Frontiers of Multifunctional Integrated Nanosystems

A compendium of novel information on molecular-scale science and the application of nanocarbon, nanosilicon and biopolymer integrated nanosystems.
During the 20th century, molecular-scale science and nanotechnology developed rapidly, leading to the construction of innovative materials - nanosystens from molecules (fullerenes), supramolecules (nanotubes, peapods, polymers, biopolymers (DNA, protein and their complexes) and semiconductor nanoparticles (nano-Si, SiOx, Si/SiGe dots, metal nanowires). This book presents exciting new developments of the early 21st century. Significant progress has been made in nanotechnology of building blocks for integrated nanosystems, single and assembled molecules, nanoparticles characterisation, and multifunctional applications of nanosystems.
The realisation and the application of novel multifunctional nanosystems in electronics, optics, biomedicine (nano-bioelectronic devices based on DNA and proteins, silicon nanocrystal memory devices, monolithically integrated silicon photonics, nanocapsules, biosensor nanosystems) are described by well known experts.

Résumé
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Illmenau, Germany from 12 to 16 July 2003

Contenu
Modeling and computer simulation of characteristics nanosystems.- Optical Properties of Small-Radius SWNTs within a Tight-Binding Model.- The Electronic Structure of Nanotubes and the Topological Arrangements of Carbon Atoms.- Irradiation Effect on the Electron Transport Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube.- Calculation of the Density Profile of Liquid Located in the Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube.- Small Metal Clusters: AB Initio Calculated Bare Clusters and Models Within Fullerene Cages.- Nanotechnology of building blocks and integrated nanosystems.- Nanoparticle Reactions on Chip.- Electrochemical Charging of Nanocarbons: Fullerenes, Nanotubes, Peapods.- Nano-Encapsulation of Fullerene in Dendrimers.- Irradiation-Controlled Adsorption and Organization of Biomolecules on Surfaces: From the Nanometric to the Mesoscopic Level.- Oriented Immobilization of C-Reactive Protein on Solid Surface for Biosensor Applications.- Mesoporous Aluminosilicates as a Host and Reactor for Preparation of Ordered Metal Nanowires.- Single and assembled molecules, nanoparticles on surface and interface investigations.- Scanning Probe Microscopy of Biomacromolecules: Instrumentation and Experiments.- Surface Science Tools and Their Application to Nanosystems Like C60 on Indium Phosphide.- Polarized Raman Spectroscopy of Single Layer and Multilayer Ge/Si(001) Quantum Dot Heterostructures.- Fundamental properties of carbon integrated nanosystems.- Nanosystems of Polymerized Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes.- Synthesis and Characterization of C60-and C70 Polymer Phases.- The Nanospace Inside Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes.- Mechanical Properties of Carbon Thin Films.- Fundamental properties of silicon integrated nanosystems.- Thin Carbon Layers on Nanostructured Silicon-Properties and Applications.- 1D Periodic Structures Obtained by Deep Anisotropic Etching of Silicon.- Diode Shottky Systems on Al-Nanosilicon Interface Layer-Si.- Multifunctional applications of nanosystems.- Nano-Bio Electronic Devices Based on DNA Bases and Proteins.- DNA, DNA/Metal Nanoparticles, DNA/Nanocarbon and Macrocyclic Metal Complex/Fullerene Molecular Building Blocks for Nanosystems: Electronics and Sensing.- Silicon Nanocrystals in SiO2 for Memory Devices.- On the Route Towards a Monolithically Integrated Silicon Photonics.- Photoluminescent Nanosilicon Systems.- Optical Characterisation of Opal Photonic Hetero-Crystals.- Magnetism in Polymerized Fullerenes.- Application of the Electronic Properties of Carbon Nanotubes: Computation of the Magnetic Properties and the 13C NMR Shifts.- Nanotube Spintronics: Magnetic Systems Based on Carbon Nanotubes.- Spin Coherence and Manipulation in Si/Sige Quantum Wells.- Fundamental Properties of Ferromagnetic Micro- and Nanostructured Films for Application in Optoelectronics.- Porous Silicon for Chemical Sensors.- Silicon Micromachined Sensors for Gas Detection.- Microporous Zeolite Membranes a Useful Tool for Gas Sensing Systems.- Genomagnetic Electrochemical Biosensors.- Nanocapsules A Novel Tool for Medicine and Science.- Biological Molecule Conformations Probed and Enhanced by Metal and Carbon Nanostructures: SEIRA, AFM and SPR Data.- Concerning Signaling in in Vitro Neural Arrays Using Porous Silicon.