Microcrystalline and Nanocrystalline Semiconductors--2000 Symposium Held November 27-30, 2000, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Nanocrystalline and microcrystalline semiconductors are playing an increasing role in many areas of technology, such as deep submicron and nanoelectronic devices, optoelectronics, photovoltaics, and chemical and biological sensing applications. The interest in structures on this length-scale stems from their large surface area; the fact that their properties can be tailored by specifying their size, shape and surface chemistry; and the nearly complete freedom of design and manufacture that has recently been achieved. This volume, the sixth in a series from the Materials Research Society, offers a unique compilation of papers where materials scientists, engineers, physicists, chemists, and others present their latest results, integrating progress in their respective disciplines with advances in allied fields. Emphasis is on silicon and other column-IV elements and alloys, which continue to dominate the market place. Breakthroughs in the theoretical understanding of electrical, optical, and chemical properties, advances in the manufacturing of quantum dots, nanostructures and films with the desired reproducibility, and an explosion of applications in very diverse fields are highlighted.Fauchet, P. M. is the author of 'Microcrystalline and Nanocrystalline Semiconductors--2000 Symposium Held November 27-30, 2000, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.' with ISBN 9781558995482 and ISBN 155899548X.