Integrated Silicon-Metal Systems at the Nanoscale
Applications in Photonics, Quantum Computing, Networking, and Internet
- 1st Edition - April 12, 2023
- Authors: Munir H. Nayfeh, Ammar Nayfeh
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 6 7 3 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 6 7 4 - 5
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Request a sales quoteIntegrated Silicon-Metal Systems at the Nanoscale: Applications in Photonics, Quantum Computing, Networking, and Internet is a comprehensive guide to the interaction, materials and functional integration at the nanoscale of the silicon-metal binary system and a variety of emerging and next-generation advanced device applications, from energy and electronics, to sensing, quantum computing and quantum internet networks. The book guides the readers through advanced techniques and etching processes, combining underlying principles, materials science, design, and operation of metal-Si nanodevices.
Each chapter focuses on a specific use of integrated metal-silicon nanostructures, including storage and resistive next-generation nano memory and transistors, photo and molecular sensing, harvest and storage device electrodes, phosphor light converters, and hydrogen fuel cells, as well as future application areas, such as spin transistors, quantum computing, hybrid quantum devices, and quantum engineering, networking, and internet.
- Provides detailed coverage of materials, design and operation of metal-Si nanodevices
- Offers a step-by-step approach, supported by principles, methods, illustrations and equations
- Explores a range of cutting-edge emerging applications across electronics, sensing and quantum computing
Academia: Researchers and advanced students in nanomaterials and nanotechnology, electronics engineering, quantum computing, physics, and materials engineering. Industry: Materials engineers, scientists, and R&D professionals with an interest in silicon-metal nanodevices for state-of-the-art applications
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Chapter 1: Introduction to the metal-silicon binary system
- Abstract
- Introduction/prospectus
- References
- Chapter 2: Experimental and theoretical characterization of nanostructures
- Abstract
- Characterization
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 3: Synthesis of nanowires and nanoparticles using metal-assisted chemical etching
- Abstract
- Etching silicon using metal catalyst
- 3.1: One-dimensional nanostructures
- 3.2: Zero-dimensional nanostructures: Probe-like MacEtch [32–34]
- 3.3: Silicon MacEtch in gas phase
- 3.4: Nonsilicon (III-V and Ge semiconductor) MacEtch
- 3.5: Inverse metal-assisted chemical etching (I-MacEtch) [43]
- References
- Chapter 4: Plasma-metal assisted etching of silicon
- Abstract
- 4.1: Metal-assisted plasma etching (MAPE)
- 4.2: Types and generation of gas plasmas: [2,3]
- 4.3: Plasma metal etching and masking [4]
- 4.4: Plasma etching mechanism
- 4.5: Reactive ion etching (RIE) [15]
- 4.6: Hybrid etching: UV-enhanced metal-assisted wet etching [16]
- 4.7: Magnetically guided metal-assisted chemical etching [17]
- 4.8: Applications of plasma
- References
- Chapter 5: CMOS compatibility of metal assisted etching
- Abstract
- CMOS compatibility MacEtch
- References
- Chapter 6: Nanoparticle-assisted growth of nanowires
- Abstract
- Induced mutual growth of metal/silicon nanostructures: Nanoparticle-assisted growth of nanocomponents
- 6.1: Metal nanoparticle-assisted growth of silicon nanowires
- 6.2: Bounded silicon nanowire
- 6.3: Growth of SiGe nanowires
- 6.4: Metal-silicon (silicide) catalyst for Si NW growth
- 6.5: Nano Si induced growth of gold nanostructures
- 6.6: Deposition of metal nanowires by STM tip
- 6.7: Mechanical characterization
- References
- Chapter 7: Synthesis of metal-silicon core-shells via interaction of nanosilicon and metal salts
- Abstract
- Metal ion charge exchange with nano Si (deposition and structuring)
- References
- Chapter 8: Electrical and material characteristics of metal–silicon silicides
- Abstract
- 8.1: Alloying of metal and silicon (silicides)
- 8.2: Metal-induced crystallization; amorphous silicon–metal alloys
- 8.3: Silicon nanoparticle-induced crystallization
- 8.4: Metal silicide
- 8.5: Silicide coating for high-temperature applications [29,30]
- References
- Chapter 9: Plasmon-induced scattering, luminescence, and etching
- Abstract
- Plasmon–polarizmon in metal–silicon system
- References
- Chapter 10: Making Si magnetic by metal doping
- Abstract
- 10.1: Definition of magnetic Si
- 10.2: Synthesis of magnetic Si/Ge
- 10.3: Metal in nanostructures: Magnetic Si particles
- 10.4: Mixed magnetic semiconductors [9]
- 10.5: Classical plasma and ionization in Si nanoparticle [10]
- 10.6: Hole defect (ionized) conducting Si [10–11]-induced conductivity and optical heterogeneity
- 10.7: Experiments on above (ionization) threshold luminescence-ionizing radiation
- 10.8: Ferrosilicon nanoparticles
- 10.9: Plasmonic properties of heavily doped silicon [13]
- References
- Chapter 11: Metal–silicon-based sensing (molecular, photon)
- Abstract
- 11.1: Proximal probe sensor
- 11.2: Work function contrast-based photodetection
- 11.3: Lateral-in plane Schottky barrier photodetection: Thin film photodetector [Au-(GaAs-Ge-Si)]
