Preface |
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1 | (6) |
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Chapter 2 Atomic/Molecular Assembling Technologies |
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7 | (42) |
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2.1 Similarity of Electronic Waves to Light Waves |
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7 | (2) |
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2.2 Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) |
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9 | (3) |
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2.2.1 Atomic Manipulation Process |
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9 | (2) |
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2.2.2 Detection of Wavefunctions |
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11 | (1) |
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2.2.3 Quantum Corral and Quantum Mirage |
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12 | (1) |
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2.3 Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) |
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12 | (5) |
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2.3.1 Growth Mechanism of MBE |
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12 | (3) |
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2.3.2 High-Electron-Mobility Transistors |
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15 | (1) |
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2.3.3 Multiple Quantum Well Light Modulators |
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15 | (2) |
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2.3.4 Relationships to Other Growth Techniques |
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17 | (1) |
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2.4 Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) |
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17 | (6) |
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2.5 Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition (Plasma CVD) |
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23 | (14) |
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2.5.1 Amorphous Superlattices |
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23 | (1) |
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2.5.2 Characterization of the a-SiNx: H/a-Si: H Interface |
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24 | (1) |
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2.5.2.1 Sample Preparation |
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24 | (1) |
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24 | (2) |
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2.5.2.3 Optical/Electrical Properties of a-SiNx: H layers |
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26 | (1) |
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2.5.2.4 Photoluminescence Spectra |
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26 | (5) |
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2.5.3 Transfer-Doping and Electron-Trapping Effects in a-SiNx: H/a-Si: H Superlattices |
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31 | (1) |
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2.5.3.1 Fabrication and Measurement Procedures |
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31 | (1) |
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32 | (2) |
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2.5.3.3 Electron Trapping |
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34 | (3) |
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37 | (9) |
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2.6.1 Electrochromism in WOx Thin Films |
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37 | (1) |
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2.6.2 Enhancement of Coloration Efficiency in WOx with Controlled Film Structures |
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38 | (8) |
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2.7 Vacuum Deposition Polymerization |
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46 | (1) |
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46 | (3) |
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Chapter 3 Fundamentals of Molecular Layer Deposition (MLD) |
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49 | (60) |
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49 | (4) |
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3.1.1 MLD Utilizing Chemical Reactions |
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49 | (1) |
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3.1.2 MLD Utilizing Electrostatic Force |
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50 | (2) |
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3.1.3 MLD with Molecule Groups |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (3) |
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53 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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3.2.1.2 Carrier Gas-Type MLD |
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53 | (3) |
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56 | (1) |
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3.2.2.1 Fluidic-Circuit Type MLD |
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56 | (1) |
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3.3 Proof of Concept of MLD |
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56 | (11) |
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3.3.1 MLD Utilizing Chemical Reactions |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (4) |
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3.3.1.2 Conjugated Polymers |
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61 | (1) |
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3.3.2 MLD Utilizing Electrostatic Force |
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62 | (1) |
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3.3.2.1 Stacked Structures of p-Type and n-Type Dye Molecules on ZnO Surfaces |
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62 | (4) |
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3.3.2.2 Molecular Crystals |
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66 | (1) |
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3.4 MLD with Controlled Growth Orientations and Locations |
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67 | (10) |
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3.4.1 Growth Control by Seed Cores |
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68 | (1) |
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68 | (2) |
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3.4.1.2 Organic CVD from SAM |
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70 | (4) |
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3.4.2 Monomolecular Step Polymer Wire Growth from Seed Cores |
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74 | (3) |
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77 | (4) |
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3.5.1 Influences of Molecular Gas Flow on Polymer Film Growth |
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78 | (1) |
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3.5.2 Domain-Isolated MLD |
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79 | (2) |
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3.6 Selective Wire Growth |
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81 | (19) |
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3.6.1 Selective Growth on Surfaces with Patterned Treatment |
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82 | (4) |
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3.6.2 Selectively-Aligned Growth on Atomic-Scale Anisotropic Structures |
