Trends in Nanophysics : Theory, Experiment and Technology

This book explores a variety of diverse issues in nanotechnology, including radiation-induced polymerization, cross-linking and grafting; Mossbauer study of nanomaterials; biomedical applications of nanomaterials; graphene and carbon nanotubes; and many more.

Ordered Atomic-Scale Structures.- Fabrication and Characterization of Ordered Atomic-scale Structures - A Step towards Future Nanoscale Technology.- Computational Nanomechanics of Quasi-one-dimensional Structures in a Symmetry-Adapted Tight Binding Framework.- Ordered Atomic-Scale Structures.- Thin-Film Metamaterials Called Sculptured Thin Films.- GaN and InN Nanowires: Growth and Optoelectronic Properties.- Transport Phenomena in Nanostructures.- Electronic and Thermal Sequential Transport in Metallic and Superconducting Two-Junction Arrays.- Ballistic Transistors: From Planar to Cylindrical Nanowire Transistors.- R-matrix Formalism for Electron Scattering in Two Dimensions with Applications to Nanostructures with Quantum Dots.- Fractional Charge (and Statistics) in Luttinger Liquids.- Optical Properties of Nanostructures.- Near-Field Optical Forces from Surface Plasmon Polaritons: Experiment and Theory.- Plasmon Spectra of Nano-Structures: A Hydrodynamic Model.- Magnetic Nanophases; Magnetic and Non-magnetic Nanocomposites.- Magnetic Nanocomposites at Microwave Frequencies.- Magnetic Nanocomposites for Permanent Magnets.- Magnetic Configuration and Relaxation in Iron Based Nano-Particles: A Mössbauer Approach.- Properties of Ag/PVP Hydrogel Nanocomposite Synthesized In Situ by Gamma Irradiation.- Nanofluids and Flows at Nanoscale.- Revealing Magnetite Nanoparticles Aggregation Dynamics - A SLS and DLS Study.- Features of Classical and Quantum Fluid Flows Extending to Micro- and Nano-Scales.