Nanoscale devices - fundamentals and applications

Over the last decade the interest in nanoscale materials and their applications in novel electronic devices have been increasing tremendously. This is caused by the unique properties of nanoscale materials and the outstanding performance of nanoscale devices. The fascinating and often unrivalled pro...

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Corporate Authors: NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Nanoscale Devices - Fundamentals and Applications Chișinău, Moldova)
Other Authors: NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Nanoscale Devices - Fundamentals and Applications, Gross, Rudolf, 1956-, Sidorenko, Anatolie., Tagirov, Lenar., North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer, 2006.
Dordrecht : 2006.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 399 pages) : illustrations.
Series: NATO science series. Mathematics, physics, and chemistry ; v. 233.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributing Authors
  • SCIENCE AGAINST NONTRIVIAL THREAT
  • Ch. Surface Acoustic Wave Studies for Chemical and Biological Sensors
  • Ch. The Experience of Utilizing the Explosives Detection System on the Basis of Neutron Radiation Analysis Together with X-Ray Units at the Airport "Pulkovo" in St.-Petersburg
  • Ch. Thermodynamic Principles of Artificial Nose Based on Supramolcular Receptors
  • Ch. Molecular Detection with Magnetic Labels and Magnetoresistive Sensors
  • WEAK MAGNETIC FIELDS DETECTION TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES
  • Ch. Magnetic Tunnel Junctions Based on Half-Metallic Oxides
  • Ch. MEMS Tunable Dielectric Resonator
  • Ch. Ultra-Thin Spin-Valve Structures Grown on the Surface-Reconstructed GaAs Substrate
  • NOVEL IDEAS AND PRINCIPLES OF DEVICES
  • Ch. Negative U Molecular Quantum Dot
  • Ch. Configuring a Bistable Atomic Switch by Repeated Electrochemial Cycling
  • Ch. Realization of an N-Shaped IVC of Nanoscale Metallic Junctions Using the Antiferromagnetic Transition
  • PI-SHIFT EFFECT AND FERROMAGNET/SUPERCONDUCTOR NANOSCALE DEVICES
  • Ch. Josephson Effect in Composite Junctions with Ferromagnetic Materials
  • Ch. Depairing Currents in Bilayers of Nb/Pd<sub>89</sub>Ni<sub>11</sub>
  • Ch. Superconductor-Ferromagnet Heterostructures
  • Ch. Superconducting/Ferromagnetic Nanostructures: Spin Fluctuations and Spontancous Supercurrents
  • COHERENCE EFFECTS IN F/S AND N/F NANOSTRUCTURES
  • Ch. Proximity Effect and Interface Transparency in Nb-based S/N and S/F Layerd Structures
  • Ch. Properties of S/N Multilayers with Different Geometrical Symmetry
  • Ch. Andreev Reflection in Ballistic Superconductor-Ferromagnet Contacts
  • Ch. Superconductor-Insulator Transition in a Pb<sub>Z</sub>Sn<sub>1-Z</sub> Te: In Solid Solution
  • ADVANCED SENSORS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
  • Ch. Thermoelectricity of Low-Dimensional Nanostructured Materials
  • Ch.Organic Semiconductors
  • More Efficient Material for Thermoelectric Infrared Detectors
  • Ch. Submillimeter Radiation-Induced Persistent Photoconductivity in Pb<sub>1-x</sub>Sn<sub>x</sub>Te(In)
  • Ch. Quasioptical Terahertz Spectrometer Based on a Josephson Oscilator and a Cold Elecion Nanobolometer
  • NOVEL MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONICS
  • Ch. Origin of the Resistive Transition Broadening for Superconducting Magnesium Diboride
  • Ch. Aharonov-Bohm Oscillations in Single Bi Nanowires
  • Ch. Some Application of Nanocarbon Materials for Novel Devices
  • NANOMATERIALS AND DOMAINS
  • Ch. Nanocrystalline Iron-Rare Earth Alloys: Exchange Interactions and Magnetic properties
  • Ch. The Influence of Applied Field on the Nucleation and Growth of Heteroepitaxial Carbon Films
  • Last Page.