Journal of Nanophotonics http://scitation.aip.org/ Journal of Nanophotonics Guest Editorial: Nanophotonics for Space Applications http://link.aip.org/link/?JNP/3/031899/1&agg=rss Edward W. Taylor<br/> Abstract not available. ... [J. Nanophoton. 3, 031899 (2009)] published Thu Nov 19, 2009. Radiation resistance of a gamma-ray irradiated nonlinear optic chromophore http://link.aip.org/link/?JNP/3/031860/1&agg=rss Cheng Zhang and Edward W. Taylor<br/> The radiation resistance of organic electro-optic and optoelectronic materials for space applications is receiving increased attention. An earlier investigation reported that guest-host poled polymer EO modulator devices composed of a phenyltetraene bridge-type chromophore in amorphous polycarbonate ... [J. Nanophoton. 3, 031860 (2009)] published Thu Nov 19, 2009. Guest Editorial: Mediterranean Nanophotonics http://link.aip.org/link/?JNP/3/031799/1&agg=rss Zeev Zalevsky, Ekmel Ozbay, and Ibrahim Abdulhalim<br/> Abstract not available. ... [J. Nanophoton. 3, 031799 (2009)] published Fri Nov 13, 2009. Integrated photonics using colloidal quantum dots http://link.aip.org/link/?JNP/3/031608/1&agg=rss Vinod M. Menon, Saima Husaini, Nicky Okoye, and Nikesh V. Valappil<br/> Integrated photonic devices were realized using colloidal quantum dot composites such as flexible microcavity laser, microdisk emitters and integrated active-passive waveguides. The microcavity laser structure was realized using spin coating and consisted of an all-polymer distributed Bragg reflecto ... [J. Nanophoton. 3, 031608 (2009)] published Fri Nov 13, 2009. Book Review: Optical Properties and Spectroscopy of Nanomaterials http://link.aip.org/link/?JNP/3/030206/1&agg=rss Raul J. Martin-Palma<br/> Abstract not available. ... [J. Nanophoton. 3, 030206 (2009)] published Fri Nov 13, 2009. Mesoscale flow and heat transfer modelling and its application to liquid and gas flows http://link.aip.org/link/?JNP/3/031960/1&agg=rss Nikolaos Asproulis, Marco Kalweit, Evgeniy Shapiro, and Dimitris Drikakis<br/> Advances in micro and nanofluidics have influenced technological developments in several areas, including materials, chemistry, electronics and bio-medicine. The phenomena observed at micro and nanoscale are characterised by their inherent multiscale nature. Accurate numerical modelling of these phe ... [J. Nanophoton. 3, 031960 (2009)] published Mon Nov 9, 2009. Multifunctional composite materials for optical power limiting applications in space environments http://link.aip.org/link/?JNP/3/031890/1&agg=rss Abhijit Sarkar, Salma Rahman, Shamim Mirza, George W. Rayfield, and Edward W. Taylor<br/> A novel optical power limiter (OPL) has been designed and fabricated by synergistically combining the different optical power limiting mechanisms of various chromophores that include nanoparticulates such as fullerenes. The multi-mechanistic material, thus obtained, has been put together in a hyperb ... [J. Nanophoton. 3, 031890 (2009)] published Thu Nov 5, 2009. Two-particle dynamics in a Luttinger liquid http://link.aip.org/link/?JNP/3/031965/1&agg=rss Enrico Perfetto<br/> We study the two-particle dynamics in one-dimensional (1D) electron systems described by the Tomonaga-Luttinger model. By using bosonization methods we compute analytically two different kinds of two-particle response functions. In the first case the creation of the two particles does not involve an ... [J. Nanophoton. 3, 031965 (2009)] published Mon Nov 2, 2009. Guest Editorial: Selected Papers from the INFN-LNF Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology http://link.aip.org/link/?JNP/3/031999/1&agg=rss Stefano Bellucci<br/> Abstract not available. ... [J. Nanophoton. 3, 031999 (2009)] published Sat Oct 31, 2009. Selective growth of InAs quantum dots on SiO-masked GaAs http://link.aip.org/link/?JNP/3/031995/1&agg=rss F. Arciprete, E. Placidi, F. Pattella, M. Fanfoni, A. Balzarotti et al.