Nanowires : Building Blocks for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

540 MRS BULLETIN • VOLUME 42 • JULY 2017 • www.mrs.org/bulletin T book thoroughly reviews all aspects of quasi-one-dimensional nanostructures, such as nanowires (NWs), from their synthesis methods to their properties and applications. The fi rst chapter explains the importance of studying NWs, the physical concepts related to their formation, and some historical results on their synthesis. Chapter 2 describes the synthesis methods in a more systematic way, grouping them into vapor-phase growth-based methods, templated methods, and solution-based methods. Chapter 3 describes the physical properties of NWs and how to predict and control them. Their morphological or chemical characteristics are illustrated, and more complex structures, such as branched or kinked structures, are explained. Chapter 4 covers the possibility of assembling the grown NWs onto substrates by using microfl uidic channels, Langmuir–Blodgett processes, or the blown bubble method, exploiting chemical interactions. Nanowires: Building Blocks for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology