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Author:   Vijay Kumar (Vijay Kumar Foundation, Chennai, India)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science & Technology
Imprint:   Elsevier Science Ltd
Edition:   2nd edition
ISBN:  

9780080982380

ISBN 10:   0080982387
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   05 February 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Note that grey indicates completely new chapters under new authors, white indicates existing content to be revised and potentially restructured to reflect present science Silicon Nanoparticles: New photonic and electronic material at the transition between solid and molecule (M.H. Nayfeh and L. Mitas) Cluster Assembled Silicon Networks (P. Melinon, X. Blase, A. San Miguel and A. Perez) Metal Encapsulated Clusters of Silicon - Silicon fullerenes and other caged polyhedral forms (V. Kumar) Porous Silicon - Sensors and future applications (S. Lewis and J. Gole) Silicon Nanowires and Nanowire Heterostructures (Z. Zhong, C. Yang and C.M. Lieber) Theoretical Advances in the Electronic and Atomic Structures of Silicon Nanotubes and Nanowires (A.K. Singh, V. Kumar and Y. Kawazoe) Phonons in Silicon Nanowires (H. Gutierrez, K. Adu and P.C. Eklund) Quasi-One-Dimensional Silicon Nanostructures (Y. Lin, N. Gonzalez Szwacki and B.I. Yakobson) Low Dimensional Silicon as a Photonic Material (N. Daldosso and L. Pavesi) Nanosilicon Single-Electron Transistors and Memory (Z.A.K. Durrani and H. Ahmed) Thermoelectric applications of nanosilicon such as silicon nanowires (possibly Prof. Peidong Yang (Berkeley) or K. Giapis (Caltech) or D. Poulikakos (ETH), and/or G. Galli (UC Davis)) Recent developments related to Si devices (possibly Prof. Siegfried Mantl (Julich), or someone from HP/Intel) Nanosilicon as anode material in Li ion batteries (possibly Yi Cui (Stanford) or Brian Korgel (Univ. of Texas, Austin)) Nanosilicon for solar energy (possibly Michael D. Kelzenberg and coworkers CalTech, Dr. Marcie Black, or someone from NREL) Biological Systems (TBA)

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Vijay Kumar has made outstanding contributions to the field of nanosilicon including the finding of silicon fullerenes and nanotubes. He has done extensive research on clusters of a variety of materials and in other areas of condensed matter. He was Chairman of Subject Group Computer Aided Design of Materials in MRS India and has held senior positions in India, Europe and Japan.

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