Preface
1 Self-Assembled Si1-xGex Dots and Islands
Jean-Marc Baribeau,Nelson L.Rowell,and David J.Lockwood
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Si1-xGex Island Growth
1.3 Stacked Si1-x Islands
1.4 Engineering of Si1-xGex Islands
1.5 Applications of Si1-xGex Islands and Dots
1.6 Summarty and Future Prospects
References
2 Synthersis of Titania Nanocrystals:Application for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Motonari Adachi,Yusuke Murata,Fumin Wang,and Jinting Jiu
2.1 Formation of Titania Nanocrystals by Surfactant-Assisted Methods
2.2 Application of TiO2 Netword of Single-Crystalline Nanowires for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
2.3 Summary
References
3 Soft Synthesis of Inorganic Nanorods,Nanowires,and Nanotubes
Shu-Hong Yu and Yi-Tai Qian
3.1 Introduction
3.2 An Overview:Emerging Synthetic Routes for the Synthesis of Low-Dimensional Nanocrystals
3.3 Soft Synthesis of Low-Dimensional Nanocrystals
3.4 Summary and Outlook
References
4 Assembly of Zeolites and Crystalline Molecular Sieves
Jennifer L.Anthony and Mark E.Davis
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Thermodynamics of Synthesis Processes
4.3 Kinetics of Synthesis Processes
4.4 Assembly Processes
4.5 Components of Synthesis
4.6 Chirality:Can a "Designer"Zeolite Be Synthesized?
4.7 Summary
References
5 Molecular Imprinting by the Surface Sol-Gel Process:Templated Nanoporous Metal Oxide Thim Films for Molecualr Recognition
Seung-Woo Lee and Toyoki Kunitake
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Surface Sol-Gel Process
5.3 Molecular Imprinting in Amorphous Metal Oxide Films
5.4 Practical Potentials
5.5 Unsolved Problems and Future Prospects
References
6 Fabricatin,Characterization,and Applications of Template-Synthesized Nanotubes and Nanotube Membranes
7 Synthesis and Characterization of Core-Shell Structured Metals
8 Cobalt Nanocrystals Organized in Mesoscopic Scale
9 Synthesis and Applications of Highly Ordered Anodic
Index