Book description
The third, partly revised and enlarged edition of this introductory
reference summarizes the terms and definitions, most important
phenomena, and regulations occurring in the physics, chemistry,
technology, and application of nanostructures. A representative
collection of fundamental terms and definitions from quantum physics and
chemistry, special mathematics, organic and inorganic chemistry, solid
state physics, material science and technology accompanies recommended
secondary sources for an extended study of any given subject.
Each of the more than 2,200 entries, from a few sentences to a page in
length, interprets the term or definition in question and briefly
presents the main features of the phenomena behind it. Additional
information in the form of notes ("First described in",
"Recognition", "More details in") supplements the
entries and gives a historical perspective of the subject with reference
to further sources.
Ideal for answering questions related to unknown terms and definitions
among undergraduate and PhD students studying the physics of
low-dimensional structures, nanoelectronics, and nanotechnology.
Victor E. Borisenko graduated in 1973 from the Belarusian State
University of Informatics and Radioelectronics (BSUIR) as an engineer in
semiconductor electronics. After gaining doctorates in physics and
mathematics, he accepted a post as professor at BSUIR in 1990. He
currently holds a chair at the Department of Micro- and Nanoelectronics
and supervises the Center of NanoeIectronics and Novel Materials at
BSUIR. His research team focuses on fundamental electronic and optical
properties of semiconducting oxides and other compounds, low dimensional
silicon, and germanium nanostructures. Professor Borisenko has been
organizing international conferences on physics, chemistry and
applications of nanostructures since 1995.
Stefano Ossicini graduated in physics from the University of Rome. From
1978 to 1982 he worked as a post-doc and an assistant at the Free
University of Berlin, Germany, and afterwards as a researcher at the
University of Calabria, Italy, until 1984, when he accepted a post at
the University of Modena. Professor Ossicini is Director of the Research
Center "En&Tech? for green energies at the University of Modena
and Reggie Emilia, and is an associate with the CNR-Istituto Nanoscienze
S3. While his research activities have always been focused on the theory
of low-dimensional and nano-systems, he now concentrates on
investigating the structural and optoelectronic properties of nanostructures.
