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Preface	p. ix
Part 1 Novel Nanostructures and Devices
1 Nanopatterning with Diblock Copolymers	p. 3
2 Nanostructured Materials: Basic Concepts, Microstructure and Properties	p. 25
3 Tuning the Electronic Structure of Solids by Means of Nanometer-sized Microstructures	p. 43
4 Epitaxial Growth and Electronic Structure of Self-assembled Quantum Dots	p. 61
5 Self Assembled Quantum Dot Devices	p. 72
6 Solvothermal Synthesis of Non-oxides Nanomaterials	p. 80
7 Nanostructures at Solid/Liquid Interface	p. 86
8 Fabrication, Characterization and Physical Properties of Nanostructured Metal Replicated Membranes	p. 94
9 Vesicular and Tubular Nanoassemblies of an Helical Amphiphilic Polyacetylene	p. 98
10 Evolution of Two-Dimensional Nanoclusters on Surfaces	p. 105
Part 2 Fullerenes and Nanotubes
11 Exploring the Concave Nanospace of Fullerenic Material	p. 111
12 Controlled Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes and their Field Emission Properties	p. 122
13 Superconductivity in 4-Angstrom Carbon Nanotubes	p. 128
14 Ultra-small Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes and their Novel Properties	p. 137
15 Free Radical Attack on C[subscript 60] Embedded in Nanochannels of Mesoporous Silica	p. 144
16 Template-directed Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube Array by Microwave Plasma Chemical Reaction at Low Temperature	p. 150
17 Field Emission Enhancement of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Film by Thermal Treatment under UHV and in Hydrogen and Ethylene Atmospheres	p. 154
Part 3 Nanocomposites and Semiconductor Nanostructures
18 Micro-domain Engineering for Optics and Acoustics	p. 161
19 Distinguishing Spinodal and Nucleation Phase Separation in Dewetting Polymer Films	p. 187
20 Fabrication of Mesoscopic Devices using Atomic Force Microscopic Electric Field Induced Oxidation	p. 193
21 Copper Nanowires Prepared by the Treatment of the Cu[subscript 2]S Nanowires in a Radio-frequency Hydrogen Plasma	p. 200
22 The Viscoelastic Effect on the Formation of Mesoglobular Phase of Dilute Heteropolymer Solutions	p. 204
23 Chemical Coating of the Metal Oxides onto Mesoporous Silicas	p. 210
24 Emission in Wide Band Gap II-VI Semiconductor Compounds with Low Dimensional Structure	p. 214
25 Temperature and Magnetic Field Dependent Transports in Granular Structures	p. 220
26 Mechanism and Method of Single Atom Pyramidal Tip Formation from a Pd Covered W Tip	p. 224
27 Hydrogen and Proton Transport Properties of Nanoporous Zeolite Micromembranes	p. 228
Part 4 Theory and Simulations
28 Alkali Intercalation of Ultra-Small Radius Carbon Nanotubes	p. 235
29 Engineering Acoustic Band Gaps in Phononic Crystals	p. 241
30 Quantum Dynamics of Coupled Quantum-Dot Qubits and Dephasing Effects Induced by Detections	p. 245
31 Coherent Dynamics and Quantum Information Processing in Josephson Charge Devices	p. 250
Author Index	p. 256
Subject Index	p. 258