Quantum confined semiconductor nanostructures : symposium held December 2-5, 2002, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. / editors, Victor I. Klimov ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Klimov, Victor I.

Materials Research Society.

Materials Research Society. Fall Meeting (2002 : Boston, Massachusetts)

Series:

Materials Research Society symposia proceedings ; v. 737.

Materials Research Society symposia proceedings

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nanostructured materials--Congresses.

Nanostructured materials.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 834 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Physics and technology of semiconductor quantum dots

Nanocrystalline semiconductor materials and devices

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, Pennsylvania : Materials Research Society, [2003]

Contents:

Quantum Dot Theory

Tunnel-Coupled Quantum Dots: Atomistic Theory of Quantum Dot Molecules and Arrays / Garnett W. Bryant, Javier Aizpurua, W. Jaskolski, Michal Zielinski 5

Quantum Dot Growth

Occurrence of 'Accidental' InN Quantum Dots in Indium Gallium Nitride/Gallium Nitride Heterostructures / K.P. O'Donnell, R.W. Martin, M.E. White, S. Pereira, J.F.W. Mosselmans, M.J. Tobin, N. Grandjean, B. Damilano 13

1.6 [mu]m Emission From InAs Quantum Dots Grown on a GaAs Substrate Using an AlGaAsSb Metamorphic Buffer / G. Balakrishnan, S. Birudavolu, L.R. Dawson, D.L. Huffaker, Huifang Xu, Yingbing Jiang 19

Binary and Ternary Mercury Chalcogenide Quantum Dots and Clusters / Masaru Kuno, Keith A. Higginson, Syed B. Qadri, Mohammad Yousuf, Benjamin L. Davis, Hedi Mattoussi 25

Semiconductor Nanocrystal Based Saturable Absorbers for Optical Switching Applications / James E. Raynolds, Michael LoCascio 31

Self Assembled PbSe Quantum Dots With Almost Equal Sizes Grown by MBE on PbTe/Si(111) / Karim Alchalabi, Dmitri Zimin, Hans Zogg 37

Quantum Dot Optics

Wavelength Selective Charge Storage in Self-Assembled InGaAs-GaAs Quantum Dots / M. Kroutvar, Y. Ducommun, J.J. Finley, M. Bichler, G. Abstreiter, A. Zrenner 45

Optical Properties of InAs/InP Planar Quantum Dot Microcavities / Dan Dalacu, Daniel Poitras, Jacques Lefebvre, Philip J. Poole, Geoff C. Aers, Robin L. Williams 53

Local Strain Effects in Near-Field Spectra of Single Semiconductor Quantum Dots / A.M. Mintairov, P.A. Blagnov, O.V. Kovalenkov, C. Li, J.L. Merz, S. Oktyabrsky, K. Sun, V. Tokranov, A.S. Vlasov, D.A. Vinokurov 59

Optical Properties of Semimagnetic Quantum Dots / S. Mackowski, T.A. Nguyen, H.E. Jackson, L.M. Smith, J. Kossut, G. Karczewski, W. Heiss 65

Resonant Photoluminescence and Excitation Spectroscopy of CdSe/ZnSe and CdTe/ZnTe Self-Assembled Quantum Dots / T.A. Nguyen, S. Mackowski, H. Rho, H.E. Jackson, L.M. Smith, J. Wrobel, K. Fronc, J. Kossut, G. Karczewski, M. Dobrowolska, J. Furdyna 71

Optical Properties of Self-Assembled InAs Quantum Dots Grown on InAlAs/InP(001) / B. Salem, T. Benyattou, G. Guillot, G. Bremond, J. Brault, M. Gendry 77

Single Quantum Dot Spectroscopy

Nonlinear Carrier Relaxation in a Single GaAs Self-Organized Quantum Dot / T. Kuroda, S. Sanguinetti, F. Minami, M. Gurioli, K. Watanabe, N. Koguchi 87

