Preface |
Acknowledgments |
Introduction / 1: |
Spectroscopic Techniques for Studying Optical Properties of Nanomaterials / 2: |
UV-visible electronic absorption spectroscopy / 2.1: |
Operating principle: Beer's law / 2.1.1: |
Instrument: UV-visible spectrometer / 2.1.2: |
Spectrum and interpretation / 2.1.3: |
Phololuminescence and electroluminescence spectroscopy / 2.2: |
Operating principle / 2.2.1: |
Instrumentation: spectrofluorometer / 2.2.2: |
Electroluminescence (EL) / 2.2.3: |
Infrared (IR) and Raman vibrational spectroscopy / 2.3: |
IR spectroscopy / 2.3.1: |
Raman spectroscopy / 2.3.2: |
Time-resolved optical spectroscopy / 2.4: |
Nonlinear optical spectroscopy: harmonic generation and up-conversion / 2.5: |
Single nanoparticle and single molecule spectroscopy / 2.6: |
Dynamic light scattering (DLS) / 2.7: |
Summary / 2.8: |
Other Experimental Techniques: Electron Microscopy and X-ray / 3: |
Microscopy: AFM, STM, SEM and TEM / 3.1: |
Scanning probe microscopy (SPM): AFM and STM / 3.1.1: |
Electron microscopy: SEM and TEM / 3.1.2: |
X-ray: XRD, XPS, and XAES, SAXS / 3.2: |
Electrochemistry and photoelectrochemistry / 3.3: |
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and electron spin resonance (ESR) / 3.4: |
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) / 3.4.1: |
Electron spin resonance (ESR) / 3.4.2: |
Synthesis and Fabrication of Nanomaterials / 3.5: |
Solution chemical methods / 4.1: |
General principle for solution-based colloidal nanoparticle synthesis / 4.1.1: |
Metal nanomaterials / 4.1.2: |
Semiconductor nanomaterials / 4.1.3: |
Metal oxides / 4.1.4: |
Complex nanostnictures / 4.1.5: |
Composite and hetero-junction nanomaterials / 4.1.6: |
Gas or vapor-based methods of synthesis: CVD, MOCVD and MBE / 4.2: |
Metals / 4.2.1: |
Semiconductors / 4.2.2: |
Complex and composite structures / 4.2.3: |
Nanolithography techniques / 4.3: |
Bioconjugation / 4.4: |
Toxicity and green chemistry approaches for synthesis / 4.5: |
Optical Properties of Semiconductor Nanomaterials / 4.6: |
Some basic concepts about semiconductors / 5.1: |
Crystal structure and phonons / 5.1.1: |
Electronic energy bands and bandgap / 5.1.2: |
Electron and hole effective masses / 5.1.3: |
Density-of-states, Fermi energy, and carrier concentration / 5.1.4: |
Charge carrier mobility and conductivity / 5.1.5: |
Exciton, exciton binding energy, and exciton Bohr radius / 5.1.6: |
Fundamental optical absorption due to electronic transitions / 5.1.7: |
Trap stales and large surface-to-volume ratio / 5.1.8: |
Energy levels and density of states in reduced dimension systems / 5.2: |
Energy levels / 5.2.1: |
Density of states (DOS) in nanomaterials / 5.2.2: |
Size dependence of absorption coefficient, oscillator strength, and exciton lifetime / 5.2.3: |
Electronic structure and electronic properties / 5.3: |
Electronic structure of nanomaterials / 5.3.1: |
Electron-phonon interaction / 5.3.2: |
Optical properties of semiconductor nanomaterials / 5.4: |
Absorption: direct and indirect bandgap transitions / 5.4.1: |
Emission: photoluminescence and Raman scattering / 5.4.2: |
Emission: chemiluminescence and electroluminescence / 5.4.3: |
Optical properties of assembled nanostructures: interaction between nanoparticles / 5.4.4: |
Shape dependent optical properties / 5.4.5: |
