Nanotechnology in Australia: Showcase of Early Career Research

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Deborah M. Kane, Adam Micolich, James Rabeau
CRC Press, Jul 11, 2011 - Science - 350 pages
This book reports current nanotechnology research from Australia, in addition to being the first trial of a new workshop program for the professional development of early career researchers (ECRs, including research students). It showcases the professional talents and high-quality writing of ECRs and also describes the workshop program, organized u
 

Contents

Manipulating Light on the Nanoscale
1
Chapter 2 Nanoplasmonics for Light Trapping in Solar Cells
41
Chapter 3 Theoretical Nanoscale Design of SelfCleaning Coatings
81
Theory Characterisation and Applications
113
Synthesis Characterisation and Application in Electrochemical Energy Storage
151
Chapter 6 Fabrication of Metal Nanoparticles by Laser Ablation
189
Chapter 7 Synthesis and Application of HollowNanostructured Silica
219
From Single Layers to Several Grams
259
Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Imaging
291
Chapter 10 LongLifetime Luminescent Nanobioprobes for Advanced Cytometry Biosensing
317
Chapter 11 Metal NanostructureEn hanced Fluorescence and Its Biological Applications
347
A Review of Olfactory Biosensing
375
Errata
409
Back Cover
437
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Deborah Kane holds a personal chair in physics at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. She has more than 25 years' research experience in atomic physics, lasers, optics, and photonics. Her current interests are nonlinear laser systems, especially integrated photonic sources, chaos data analysis, and micro- and nanophotonics in nature. She has more than 80 refereed research publications to her credit.

Adam Micolich is an ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in the School of Physics at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. His main research interests are in nanoelectronics and low-dimensional electron systems, but he has also worked on organic electronics. He has over 95 refereed research publications in areas ranging from physics and chemistry to energy engineering and education research.

James Rabeau is Associate Professor, ARC Fellow, and head of the Diamond Nanoscience group in the Department of Physics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He completed his undergraduate degree in Canada and his PhD in the UK. His chief area of interest is diamond, from fabrication and processing to applications in quantum technologies and biological science.

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