Charge and Spin

Charged Excitons in Self-Assembled Quantum Dots / R.J. Warburton, B. Urbaszek, E.J. McGhee, C. Schulhauser, A. Hogele, K. Karrai, A.O. Govorov, J.M. Garcia, B.D. Gerardot, P.M. Petroff 95

Kondo-Excitons and Auger Processes in Self-Assembled Quantum Dots / A.O. Govorov, K. Karrai, R.J. Warburton, A.V. Kalameitsev 107

Sub-Wetting Layer Continuum States in the Self-Organized Quantum Dot Samples / K. Kral, P. Zdenek, Z. Khas, M. Cemansky 115

Influence of In[subscript 0.2]Ga[subscript 0.8]As Strain-Reducing Layer on the Active Region of Quantum Dot Superluminescent Diodes / Z.Y. Zhang, Ch.M. Li, P. Jin, X.Q. Meng, B. Xu, X.L. Ye, Z.G. Wang 119

Dislocation-Induced Spatial Alignment of Self-Assembled InAs/GaAs Quantum Dots / H.S. Lee, J.Y. Lee, T.W. Kim, Y.J. Park 129

Resonant Raman Scattering by Strained and Relaxed Ge Quantum Dots / Alexander G. Milekhin, Alexander I. Nikiforov, Mikhail Ladanov, Oleg P. Pchelyakov, Dmitri A. Tenne, Steffen Schulze, Dietrich R.T. Zahn 135

Raman Spectroscopy of Self-Assembled InAs Quantum Dots in Wide-Bandgap Matrices of AlAs and Aluminium Oxide / D.A. Tenne, A.G. Milekhin, A.K. Bakarov, O.R. Bajutova, V.A. Haisler, A.I. Toropov, S. Schulze, D.R.T. Zahn 141

Hyper-Rayleigh Scattering and Fluorescence of CdS-ZnS Nanoparticle Composites / Yu Zhang, Xin Wang, Ming Ma, Degang Fu, Haiqian Zhang, Ning Gu, Juzheng Liu, Zuhong Lu, Yi Ma, Ling Xu, Jun Xu, Kunji Chen 147

Giant Exciton-Light Coupling in Large Size Semiconductor Quantum Dots / Bernard Gil, Alexey V. Kavokin 153

Up-Conversion Luminescence in Colloidal CdTe Nanocrystals / S.A. Filonovich, M.J.M. Gomes, Yu.P. Rakovich, J.F. Donegan, D.V. Talapin, N.P. Gaponik, A.L. Rogach, A. Eychmuller 157

Long-Lifetime Nonlinear Absorption of PbS Quantum Dots / Feiran Huang, Aleksey Filin, Pratima G.N. Rao, Robert H. Doremus, Peter D. Persans 163

Chemically Functional Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Electrochemistry and Self-Assembly on Surfaces / Benjamin M. Hutchins, Andrew H. Latham, Mary Elizabeth Williams 169

GaSb-Based Nanocomposites as IR-Emitters / Ludmila Bakueva, Sergei Musikhin, Edward H. Sargent, Stephan Schulz 175

Investigation of the Shape of InGaAs/GaAs Quantum Dots / Susan Y. Lehman, Alexana Roshko, Richard P. Mirin, John E. Bonevich 179

Shape Engineered InAs Quantum Dots With Stabilized Electronic Properties / V. Tokranov, M. Yakimov, A. Katsnelson, K. Dovidenko, M. Lamberti, S. Oktyabrsky 185

Si/Ge Quantum Dot Structures

Silicon Epitaxial Regrowth Passivation of SiGe Nanostructures Patterned by AFM Oxidation / Xiang-Zheng Bo, Leonid P. Rokhinson, J.C. Sturm 193

Bio-Quantum Dots

Synthesis of Semi-Conducting Nanoparticles Within a Protein Template / Kim K.W. Wong, Eric L. Mayes 201

Electric Force Microscopy and Charge Injection

Optical Detection of the Charging of InAs Quantum Dots With Different Backgate Configurations / B. Su, L. Karsten, C. Schuller, D. Heitmann, A.A. Zhukov, Ch. Heyn, W. Hansen 209

