Foreword

It gives me immense pleasure to write this foreword for the book titled “Synthesis and Applications of Semiconductor Nanostructures”, which is the fourth volume of the book series titled “Current and Future Developments in Nanomaterials and Carbon Nanotubes”. For the last four decades, semiconductor nanostructures have been the subject of scientific interest because of their size-tunable optical and electrical properties caused by unique quantum confinement effect and augmented surface-to-volume ratio at nanoscale size dimensions. A thorough study of these materials constitutes a new perspective for basic and applied research in nanophotonics, opto-electronics, nanobiotics, nanocosmetics, nanomedicine, and photo-chemistry. This book provides adequate knowledge about the fundamentals of semiconductor nanostructures, synthesis and characterization of nanostructures of various morphologies, as well as metal-organic frameworks and nanostructure-impregnated metal-organic frameworks. Multidisciplinary smart applications of these materials are described in a lucid way in this volume. All the chapters have been appositely chosen to justify the theme of the book. I think this book would be of immense use to academicians, researchers and technocrats, who may like to get a better understanding of synthesis and applications of semiconductor nanostructures.