- 11.4: Plasmonic Raman scattering detection (SERS)
- References
- Chapter 12: Nanoelectrodes for energy: Battery, capacitor, fuel, and solar cells
- Abstract
- 12.1: Electrode for lithium ion battery (LIB)
- 12.2: Electrode for supercapacitor and fuel cells [10–12]
- 12.3: Photovoltaic solar energy
- 12.4: Phosphor light converter
- 12.5: Nanosilicon on Ge electrode
- References
- Chapter 13: Hydrogen fuel generation: Interaction of silicon-based grains with metal ions
- Abstract
- 13.1: Solid metal in water
- 13.2: Micro/nanometal in water–hydrogen yield
- 13.3: Metal compounds in water
- 13.4: Manganese–hydrogen battery
- 13.5: Abundancy of metal ions
- 13.6: Reduction of silica to silicon particles by metallothermic reduction reactions (MRRs) metal powder (metallothermic reduction)
- 13.7: Production of hydrogen by silicon nanoparticles
- 13.8: Metal-silicon (silicide) production of H2
- 13.9: Hydrogen economy and the environment
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 14: Silicide memory cells and transistors
- Abstract
- Silicided nanoelectronics
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 15: Quantum computing: Metal–silicon at low temperature via plasma oscillation
- Abstract
- 15.1: Types of qubits
- 15.2: Spin coherence
- 15.3: Super conducting metal—Silicon interfaces
- 15.4: Cooper pair box (superconducting charge) qubit
- 15.5: Josephson junction
- 15.6: Strong field effect
- 15.7: Super conducting qubits-based quantum gates [20]
- 15.8: Transom superconducting charge qubit
- 15.9: Artificial atom qubit
- 15.10: Analysis of the charge (Cooper box) qubit
- 15.11: Quieting super conducting metal Si interface
- 15.12: Quantum algorithm
- 15.13: Low-temperature growth of metal–silicon nanofilms
- 15.14: General applications of low-temperature–grown nanofilms
- 15.15: Hybrid computations (classical computer+ quantum computer)
- 15.16: The state of quantum computing: Stability and error corrections
- 15.17: The quantum volume
- 15.18: Quantum supremacy and the sycamore factoring experiment
- 15.19: Future large system applications
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 16: The quantum internet and hybrid quantum technology
- Abstract
- Quantum internet: Hybrid quantum devices
- 16.1: Hybrid superconductor-quantum dot configurations
- 16.2: Quantum entanglement
- 16.3: Qubits under strong fields
- 16.4: Hybrid quantum networking
- 16.5: The quantum internet
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 17: Why silicon is unique
- Abstract
- 17.1: How silicon makes things possible (from clay to glass to computing)
- 17.2: The properties that allowed Si to be useful in such diverse fields and be useful to humans across history
- 17.3: The surprising ways silicon shows up in our everyday lives
- 17.4: Advanced future applications
- 17.5: Alternative chips on the horizon
- 17.6: The voyage of silicon: From the big bang to rocks and clay to computers to quantum nanoelectronics and arrow of time [26]
- 17.7: What is a favorite piece of silicon-related trivia?
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 564
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 12, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443186738
- eBook ISBN: 9780443186745
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Munir H. Nayfeh
Munir Nayfeh is Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois, USA, and President, NanoSi Advanced Technologies, Inc. He has previously worked at Yale and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and is the founder of both, Nano Silicon Solar, Inc and Parasat-NanoSi, LLC .His specialist areas are atomic, molecular, laser spectroscopy, and nanotechnology.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Physics, University of Illinois and President, NanoSi Advanced Technologies, Inc, USAAN
Ammar Nayfeh
Professor Ammar Nayfeh was born in Urbana IL in 1979. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign in 2001 in electrical engineering and his master's degree in 2003 from Stanford University. Dr. Nayfeh earned a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 2006. His research focused on heteroepitaxy of germanium on silicon for electronic and photonic devices.
After his PhD, he joined Advanced Micro Devices as a researcher working in collaboration with IBM. After that he joined a silicon valley startup company, Innovative Silicon (ISi) in 2008. In addition, he was a part time professor at San Jose State University. In June 2010, he joined MIT as a visiting scholar and became a faculty member at the Masdar Institute currently Khalifa University. His research interest focuses on nanotechnology for future more efficient low power electronic and photonic devices. Professor Nayfeh is currently an associate professor in the Department Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at Khalifa University.
Professor Ammar Nayfeh has authored or co-authored over 100 publications, and holds three patents. He is a member of IEEE, MRS and Stanford Alumni Association. He has received the Material Research Society Graduate Student Award, the Robert C. Maclinche Scholarship at UIUC, and Stanford Graduate Fellowship.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesRead Integrated Silicon-Metal Systems at the Nanoscale on ScienceDirect