[...]... knowledge and personal experience accumulated throughout 18 years of work in the field of physics and technology of thin organic films, organic- inorganic nanostructures, and chemical and biosensing Initially the book was planned as a research monograph, but later in the process of writing I introduced a quite substantial scientific background in every chapter in order to make the subject more understandable... The technology of thin organic films has improved to perfection In addition to the traditional Langmuir-Blodgett technique, new methods of chemical and electrostatic self-assembly appeared The progress in organic colloid and polymer chemistry was enormous Thousands and thousands of new organic compounds of high purity were synthesized The compounds have very interesting optical and electrical properties,... properties of nanostructured materials and quantum phenomena in conductivity will be described in detail there Chapters 6 and 7 describe different applications of organic/ inorganic nanostructures in quantum electron devices, light emitters and other optoelectronic devices, and chemical and biosensors References [1] Langmuir, I., “Forces Near the Surfaces of Molecules,” Chem Rev., Vol 6, No 4, 1930, pp... This book is dedicated to inorganic nanostructures formed by chemical routes The technology of the formation of such structures will be described in Chapter 2 Chapters 3, 4, and 5 will review the structure, the optical properties, and the electrical properties of nanostructures, respectively The effect of size quantization on optical properties of nanostructured materials and quantum phenomena in conductivity... materials onto organic templates stimulates the formation of nanostructures Nanoparticles of Ni, Ru, and Ni-Ru oxides have been prepared by electrodeposition of these metals coordinated into the dendrimer molecules, and their electrochemical and catalytic activities have been evaluated The dendrimer molecules used were amine- and hydroxyl-terminated poly(amidoamine) dendrimers [27] Self-assembled nanostructures. .. successfully adopted for the processing of a wide variety of materials, from monolithic ceramic and glasses, to fine powders, thin films, ceramic fibers, microporous inorganic membranes, and extremely porous aerogel materials [43] The classification of sol-gel technology and products was given by Blinker and Scherrer [44], and well illustrated by the diagram in Figure 2.3 The main idea of the sol-gel process... self-assembly and sensing, for example The same can be said about polymer chemistry, which currently produces both conducting and light emitting polymers [31], and polyionic compounds capable of building electrostatically self-assembled composite multilayers [32] Colloid chemistry achieved commercial production of various inorganic colloid particles of different natures [33], such as metals (Au, Pt, Ag, and. .. (II-VI, III-V, and IV materials), insulators (TiO2, SiO2, mica, and polymers), and magnetic materials (Fe2O3) These colloid particles are pure, stable, uniform, and precise in their size, down to nanometer range Biochemistry is a special issue (beyond the scope of this book), because of the tremendous progress in the synthesis of biocomponents, experimental methodology, modeling, and the understanding of... to become a scientist I would like to thank all my colleagues and friends from the Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine (Kiev), Sheffield Hallam and Sheffield Universities (United Kingdom), and the other universities and research institutes in the Ukraine, Russia, and the United Kingdom, at which I worked and collaborated all these years I would like to acknowledge... fulfilled, the efforts were not wasted The research in molecular electronics and thin organic films forced the technology and instrumentation into the nanometer zone The architecture of quantum computing systems has been developed theoretically and modeled with existing computing facilities, resulting in artificial neuron networks and cellular automata becoming available in modern software packages The . x0 y0 w1 h1" alt="" Organic and Inorganic Nanostructures For a listing of recent titles in the Artech House MEMS Series, turn to the back of this book Organic and Inorganic Nanostructures Alexei. in Chemically Deposited Nanostructures 90 References 92 CHAPTER 4 Optical Properties of Organic/ Inorganic Nanostructures 95 4.1 Optical Constants of Organic/ Inorganic Nanostructures 95 4.1.1. 171 6.1.1 Organic Films as Insulating and Passivating Layers 171 6.1.2 Active Organic/ Inorganic Devices 172 6.2 Organic/ Inorganic Optoelectronic Devices 174 6.2.1 Nanostructured Photovoltaic Devices and