– a-Fe 2 O 3 159
– g-Fe 2 O 3 86, 96, 98, 99, 102, 103, 106, 109,
118, 159
FEED (field-emitted electron energy
distribution) 235
Fermi
– energy 650
– level 355, 392
– – equilibration 634, 635, 668
– – local density of state 664
ferragels 650
ferrite spinels 98
ferrocene 153, 651, 655
ferroelectrics 96
ferromagnet, half-metallic 392
ferrosilicate 594
field emission 310, 350, 351
films, semiconductor oxide 630
filter, molecular 656
flat panel display application 234, 235
Flory-Huggins interaction parameter 485, 502
flow tube reactor kinetics 555
flow-hydrothermal conditions 106
fluorescence spectroscopy 377–383
fluorescence-emission spectra 381
– Eu-doped ZnS 382
fluoroferrophosphate 602
fluorophore 622, 625, 626
– functionalized electrodes 631
fluxionality, structural dynamical 572, 573
foldamers 481
form factors, symmetric/antisymmetric 386
form-function relationship 457–465
Fowler-Nordheim (FN)
– curve 350
– plot 235, 351
– theory 350
Frank-Kasper polyhedra 431
FTIR (Fourier transform infra-red) 41, 122,
130, 142, 524
– study, HF-dipped silicon nanowire 341
fullerene 208, 454, 634
– fullerene-like structure 135, 152
– inorganic 135
– thiol derivates 626
funnel effect 567
furnace, three-zone 705
FWHM (full-width at half maximum) 407
g
G-band 222
GaAs 22, 310
– Mn-doped 392
GaCl 3 134, 135
Ga 1Àx Mn x As 392
GaN 175, 310
– nanowire 260
– powder 177
– wurtzite-type 176
GaO(OH) 115, 134
GaP 175, 310
GaI 3 176
gallium phosphate 598, 599
gallophosphate 598
gallosilicate 594
gas sensing application 345
gas sensor, amperometric 677
Gaussian
– curves 397, 407
– doublet 396
– full width at half maximum 396
– interparticle distances 294
– spacing 295
Gd(NO 3 ) 3 539
Ge 310
gelatin 152
Gemini surfactant 142
gene gun 9
Gibbs surface excess 120
Gibbs-Thomson effect 321
gismondine (GIS) 597
glass 153
– glass former 129
– transition temperature 480
glutathione 411
GMR (giant magnetoresistance) 699
gold colloid 52, 118, 120, 623
– citrate-stabilized 671, 674
– ruby red color 646
gold nanoparticle 140, 155, 669
– C 60 -functionalized 652
– crosslinked 676
– hydrophobization 40
– in water 43–48
– isotropic 290
– optical properties 35
– synthesis 31, 32
– – organic-solution-based 33, 34
– – water-based 33
– thionicotinamide capped 624
– UV-vis spectra 46
graphite, highly oriented pyrolytic (HOPG)
353, 356, 543, 649, 678
growth process 18, 19, 55, 151, 196, 310
– anisotropic 289, 291
– control 273, 274
– GaAs nanowire 337
– isotropic 291
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– g-Fe 2 O 3 86, 96, 98, 99, 102, 103, 106, 109,
118, 159
FEED (field-emitted electron energy
distribution) 235
Fermi
– energy 650
– level 355, 392
– – equilibration 634, 635, 668
– – local density of state 664
ferragels 650
ferrite spinels 98
ferrocene 153, 651, 655
ferroelectrics 96
ferromagnet, half-metallic 392
ferrosilicate 594
field emission 310, 350, 351
films, semiconductor oxide 630
filter, molecular 656
flat panel display application 234, 235
Flory-Huggins interaction parameter 485, 502
flow tube reactor kinetics 555
flow-hydrothermal conditions 106
fluorescence spectroscopy 377–383
fluorescence-emission spectra 381
– Eu-doped ZnS 382
fluoroferrophosphate 602
fluorophore 622, 625, 626
– functionalized electrodes 631
fluxionality, structural dynamical 572, 573
foldamers 481
form factors, symmetric/antisymmetric 386
form-function relationship 457–465
Fowler-Nordheim (FN)
– curve 350
– plot 235, 351
– theory 350
Frank-Kasper polyhedra 431
FTIR (Fourier transform infra-red) 41, 122,
130, 142, 524
– study, HF-dipped silicon nanowire 341
fullerene 208, 454, 634
– fullerene-like structure 135, 152
– inorganic 135
– thiol derivates 626
funnel effect 567
furnace, three-zone 705
FWHM (full-width at half maximum) 407
g
G-band 222
GaAs 22, 310
– Mn-doped 392
GaCl 3 134, 135
Ga 1Àx Mn x As 392
GaN 175, 310
– nanowire 260
– powder 177
– wurtzite-type 176
GaO(OH) 115, 134
GaP 175, 310
GaI 3 176
gallium phosphate 598, 599
gallophosphate 598
gallosilicate 594
gas sensing application 345
gas sensor, amperometric 677
Gaussian
– curves 397, 407
– doublet 396
– full width at half maximum 396
– interparticle distances 294
– spacing 295
Gd(NO 3 ) 3 539
Ge 310
gelatin 152
Gemini surfactant 142
gene gun 9
Gibbs surface excess 120
Gibbs-Thomson effect 321
gismondine (GIS) 597
glass 153
– glass former 129
– transition temperature 480
glutathione 411
GMR (giant magnetoresistance) 699
gold colloid 52, 118, 120, 623
– citrate-stabilized 671, 674
– ruby red color 646
gold nanoparticle 140, 155, 669
– C 60 -functionalized 652
– crosslinked 676
– hydrophobization 40
– in water 43–48
– isotropic 290
– optical properties 35
– synthesis 31, 32
– – organic-solution-based 33, 34
– – water-based 33
– thionicotinamide capped 624
– UV-vis spectra 46
graphite, highly oriented pyrolytic (HOPG)
353, 356, 543, 649, 678
growth process 18, 19, 55, 151, 196, 310
– anisotropic 289, 291
– control 273, 274
– GaAs nanowire 337
– isotropic 291
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