Characterization of nanostructures. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sverre Myhra and John C. Riviere.
• Other Names: Myhra, S (Sverre), 1943-; Rivière, J. C
• Contents: Introduction to Characterization of Nanostructures; Nanotechnology—In the Beginning There Was the Idea; Nanotechnology as a Practical Proposition; What Is Nanotechnology?; Materials Characterization—What Is It?; Current State of ‘Best Practice’ and QA; ; Section I Techniques and Methods; Electron-Optical Imaging of Nanostructures ((HR)TEM, STEM, and SEM); Introduction; TEM Overview; Interactions of Electrons with Matter; Aberration Correction; Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM); The Issue of Radiation Damage during Imaging and Analysis; Examples of SEM Performance; Optimization of Image Quality; ; Electron-Optical Analytical Techniques; Introduction; Loss Processes; EDS; EELS; Technical Implementation and Methods; Complementarity of EDS and EELS: A Case Study; ; Photon-Optical Spectroscopy—Raman and Fluorescence; Introduction; Raman Spectroscopy; Fluorescence Spectroscopy; ; Scanning Probe Techniques and Methods; Introduction; Technical Implementation; STM/STS; SFM; SCM; SNOM; SECM; Scanning Kelvin Probe (SKP); Scanning Ion Current Microscopy (SICM); Future Prospects; ; Techniques and Methods for Nanoscale Analysis of Single Particles and Ensembles of Particle s; Introduction; Photon-Correlation Spectroscopy (PCS) or Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS); Differential Centrifugal Sedimentation (DCS); Zeta Potential; Differential Mobility Spectrometry (DMS); Surface Area Determination; Surface and Bulk Chemistry; Overview—Choices of Technique(s); ; Section II Applications; C60 and Other Cage Structures; Introduction; Characterization of Fullerenes and Fullerene; Compounds; Endohedral Fullerenes; Fullerites; Peapod Fullerenes in CNT; ; Quantum Dots and Related Structures; Introduction; Particles in 2-D and 3-D Confinement; Synthesis Routes for Quantum Dots; Characterization of Quantum Dots; Absorption and Photoluminescence Spectroscopy of Quantum Dots; ; Carbon Nanotubes and Other Tube Structures; Introduction; Description of CNT Structure; Synthesis Routes; Electronic Structure of Graphene and SWCNT; General Characteristics of CNTs; Other Tube Structures; Characterization of Nanotubes; ; Nanowires; Introduction; Synthesis Routes; Characterisation of Nanowires by SEM and TEM; Characterisation of Nanowire Heterostructures; Characterization Related to Potential Applications; ; Graphene and Other Monolayer Structures; Introduction; Graphene Structure; Summary of Electronic Structure; Other 2-D Structures (Nanosheets); Overview of Synthesis Routes; Structural Characterization; Raman Spectroscopic Characterization; Characterization of Electronic Structure; ; Nanostructures—Strategic and Tactical Issues; Thinking about Strategy; Thinking about Tactics; Strategic Issues; Preparation of Specimens for Characterization of Nanostructures; Ensemble Averages: Limitations; ‘Soft’ Materials—Specimen Preparation; Cleanliness; User-friendliness; Cost-Effectiveness;
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 620.115; Nanostructured materials; Nanostructures -- Optical properties; Nanotechnology; Imaging systems
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439854174; 1439854173
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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