Editor: Karamjit Singh Dhaliwal

Series Title: Current and Future Developments in Nanomaterials and Carbon Nanotubes

Synthesis and Applications of Semiconductor Nanostructures

Volume 4

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Library License: US $276
ISSN: 25892193 (Print)
ISSN: 25892207 (Online)
ISBN: 978-981-5080-12-4 (Print)
ISBN: 978-981-5080-11-7 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2023
DOI: 10.2174/97898150801171230401

Introduction

Synthesis and Applications of Semiconductor Nanostructures consists of 15 chapters that focus on synthesis, characterization and multifaceted potential applications of semiconductor nanostructures, metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and nanostructure impregnated metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). Special materials included in the volume include doped glasses, functionalized carbon nanotubes, doped graphene and graphene nanoribbons. The contributions highlight numerous bottom-up and top-down techniques for the synthesis of semiconductor nanostructures.

Several industrial processes such as hydrogen production, wastewater treatment, carbon dioxide reduction, pollution control and oxidation of alcohols have been demonstrated in the context of semiconductor nanomaterial applications. The volume also has chapters dedicated to updates on the biomedical applications of these nanomaterials.

This volume is a timely resource for postgraduate students, academicians, researchers and technocrats, who are involved in R&D activities with semiconductor nanomaterials and metal organic frameworks.

Audience: Postgraduate students, academicians, researchers and technocrats, who are involved in R&D activities with semiconductor nanomaterials and metal organic frameworks.

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.

Prof. Arvind
Vice Chancellor
Punjabi University
Patiala, Punjab, India