Transport

Size and Shape Dependent Level Structure in CdSe Quantum Rods / Eli Rothenberg, Taleb Mokari, Uri Banin, David Katz, Tommer Wizansky, Oded Millo 217

Current-Voltage Characteristics of Single CdSe Colloidal Nanodots Measured by Conductive-Tip Atomic Force Microscopy / Ichiro Tanaka, Eri Kawasaki, O. Ohtsuki, K. Uno, M. Hara, H. Asami, T. Murase, I. Kamiya 227

Transport Properties of Superlattice Nanowires and Their Potential for Thermoelectric Applications / Yu-Ming Lin, Mildred S. Dresselhaus 233

Si Nanocrystals and nc-Si Superlattices

Photoluminescence Within Crystalline-Si/SiO[subscript 2] Single Quantum Wells / D.J. Lockwood, M.W.C. Dharma-wardana, Z.H. Lu, D.H. Grozea, P. Carrier, Laurent J. Lewis 243

Charge Retention in Single Silicon Nanocrystal Layers / Rishikesh Krishnan, Todd D. Krauss, Philippe M. Fauchet 253

Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Studies of Nanocrystalline Silicon in Thin-Film Silicon Dioxide / Gerald E. Jellison Jr., Stephen P. Withrow, Supriya Jaiswal, Christopher M. Rouleau, John T. Simpson, Clark W. White, C. Owen Griffiths 259

Mechanisms of Visible Photoluminescence From Size-Controlled Silicon Nanoparticles / Toshiharu Makino, Nobuyasu Suzuki, Yuka Yamada, Takehito Yoshida, Ikurou Umezu, Akira Sugimura 265

Synthesis and Size Control of Si Nanocrystals by SiO/SiO[subscript 2] Superlattices and Er Doping / J. Heitmann, D. Kovalev, M. Schmidt, L.X. Yi, R. Scholz, F. Eichhorn, M. Zacharias 271

Quantitative Charge Imaging of Silicon Nanocrystals by Atomic Force Microscopy / Tao Feng, Harry A. Atwater 283

A New Synthetic Route to Alkyl Terminated Silicon Nanoparticles / Katherine A. Pettigrew, Philip P. Power, Susan M. Kauzlarich 289

Control of Silicon Quantum Dots Nucleation and Growth by CVD / F. Mazen, T. Baron, J.M. Hartmann, M.N. Semeria, G. Bremond 295

Synthesis of Crystalline Silicon Nanoparticles in Low-Pressure Inductive Plasmas / Ameya Bapat, Uwe Kortshagen, Stephen A. Campbell, Christopher R. Perrey, C. Barry Carter 301

SiGe Nanostructures

Self-Assembled Si/Ge Quantum Dot Structures for Novel Device Applications / K. Brunner, D. Bougeard, A. Janotta, M. Herbst, P.H. Tan, H. Riedl, M. Stutzmann, G. Abstreiter 309

Effect of Phosphorus on Ge/Si(001) Island Formation / Theodore I. Kamins, Gilberto Medeiros-Ribeiro, Douglas A.A. Ohlberg, R. Stanley Williams 321

Anomalous X-ray Scattering on Self-Assembled Islands: Direct Evaluation of Composition Profile, Strain Relaxation, and Elastic Energy / A. Malachias, R. Magalhaes-Paniago, G. Medeiros-Ribeiro, S. Kycia, T.I. Kamins, R. Stan Williams 329

New Pairs of Inks and Papers for Photolithography, Microcontact Printing, and Scanning Probe Nanolithography / Lon A. Porter Jr., Hee Cheul Choi, J.M. Schmeltzer, Alexander E. Ribbe, Jillian M.

