Functional Properties of Nanostructured Materials

GENERAL ASPECTS.- Nanoscaled Materials: a Brief Introduction.- BASIC PROPERTIES OF NANOSCALED MATERIALS.- Electronic Properties and Characterisation of Disordered Semiconductors.- A Computer Modelling Study of Hopping Transport and Variable Range Hopping in Disordered Solids.- Electrode-Limited Currents in Thin Ternary Chalcogenide Films.- A Short Survey of Optical Properties of Metal Nanostructures.- Nanocomposite Thin Films With Improved Mechanical Properties.- TECHNIQUES AND METHODS.- Fabrication of Nanostructures.- Optical Properties of Metal Nanoparticles Formed by Ion Implantation and Modified by Laser Annealing.- Synthesis Procedures of Nanocomposites from Gels.- Phase Separation and Crystallisation in High Iron Containing Borosilicate Glasses.- Nanocomposites Based on Immiscible Borate Glasses.- Investigation of the Microstructure of Polypropylene Composites Filled with Wood Flour Modified with Monochloracetic Acid.- Physics of Deposition of Hydroxyapatite Layers by the Pulsed Laser Deposition Method.- Laser Deposition of Waveguiding Films.- Functionalized Thin Films and Structures Obtained by Novel Laser Processing Issues.- Nanostructured Films on Silicon Surfaces.- On the Origin of Impurities in the Window Layers of CdTe/CdS Solar Cells.- NANOSCALED THIN FILMS.- Deposition, Characterization and Application of Nanocrystalline Diamond Films.- Nano-Scale, Multi-Functional, Cubic Boron Nitride Coatings.- Nanocrystalline Cubic Boron Nitride Films.- Boron Nitride Thin Layers Prepared Using a Krypton Fluoride Excimer Laser.- Metal Induced Crystallisation - an Advanced Method for Polycrystalline SI Films Preparation.- Modification of the Optical and Structural Properties of a-Si1-XCX:H Films by Ion Implantation.- Application of Stain Etched Porous Silicon in Solar Cells and Light Emitting Diodes.- Structural Properties of Poly-Si Thin Films on ZnO:Al Coated Glass Substrates Obtained by Aluminiuminduced Crystallization in Different Atmospheres.- Cvd-Transition Metal Oxide Films As Functional Layers in "Smart Windows" and X-Ray Mirrors.- Plasma Assisted Deposition of Tungsten Oxide / Silicon Oxide Multilayer Films with Sub-Nanometer Single Layers.- Electrical and Polarization Properties of Nano-Sized ZrO2 on Polycrystalline Silicon.- Characterization of Optical Coatings for Artwork Protection by Means of Neutron Reflectometry.- Functional Nanostructured Metal Oxide Thin Films for Applications in Optical Gas Detection.- Structural Characterization of Er:Yag Thin Films Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition.- Optical Behavior of Vacuum Deposited Amorphous and Nano-Crystalline AS2S3 Films before and after Irradiation.- On the Determination of the Optical Constants of Very Thin Metallic Films.- SPECIAL NANOSTRUCTURES: FULLERENES, NANOTUBE, NANOWIRES.- Nanostructured Carbon Materials.- Encapsulates: Nd-Fe-B@C and Fe@C for Drug Delivery Systems and Contrast Elements, Study of Structure, Chemical Composition and Magnetic Properties.- Carbon-Based Nanostructures Through Laser Interaction with Reactive Gaseous Mixtures.- Growth and Properties of Zincsulfide Nanowires.- Smart Materials and Martensite Microstructures in Copper Based Shape Memory Alloys.- APPLICATIONS.- SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES FOR FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS AND OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS.- NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS BASED DEVICES AND SENSORS.- ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS SENSING USING NANOTECHNOLOGY BASED SENSORS AND IMAGE PROCESSED REAL-TIME SATELLITE DATA.- OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC DATA STORAGE WITH PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS: FROM CRYSTAL STRUCTURES TO KINETICS.- CHALCOGENIDE ALLOYS AS ABASIS FOR NEW NON-VOLATILE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES.- NANOCRYSTALLINE Mg - BASED HYDROGEN STORAGE ALLOYS SYNTHESIZED BY MECHANICAL ALLOYING - A REVIEW.- NANOCRYSTALLINE Mg BASED ALLOYS OBTAINED BY MECHANICAL ALLOYING AS PRECURSORS FOR HIGH-CAPACITY NEGATIVE ELECTRODES IN RECHARGEABLE Ni/MH BATTERIES.- ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIOR OF NANOCRYSTALLINE ?-Fe2O3 ANODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES.- NANO-SIZED VANADIUM BRONZES AS CATHODE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE LI BATTERIES.- SOL-GEL PRODUCED MESOPOROUS TiO2/Ag COATINGS EFFECTIVE IN RHODAMINE B PHOTOOXIDATION.- NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS.- BIOACTIVITY OF NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACES.- EFFECT OF DYSTROPHIN GENE IMMOBILIZED NANOSTRUCTURED THERAPEUTIC TEMPLATES ON AGING SKELETAL MUSCLES.- IMMOBILIZATION OF RNA AND PROTEIN BIOMOLECULES ON NANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW BIOSENSORS.