<br/> We investigated on the growth, by molecular beam epitaxy, of InAs quantum dots on nanoscale areas of the GaAs(001) surface defined by an e-beam lithographed SiO mask. The selective self-assembling of the InAs dots inside the holes of the mask was obtained by a suitable choice of the growth parameter ... [J. Nanophoton. 3, 031995 (2009)] published Sat Oct 31, 2009. Elemental analysis of nanoparticles via electron beam lithography of patterned arrays on silicon-nitride membranes http://link.aip.org/link/?JNP/3/031990/1&agg=rss John B. Warren<br/> I devised a method of electron beam lithography for patterning thin-film silicon- nitride membranes with nanoscale metal arrays of known dimensions. Employing SEM image-based metrology and ellipsometry to determine all three spatial dimensions of the metal nanostructures in the array, the calculated ... [J. Nanophoton. 3, 031990 (2009)] published Sat Oct 31, 2009. Biological passivation of porous silicon by a self-assembled nanometric biofilm of proteins http://link.aip.org/link/?JNP/3/031985/1&agg=rss Luca De Stefano, Ilaria Rea, Eduardo De Tommasi, Paola Giardina, Annunziata Armenante et al.<br/> Self-assembled monolayers are surfaces consisting of a single layer of molecules on a substrate: widespread examples of chemical and biological nature are alkylsiloxane, fatty acids, and alkanethiolate which can be deposited by different techniques on a large variety of substrates ranging from metal ... [J. Nanophoton. 3, 031985 (2009)] published Sat Oct 31, 2009. Efficiency enhancement of emission of terahertz radiation by optical excitation from dual grating gate HEMT http://link.aip.org/link/?JNP/3/031980/1&agg=rss Y. M. Meziani, T. Nishimura, H. Handa, H. Tsuda, T. Suemitsu et al.<br/> We investigated the emission of terahertz radiation from a doubly interdigitated grating gates high electron mobility transistor. The experiment was performed using Fourier spectrometer system coupled with high sensitive 4 K Silicon bolometer under the vacuum. The observed emission was explained as ... [J. Nanophoton. 3, 031980 (2009)] published Sat Oct 31, 2009. Dynamical behavior in C metal endohedral fullerenes: 2D correlation analysis of x-ray and infrared data http://link.aip.org/link/?JNP/3/031975/1&agg=rss Augusto Marcelli, Wei Xu, Lei Liu, Chunru Wang, Wangsheng Chu et al.<br/> Metal endohedral fullerenes are large clusters mainly composed by carbon atoms characterized by unique properties. Fullerenes, the third form of solid carbon exhibit peculiar properties whose understanding is relevant for both fundamental studies and technological applications. A systematic investig ... [J. Nanophoton. 3, 031975 (2009)] published Sat Oct 31, 2009. Design and realization of macroscopic grid architectures mimicking carbon molecules http://link.aip.org/link/?JNP/3/031970/1&agg=rss Davide Gastaldi and Nicola M. Pugno<br/> This paper shows, through a new geometrical approach, how to build some special deltahedra, which might represent nano-architectures of molecular structures, in nature commonly known as fullerenes, as well as new intriguing macro-architectures for designing innovative structures. We have realized mo ... [J. Nanophoton. 3, 031970 (2009)] published Sat Oct 31, 2009. Nanostructured photovoltaics for space power http://link.aip.org/link/?JNP/3/031880/1&agg=rss Seth M. Hubbard, Christopher Bailey, Stephen Polly, Cory Cress, John Andersen et al.<br/> Quantum dot enhanced solar cells have been evaluated both theoretically and experimentally. A detailed balance simulation of InAs quantum dot (QD) enhanced solar cells has been performed. A 14% (absolute) efficiency improvement has been predicted if the middle junction of a state-of-the-art space ... [J. Nanophoton. 