Buriak 341

Preparation and Characterization of Fine Barium Carbonate Particles / Lihong Su, Shenru Qiao, Jun Xiao, Ying Huang, Aibo Zhang, Qiuyu Zhang 347

Comparative Study of the Growth Curves of B. subtilis, K. pneumoniae, C. xerosis and E. coli Bacteria in Medium Containing Nanometric Silicon Particles / Lilyanna Perez, Marjorie Flores, J. Avalos, L. San Miguel, O. Resto, L. Fonseca 351

Preparation and Photoactive Characterization of Tube-Shaped Al-Doped ZnO Ceramics / Yoshinobu Fujishiro, M. Awano, S. Kanzaki 357

Electron Irradiation on Amorphous Silicon / Ju-Yin Cheng, J. Murray Gibson 365

The Effect of Chemical Treatment on Porous Silicon: The Role of Alcohol / Masato Ohmukai, Mei Honda, Yumiko Kodama, Hiroshi Tsunekuni, Yasuo Tsutsumi 371

Clausius-Mossotti Approximation for Nonlinear Composites With Coated Ellipsoidal Particles / Anatoliy O. Pinchuk 377

Transport Properties and Observation of Semimetal-Semiconductor Transition in Bi-Based Nanowires / Yu-Ming Lin, Stephen B. Cronin, Oded Rabin, Jackie Y. Ying, Mildred S. Dresselhaus 383

Diffusional Coating of Nanoparticles / James P. Lavine 389

Raman Analysis of Carbon Nanotube Bundles for Bio-Electronic Applications / Shin G. Chou, Mildred S. Dresselhaus, Elen Humphreys, Sung Yoon Chung, John VanderSande, Yet Ming Chiang, A.K. Swan, M.S. Unlu, B.B. Goldberg 395

Two-Dimensional Epitaxial Growth of Strained InGaAs on GaAs(001) / Hong Wen, Zhiming Wang, G.J. Salamo 401

Optical Amplification in Nanocrystalline Silicon Superlattices / J. Ruan, H. Chen, Philippe M. Fauchet 407

Sol-Gel Template Synthesis and Liquid CO[subscript 2] Developed TiO[subscript 2]/CdS Composite Nanowire Arrays / Bin Cheng, Clarence W. Murray, Edward T. Samulski 413

Patterned Structures of Silicon Nanocrystals Prepared by Pulsed Laser Interference Crystallization of Ultra-Thin a-Si:H Single-Layer / Xiaowei Wang, Feng Qiao, Leyi Zhu, Wei Li, Jian Li, Xinfan Huang, Kunji Chen 419

New Nanocrystalline Si Floating Gate Structure for Nonvolatile Memory Application / L.C. Wu, J.J. Shi, K.J. Chen, J. Xu, W. Li, Z.Y. Ma, M. Dai, D. Wu, A.D. Li, X.F. Huang 425

Periodic Two-Dimensional Arrays of Silicon Quantum Dots for Nanoscale Device Applications / Christopher C. Striemer, Rishikesh Krishnan, Qianghua Xie, Leonid Tsybeskov, Philippe M. Fauchet 431

Estimation of Silicon Nanocrystalline Sizes From Photoluminescence Measurements of RF Co-Sputtered Si/SiO[subscript 2] Films / A. Ramirez-Porras, L.F. Fonseca, O. Resto 437

Fabrication of Si-Ge Compound Nanowires by the FZ Melting Vapor Method / Quanli Hu, Hiroshi Araki, Hiroshi Suzuki, Nobuhiro Ishikawa, Wen Yang, Tetsuji Noda 443

Electrical Properties of Thin Nitrogen-Doped Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Films / V.I. Polyakov, A.I. Rukovishnikov, S.M. Pimenov, J.A. Carlisle, D.M. Gruen 449

Sol-Gel Derived Bi[subscript 4-x]Nd[subscript x]Ti[subscript 3]O[subscript 12] Thin Films and Their Characterization / R.E. Melgarejo, M.S. Tomar, A. Hidalgo, R.S. Katiyar 455

2D Assemblies of Silicon Nanocrystallites Prepared by Sol-Gel Method From Triethoxysilane / Jerome Rouquette, Monique Pauthe, Michel Ramonda, Thierry Taliercio, Bernard Gil, Kevin P. O'Donnell 461

