Oxide Thin Films, Multilayers, and Nanocomposites

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the science of nanostructured oxides. It details the fundamental techniques and methodologies involved in oxides thin film and bulk growth, characterization and device processing, as well as heterostructures. Both, experts in oxide nanostructures and experts in thin film heteroepitaxy, contribute the interactions described within this book.--Résumé de l'éditeur Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Nanostructured Oxide Superconducting Films Prepared by Metal Organic Deposition....Pages 3-26 Substrate-Film Lattice Engineering for the Growth by Spin Coating of c -Axis and Non- c -axis BSCCO HTS Epitaxial Thin Films....Pages 27-38 High T c Superconductivity in Engineered Cuprate Heterostructures....Pages 39-68 Three-Dimensional Nano-Machining in High- T c Oxide Superconductor Whiskers and Thin Films....Pages 69-84 Nanocomposite RE-Ba-Cu-O Bulk Superconductors....Pages 85-95 Design and Development of High- T c Superconducting Train Model Using Bulk Nanocomposite GdBa 2 Cu 3 O y ....Pages 97-106 Front Matter....Pages 107-107 Nanostructured Oxide Thermoelectric Materials with Enhanced Phonon Scattering....Pages 109-122 Nanostructured Thin Films of Thermoelectric Oxides....Pages 123-155 Front Matter....Pages 157-157 Inorganic–Organic Superlattice Thin Films by Atomic/Molecular Layer Deposition....Pages 159-179 Electronic Reconstruction at the Interface Between Band Insulating Oxides: The LaAlO 3 /SrTiO 3 System....Pages 181-211 Nanostructured Cerium Oxide Films: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications....Pages 213-235 Front Matter....Pages 237-237 Fabrication of ZnO Thin Film and Nanostructures for Optoelectronic Device Applications....Pages 239-271 Hybrid Oxide Nanostructures as Photocatalysts....Pages 273-301 A Visible Perception from the Nano-world: Visible Light-Active Metal Oxide Nanomaterials in Photocatalysis and Quantum Dot Engineering in Solar Cells....Pages 303-316 This book provides a comprehensive overview of the science of nanostructured oxides. It details the fundamental techniques and methodologies involved in oxides thin film and bulk growth, characterization and device processing, as well as heterostructures. Both, experts in oxide nanostructures and experts in thin film heteroepitaxy, contribute the interactions described within this book.--Résumé de l'éditeur