. Due to the strong quantum confinement effect, the material properties are freed from the usual i...

Table of Contents:

• Si-Rich Dielectrics for Active Photonic Devices
• Nanocrystalline Si EL Devices
• Surface and Superlattice
• Optical Gain and Lasing in Low Dimensional Silicon: The Quest for an Injection Laser
• Silicon Single-Electron Devices
• Room Temperature Silicon Spin-Based Transistors
• Electron Transport in Nanocrystalline Silicon
• Silicon Nanocrystal Nonvolatile Memories
• Nanocrystalline Silicon Ballistic Electron Emitter
• Porous Silicon Optical Label-Free Biosensors
• Ultrasonic Emission from Nanocrystalline Porous Silicon.