The Effect of Hydrogen Incorporation on the Performance of Nanocrystalline Silicon Thin Film Transistors Fabricated by Microwave ECR Plasma CVD / Lihong Teng, Wayne A. Anderson 469

SiC-Like Phase and Room-Temperature Photoluminescence of Low-k SiOCH Films / V. Ligatchev, T.K.S. Wong, Rusli, B. Liu, K. Ostrikov 475

Formation and Cathodoluminescence of Silicon Nanoclusters in Silica / Maria V. Zamoryanskaya, Vladimir I. Sokolov 481

Nano-Scale Morphology and Electron Spectrum of Defect States in Low-k SiOCH Films / V. Ligatchev, T.K.S. Wong, Rusli, B. Liu, K. Ostrikov 487

Stoichiometry, Crystallinity, and Nano-Scale Surface Morphology of the Graded Calcium Phosphate-Based Bio-Ceramic Interlayer on Ti-Al-V / J.D. Long, K. Ostrikov, S. Xu, V. Ligatchev 493

Polarization Anisotropy in Electroreflectance Spectrum of Porous Silicon / Toshihiko Toyama, Yasuharu Nakai, Koji Moriguchi, Hiroaki Okamoto 499

Carbon Nanotubes Grown on Metallic Wires by Cold Plasma Technique / D. Sarangi, A. Karimi 505

Formation of SiGe Nanoparticles by Dry and Steam Thermal Oxidation of Thin Polycrystalline Layers / M.I. Ortiz, C. Ballesteros, A. Rodriguez, J. Sangrador, T. Rodriguez, M. Avella, P. Martin, J. Jimenez 511

Spectroscopic Study of Rare Earth Doped Nano-Crystalline Silicon in SiO[subscript 2] Films / C. Rozo, L.F. Fonseca, O. Resto, S.Z. Weisz 517

Characterization of Nanographite and Carbon Nanotubes by Polarization Dependent Optical Spectroscopy / Alexander Gruneis, Riichiro Saito, Georgii G. Samsonidze, Marcos A. Pimenta, Ado Jorio, Antonio G. Souza Filho, Gene Dresselhaus, Mildred S. Dresselhaus 523

Tunable Porous Silicon Mirrors for Optoelectronic Applications / Sharon M. Weiss, Mikhail Haurylau, Philippe M. Fauchet 529

Effect of Surface Treatments in Nanocrystalline Silicon / N.P. Mandal, S. Dey, S.C. Agarwal 535

Optical Properties of Silicon Nanoparticles in Silica Gel Monoliths / Y. Posada, L. San Miguel, L.F. Fonseca, O. Resto, S.Z. Weisz 541

Bioactive Nanostructures and Surface Chemistry

Porous Silicon Electrical Biosensors / Marie Archer, Marc Christophersen, Philippe M. Fauchet 549

Preparation and Electrochemical Characterization of DNA-Modified Nanocrystalline Diamond Films / Wensha Yang, Orlando Auciello, James E. Butler, Wei Cai, John A. Carlisle, Jennifer E. Gerbi, Dieter M. Gruen, Tanya Knickerbocker, Tami L. Lasseter, John N. Russell Jr., Lloyd M. Smith, Robert J. Hamers 555

Functionalization of Porous Silicon With Alkenes and Alkynes via Carbocation-Mediated Hydrosilylation / J.M. Schmeltzer, Lon A. Porter Jr., Michael P. Stewart, Carmen M. Lopez, Jillian M. Buriak 561

Covalently-Linked Adducts of Single-Walled Nanotubes With Biomolecules: Synthesis, Hybridization, and Biologically-Directed Surface Assembly / Sarah E. Baker, Tami L. Lasseter, Lloyd M. Smith, Robert J. Hamers 567

Electroless Deposition and Patterning of Morphologically Complex Precious Metal Films on Semiconductor Surfaces / Lon A. Porter Jr., Hee Cheul Choi, Alexander E. Ribbe, Jillian M. Buriak 575

Effects of Amorphous Carbon Films on the Performance of Porous Silicon Electroluminescence / Bernard Gelloz, Nobuyoshi Koshida 581