3, 031880 (2009)] published Fri Oct 30, 2009. Effects of ionizing radiation and temperature on hydrophobic self-cleaning photonic coatings http://link.aip.org/link/?JNP/3/031870/1&agg=rss Ronald G. Pirich, John Weir, Dennis Leyble, and Michael DiGiuseppe<br/> Dust contamination is a serious problem for equipment and vehicles for space mission applications. Dust contamination gathers on photonic sensors inhibiting motion and data gathering. In addition, devices that require transparency to light for maximum efficiency such as solar photovoltaic power syst ... [J. Nanophoton. 3, 031870 (2009)] published Fri Oct 30, 2009. Optical characterization for nearly spherical gold colloidals via their polarization response http://link.aip.org/link/?JNP/3/039503/1&agg=rss Bassam M. Al-Qadi and Toshiharu Saiki<br/> We optically characterized colloidal gold nanoparticles using polarized light scattering which is utilized to investigate both optical anisotropy and aspect ratio of the particle and to observe particle's rotational dynamics. By monitoring time-trace of the polarized scattering from a particle, we c ... [J. Nanophoton. 3, 039503 (2009)] published Mon Oct 12, 2009. Evaluation of a-Se nanostructure morphology by differential evanescent light imaging http://link.aip.org/link/?JNP/3/031785/1&agg=rss S. Aaronov, E. Ganon, P. Okhman, M. Gankin, N. Mirchin et al.<br/> We evaluated the morphology of ultra-thin a-Se photodeposited nano-structures obtained by direct deposition of a-Se on glass substrates. Photodeposition (PD) from solutions has been used for realizing various thin film patterns, of sub-microscopic thicknesses i.e., 5-500 (nm) to produce various spat ... [J. Nanophoton. 3, 031785 (2009)] published Fri Oct 2, 2009. Commentary: Polymer/carbon-nanotube nanocomposites: from innovation to commercialization http://link.aip.org/link/?JNP/3/030307/1&agg=rss Arun K. Kota<br/> Abstract not available. ... [J. Nanophoton. 3, 030307 (2009)] published Fri Sep 25, 2009. Multiple trains of same-color surface plasmon-polaritons guided by the planar interface of a metal and a sculptured nematic thin film. Part III: Experimental evidence http://link.aip.org/link/?JNP/3/033506/1&agg=rss Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Yi-Jun Jen, and Chia-Feng Lin<br/> The absorbances of two samples of a bilayer comprising a metal film and a periodically nonhomogeneous sculptured nematic thin film (SNTF) were measured in the Kretschmann configuration, the incident plane waves being linearly polarized with their wave vectors lying wholly in the morphologically sign ... [J. Nanophoton. 3, 033506 (2009)] published Fri Sep 25, 2009. Commentary: Layer-by-layer deposition of nanoscale structures http://link.aip.org/link/?JNP/3/030306/1&agg=rss Abhishek Kumar and Jayant Kumar<br/> Abstact not available. ... [J. Nanophoton. 3, 030306 (2009)] published Thu Sep 10, 2009. Commentary: Spectrally selective coatings on glass: solar-control and low-emissivity coatings http://link.aip.org/link/?JNP/3/030305/1&agg=rss Raul J. Martin-Palma<br/> Abstract not available. ... [J. Nanophoton. 3, 030305 (2009)] published Thu Sep 10, 2009. Book Review: Gold Chemistry: Applications and Future Directions in the Life Sciences http://link.aip.org/link/?JNP/3/030205/1&agg=rss Tapas Kar<br/> Abstract not available. ... [J. Nanophoton. 3, 030205 (2009)] published Fri Aug 28, 2009. Editorial: False erudition http://link.aip.org/link/?JNP/3/039902/1&agg=rss Akhlesh Lakhtakia<br/> Abstract not available. ... [J. Nanophoton. 3, 039902 (2009)] published Tue Aug 25, 2009. Book Review: Nanostructures in Electronics and Photonics http://link.aip.org/link/?JNP/3/030204/1&agg=rss Zhiyong Gu<br/> Abstract not available. ... [J. Nanophoton. 3, 030204 (2009)] published Tue Aug 25, 2009.