Doped semiconductors: absorption and luminescence / 5.5: |
Nonlinear optical properties / 5.6: |
Absorption saturation and harmonic generation / 5.6.1: |
luminescence up-conversion / 5.6.2: |
Optical properties of single particles / 5.7: |
Optical Properties of Metal Oxide Nanomaterials / 5.8: |
Optical absorption / 6.1: |
Optical emission / 6.2: |
Other optical properties: doped and sensitized metal oxides / 6.3: |
Nonlinear optical properties: luminescence up-conversion (LUC) / 6.4: |
Optical Properties of Metal Nanomaterials / 6.5: |
Strong absorption and lack of photoemission / 7.1: |
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) / 7.2: |
Correlation between structure and SPR: a theoretical perspective / 7.3: |
Effects of size and surface on SPR of metal nanoparticles / 7.3.1: |
The effect of shape on SPR / 7.3.2: |
The effect of substrate on SPR / 7.3.3: |
Effect of particle-particle interaction on SPR / 7.3.4: |
Surface-eruHanced Raman scattering (SERS) / 7.4: |
Background of SERS / 7.4.1: |
Mechanism of SERS / 7.4.2: |
Distance dependence of SERS / 7.4.3: |
Location and orientation dependence of SERS / 7.4.4: |
Dependence of SERS on substrate / 7.4.5: |
Single nanoparticle and single molecule SERS / 7.4.6: |
Optical Properties of Composite Nanostructures / 7.5: |
Inorganic semiconductor-insulator and semiconductor-semiconductor / 8.1: |
Inorganic metal-insulator / 8.2: |
Inorganic semiconductor-metal / 8.3: |
Inorganic-organic (polymer) / 8.4: |
Nonconjugated polymers / 8.4.1: |
Conjugated polymers / 8.4.2: |
Inorganic-biological materials / 8.5: |
Charge Carrier Dynamics in Nanomaterials / 8.6: |
Experimental techniques for dynamics studies in nanomaterials / 9.1: |
Electron and photon relaxation dynamics in metal nanomaterials / 9.2: |
Electronic dephasing and spectral line shape / 9.2.1: |
Electronic relaxation due to electron-phonon interaction / 9.2.2: |
Photon relaxation dynamics / 9.2.3: |
Charge carrier dynamics in semiconductor nanomaterials / 9.3: |
Spectral line width and electronic dephasing / 9.3.1: |
Intraband charge carrier energy relaxation / 9.3.2: |
Charge carrier trapping / 9.3.3: |
Interband electron-hole recombination or single excitonic delay / 9.3.4: |
Charge earner dynamics in doped semiconductor nanomaterials / 9.3.5: |
Nonlinear charge carrier dynamics / 9.3.6: |
Charge carrier dynamics in metal oxide and insulator nanomaterials / 9.4: |
Photoinduced charge transfer dynamics / 9.5: |
Applications of Optical Properties of Nanomaterials / 9.6: |
Chemical and biomedical detection, imaging and therapy / 10.1: |
Luminescence-based detection / 10.1.1: |
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) detection / 10.1.2: |
SERS for detection / 10.1.3: |
Chemical and biochemical imaging / 10.1.4: |
Biomedical therapy / 10.1.5: |
Energy conversion: PV and PEC / 10.2: |
PV solar cells / 10.2.1: |
Photoelectrochemical cells (PEC) / 10.2.2: |
Environmental protection: photocatalytic and photochemical reactions / 10.3: |
Lasers, LEDs, and solid state lighting / 10.4: |
Lasing and lasers / 10.4.1: |
Light emitting diodes (LEDs) / 10.4.2: |
Solid state lighting: ACPEL / 10.4.3: |
Optical detectors / 10.4.4: |
Optical filters: photonic bandgap materials or photonic crystals / 10.5: |
Index / 10.6: |