Novel Lithographic Techniques and Lateral Nanopatterning

Nanoscale Organic Electronic Devices Formed by Lamination With Stamps / Jana Zaumseil, Takao Someya, Zhenan Bao, Yueh-Lin Loo, Kirk Baldwin, Raymond Cirelli, John A. Rogers 589

Electrophoretic Deposition of CdSe Nanocrystal Films on Conducting Electrodes / Mohammad A. Islam, Yuqi Xia, Benjamin J. Kraines, Irving P. Herman 595

Si Nanoparticle Synthesis and Self-Organization / J.D. Fowlkes, A.J. Pedraza 607

Semiconductor Nanowires and Nanotubes I

Direct Synthesis of Silicon Nanowires Using Silane and Molten Gallium / Shashank Sharma, Mahendra K. Sunkara, Elizabeth C. Dickey 615

Quantitative V-L-S Growth Model and Experiments of Fe Catalyzed Si Nanowire Formation / Guangwen Zhou, Judith C. Yang, Fengting Xu, John A. Barnard, Z. Zhang 621

Imaging, Structural and Chemical Analysis of Silicon Nanowires / R.J. Barsotti Jr., J.E. Fischer, C.H. Lee, J. Mahmood, C.K.W. Adu, P.C. Eklund 627

Semiconductor Nanowires and Nanotubes II

Nano-Optics of Bismuth Nanowires / M.R. Black, P.L. Hagelstein, M.S. Dresselhaus 635

The Pile-Ups of Aluminum and Boron in the SiGe(C) / Hong-Jyh Li, David Onsongo, Taras A. Kirichenko, Puneet Kohliand, Sanjay K. Banerjee 643

Evidence of Ti-Related Inclusions in an Al Alloy Interconnecting Layer for Nanometer 256MBit DRAM Semiconductor Devices Characterized by TEM, STEM, EELS Elemental Mapping, and XEDS Linescan / Wei (Wayne) Zhao, Steve Graca 649

Si Nanocrystals by Metal Induced Growth Using Different Catalyzing Metals / Chunhai Ji, Wayne A. Anderson 655

Exploiting Silicon Porosity Gradients for Superior Antireflective Films / Christopher C. Striemer, Philippe M. Fauchet 661

Polymorphous Silicon Nanowires Synthesized by Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition / X.B. Zeng, X.B. Liao, H.W. Diao, Z.H. Hu, Y.Y. Xu, S.B. Zhang, C.Y. Chen, W.D. Chen, G.L. Kong 667

Anisotropy in the Phonon Dispersion Relations of Graphite and Carbon Nanotubes Measured by Raman Spectroscopy / Georgii G. Samsonidze, Riichiro Saito, Ado Jorio, Antonio G. Souza Filho, Alexander Gruneis, Marcos A. Pimenta, Gene Dresselhaus, Mildred S.

Dresselhaus 673

Microstructure of the Silicon Film Prepared Near the Phase Transition Regime From Amorphous to Nanocrystalline / Shibin Zhang, Xianbo Liao, Yanyue Xu, Zhihua Hu, Xiangbo Zeng, Hongwei Diao, Muchang Luo, Guanglin Kong 679

Influence of Different Atmospheres on the Life Time of Porous Silicon Light-Emitting Devices / B.R. Jumayev, H.L. Tam, K.W. Cheah, N.E. Korsunska 685

Investigation on Process Dependence of Self-Assembled Metal Nanocrystals / Chungho Lee, Zengtao Liu, Edwin C. Kan 691

TEM and PL Study of FeSi[subscript 2] Precipitates Formed in Si by Iron Implantation Using a Metal Vapor Vacuum Arc Ion Source / Y. Gao, W.Y. Cheung, S.P. Wong, G. Shao, K.P. Homewood 697

Characterization of Co-Catalyzed Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes by High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy / Chih-Chin Wang, Chuan-Pu Liu, Ruo-Mei Liu, Kuen-Hou Liao 703

