Nano-scale materials have unique electronic, optical, and chemical properties that make them attractive for a new generation of devices. In the second edition of Modeling, Characterization, and Production of Nanomaterials: Electronics, Photonics, and Energy Applications, leading experts review the latest advances in research in the understanding, prediction, and methods of production of current and emerging nanomaterials for key applications.

The chapters in the first half of the book cover applications of different modeling techniques, such as Green's function-based multiscale modeling and density functional theory, to simulate nanomaterials and their structures, properties, and devices. The chapters in the second half describe the characterization of nanomaterials using advanced material characterization techniques, such as high-resolution electron microscopy, near-field scanning microwave microscopy, confocal micro-Raman spectroscopy, thermal analysis of nanoparticles, and applications of nanomaterials in areas such as electronics, solar energy, catalysis, and sensing.

The second edition includes emerging relevant nanomaterials, applications, and updated modeling and characterization techniques and new understanding of nanomaterials.

• Covers the close connection between modeling and experimental methods for studying a wide range of nanomaterials and nanostructures
• Focuses on practical applications and industry needs through a solid outlining of the theoretical background
• Includes emerging nanomaterials and their applications in spintronics and sensing

1. Light-effect transistors and their applications in electronic-photonic integrated circuits2. Modeling metamaterials:  Planar heterostructures based on graphene, silicene, and germanene 3. On the electronic and electromechanical properties of vertical and lateral 2D heterostructures4. Calculation of bandgaps in nanomaterials using Harbola-Sahni and van Leeuwen-Baerends potentials5. Multiscale Green's functions for modeling graphene and other Xenes6. Modeling phonons in nanomaterials7. Computational modeling of thermal transport in bulk and nanostructured energy materials and systems8. Molecur dynamics technique of modeling with application to thermal conductivity9. Green's function for Laplace/Poisson equations-thermal conductivity of composite materials10. Atomistic simulation of biological molecules interacting with nanomaterials11. Carbon-based nanomaterials12. Optical spectroscopy study of 2D materials13. Growth and characterization of graphene, silicene, SiC, and the related nanostructures and heterostructures on silicon wafer14. Raman spectroscopy and molecular simulation studies of graphitic nanomaterials15. Nanoalloys and Catalytic Applications16. Lower dimensional non-toxic perovskites, structure, optoelectronic properties, and applications17. TEM studies of nanostructures18. Nanscale imaging of 2D materials using SMM techniques19. Recent advances in thermal analysis of nanoparticles: methods, models and kinetics20. Impedance humidity sensors based on Metal oxide semiconductor and its mechanism