This book collects papers on the fundamentals and applications of nanoscale devices, first presented at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Nanoscale Devices – Fundamentals and Applications held in Kishinev, Moldova, in September 2004. The focus is on the synthesis and characterization of nanoscale magnetic materials; fundamental physics and materials aspects of solid-state nanostructures; development of novel device concepts and design principles for nanoscale devices; and on applications in electronics with emphasis on defence against the threat of terrorism.
Contents. Preface.Acknowledgments. Contributing Authors. Science against nontrivial Threat. Surface Acoustic Wave Studies for Chemical and Biological Sensors; A. Muller et al.-The Experience of Utilizing the Explosives Detection System on the Basis of Neutron Radiation Analysis Together with X-Ray Units at the Airport 'Pulkovo' in St.-Petersburg; Y. Olshansky et al.-Thermodynamic Principles of Artificial Nose Based on Supramolecular Receptors; V. V.Gorbatchuk, M A. Ziganshin.-Molecular Detection with Magnetic Labels and Magnetoresistive Sensors; J. Schotter et al.- Weak Magnetic Fields Detection Techniques and Devices. Magnetic Tunnel Junctions Based on Half-Metallic Oxides; R. Gross.-MEMS Tunable Dielectric Resonator; G. Panaitov et al.-Ultra-Thin Spin-Valve Structures Grown on the Surface-Reconstructed GaAs Substrate; B. Aktac et al.-Novel Ideas and Principles of Devices. Negative U Molecular Quantum Dot; A. S. Alexandrov.-Configuring a Bistable Atomic Switch by Repeated Electrochemical Cycling; F.-Q. Xie et al.-Realization of an N-Shaped IVC of Nanoscale Metallic Junctions Using the Antiferromagnetic Transition; Yu. G. Naidyuk et al.-PI-Shift Effect and Ferromagnet/Superconductor Nanoscale Devices. Josephson Effect in Composite Junctions with Ferromagnetic Materials; M. Yu. Kupriyano et al.- Depairing Currents in Bilayers of Nb/Pd89Ni11; A. Yu. Rusanov et al.-Superconductor-Ferromagnet Heterostructures; A. I. Buzdin, M. Fauré.-Superconducting/Ferromagnetic Nanostructures: Spin Fluctuations and Spontaneous Supercurrents; M Aprili et al.- Coherence Effects in F/S and N/F Nanostructures. Proximity Effect and Interface Transparency in Nb-based S/N and S/F Layered Structures; C. Attanasio.-Properties of S/N Multilayers with Different Geometrical Symmetry; S. L. Prischepa.-Andreev Reflection in Ballistic Superconductor-Ferromagnet Contacts; L. R. Tagirov, B. P. Vodopyanov.- Superconductor-Insulator Transition in aPbzSn1zTe:In Solid Solution; D. V. Shamshur et al.-Advanced Sensors of Electromagnetic Radiation. Thermoelectricity of Low-Dimensional Nanostructured Materials; V. G. Kantser.- Organic Semiconductors - More Efficient Material for Thermoelectric Infrared Detectors; A. Casian et al.-Submillimeter Radiation-Induced Persistent Photoconductivity in Pb1-x SnxTe(In); A. E. Kozhanov et al.-Quasioptical Terahertz Spectrometer Based on a Josephson Oscillator and a Cold Electron Nanobolometer; M. Tarasov et al.- Novel Materials for Electronics. Origin of the Resistive Transition Broadening for Superconducting Magnesium Diboride; A. S. Sidorenko.-Aharonov-Bohm Oscillations in Single Bi Nanowires; D. Gitsu et al.- Some Application of Nanocarbon Materials for Novel Devices; A. Mansurov.-Nanomaterials and Domains. Nanocrystalline Iron-Rare Earth Alloys: Exchange Interactions and Magnetic properties; E. Burzo, C. Djega-Mariadassou.-The Influence of Applied Field on the Nucleation and Growth of Heteroepitaxial Carbon Films; B. Z. Mansurov.-