Moisture Effects of Crack Initiation in Nanocrystalline Silicon: A Hybrid Density-Functional/Molecular-Dynamics Study / Shuji Ogata, Rachid Belkada, Fuyuki Shimojo, Aiichiro Nakano 709

Sol-Gel Synthesis and Characterization of CuO-Based Nanosystems / Lidia Armelao, Davide Barreca, Manuel Bertapelle, Gregorio Bottaro, Cinzia Sada, Eugenio Tondello 715

Particle Production in High Density Silane Plasma / Z. Shen, T. Kim, U. Kortshagen, P.H. McMurry, S.A. Campbell 721

The Microstructure of Co Nanoparticles Directly Deposited on Si (001) Substrates Using DC Magnetron Sputtering / Bing-Xian Chung, Chuan-Pu Liu, Jiun-Nan Chen 727

Generation of Silicon Nanocolumns by Nanosecond Pulsed-Excimer Laser Irradiation and Their Field Emission Properties / Yingfeng Guan, A.J. Pedraza, E.D. Ellis, L.R. Baylor 733

Low-Cost, Large-Area Nanocrystalline TiO[subscript 2]-Polymer Solar Cells on Flexible Plastics / Krishna C. Mandal, Anton Smirnov, D. Peramunage, R. David Rauh 739

Determination of the Charge Attached to Micro-Scale Devices Used in Fluidic Self-Assembly Processes / Eric Tkaczyk, Vandna Handa, Sangwoo Lee, Helen McNally, Lichuan Gui, Steve Wereley, Rashid Bashir 745

Metallic and Rare Earth Doped Nanoparticles

Stimulated Optical Transitions in Er-Doped Silicon Nanostructures / B.V. Kamenev, V.I. Emel'yanov, V.Yu. Timoshenko, P.K. Kashkarov, E.I. Terukov, V.Kh. Kudoyarova 755

Electroluminescent Devices Based on Er-Doped Si Nanoclusters / F. Priolo, F. Iacona, D. Pacifici, A. Irrera, M. Miritello, G. Franzo, D. Sanfilippo, G. Di Stefano, P.G. Fallica 761

Theoretical Studies and Numerical Simulations in Si/SiGe Nanostructures

Equilibrium Analysis of Lattice-Mismatched Nanowire Heterostructures / E. Ertekin, P.A. Greaney, T.D. Sands, D.C. Chrzan 769

Isolated and Embedded Silicon Based Nanodots: The Role of Surface Oxygen / Marcello Luppi, Stefano Ossicini 775

Applications of Group (IV) Nanoscale Materials

Observation of Quantum Confinement Effects in Nanocrystalline Silicon Dot Floating Gate Single Electron Memory Devices / Shaoyun Huang, Souri Banerjee, Shunri Oda 783

The Role of Nanoscale Silicon in Optical Interconnects / Philippe M. Fauchet 789

Photon, Electron and Ultrasonic Emission From Nanocrystalline Porous Silicon Devices / N. Koshida, B. Gelloz, A. Kojima, T. Migita, Y. Nakajima, T. Kihara, T. Ichihara, Y. Watabe, T. Komoda 801

Carrier Tunneling, Current Instabilities, and Negative Differential Conductivity in Nanocrystalline Silicon-Silicon Dioxide Superlattices / B.V. Kamenev, G.F. Grom, D.J. Lockwood, J.P. McCaffrey, B. Laikhtman, L. Tsybeskov 813

Tuning of the Electroluminescence From Si Nanocrystals Through the Control of Their Structural Properties / A. Irrera, F. Iacona, D. Pacifici, M. Miritello, G. Franzo, D. Sanfilippo, G. Di Stefano, P.G. Fallica, F. Priolo 819.

Notes:

"Symposium E, 'Physics and Technology of Semiconductor Quantum Dots,' and Symposium F, 'Nanocrystalline Semiconductor Materials and Devices' [were] held December 2-5 at the 2002 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts ..."--p. xxi.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

ISBN:

1558996745

OCLC:

52611786