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86 | (2) |
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88 | (1) |
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88 | (1) |
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3.6.2.3 Optical Characterization for Selective Alignment of Polymer Wires |
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89 | (5) |
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3.6.3 Electric-Field-Assisted Growth |
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94 | (4) |
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3.6.4 Head-to-Tail Growth |
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98 | (2) |
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3.7 Mass Production Process for Nano-Scale Devices Fabricated by MLD |
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100 | (1) |
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3.8 Examples of Goals Achieved by MLD |
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100 | (6) |
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3.8.1 Functional Organic Devices |
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101 | (1) |
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3.8.2 Integrated Nano-Scale Optical Circuits |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (3) |
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106 | (3) |
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Chapter 4 Fabrication of Multiple-Quantum Dots (MQDs) by MLD |
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109 | (16) |
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4.1 Fundamentals of Quantum Dots |
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109 | (4) |
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4.2 Quantum Dot Construction in Conjugated Polymers by MLD |
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113 | (11) |
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4.2.1 MQD Fabrication by Arranging Two Kinds of Molecules |
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113 | (4) |
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4.2.2 MQDs Fabricated by Arranging Three Kinds of Molecules |
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117 | (7) |
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124 | (1) |
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Chapter 5 Theoretical Predictions of Electro-Optic (EO) Effects in Polymer Wires |
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125 | (32) |
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5.1 Molecular Orbital Method |
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125 | (3) |
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5.2 Nonlinear Optical Effects |
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128 | (5) |
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5.3 Procedure for Evaluation of the EO Effects by the Molecular Orbital Method |
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133 | (2) |
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5.4 Qualitative Guidelines for Improving Optical Nonlinearities |
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135 | (2) |
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5.4.1 For Second-Order Optical Nonlinearity |
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136 | (1) |
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5.4.2 For Third-Order Optical Nonlinearity |
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137 | (1) |
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5.5 Enhancement of Second-Order Optical Nonlinearity by Controlling Wavefunctions |
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137 | (11) |
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5.5.1 Effects of Wavef'unction Shapes |
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138 | (4) |
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5.5.2 Effects of Conjugated Wire Lengths |
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142 | (2) |
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5.5.3 Relationship between Wavefunctions and Transition Dipole Moments |
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144 | (1) |
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5.5.4 Optical Nonlinearity in Conjugated Wires with Poly-AM Backbones |
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145 | (2) |
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5.5.5 Enhancement of Optical Nonlinearity by Sharpening Absorption Bands |
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147 | (1) |
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5.6 Enhancement of Third-Order Optical Nonlinearity by Controlling Wavefunctions |
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148 | (2) |
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5.7 Multiple Quantum Dots (MQDs) in Conjugated Polymer Wires |
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150 | (5) |
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155 | (2) |
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Chapter 6 Design of Integrated Optical Switches |
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157 | (26) |
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6.1 Variable Well Optical ICs (VWOICs) and Waveguide Prism Deflectors (WPDs) |
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159 | (8) |
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161 | (1) |
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6.1.2 Design of WPD Optical Switch Utilizing the Pockels Effect |
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162 | (1) |
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6.1.2.1 Simulation Procedure |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (1) |
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6.1.2.3 Simulated Performance |
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164 | (3) |
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6.1.3 Design of WPD Optical Switch Utilizing the Kerr Effect |
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167 | (5) |
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6.1.3.1 Simulation Procedure |
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167 | (1) |
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167 | (2) |
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6.1.3.3 Simulated Performance |
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169 | (3) |
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6.1.4 Impact of Polymer MQDs on Optical Switch Performance |
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172 | (2) |
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6.1.5 Future Integration Issues |
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173 | (1) |
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6.1.6 Experimental Demonstration of WPD Utilizing PLZT |
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174 | (1) |
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6.2 Nano-Scale Optical Switches |
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174 | (8) |
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6.2.1 Ring Resonator Optical Switches |
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174 | (3) |
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6.2.2 Bandwidth Limit in Photonic Crystal Waveguides |
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177 | (2) |
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6.2.3 Polymer MQDs in Nano-Scale Optical Switches |
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179 | (3) |
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182 | (1) |
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Chapter 7 Organic Photonic Materials, Devices, and Integration Processes |
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183 | (72) |
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7.1 Electro-Optic (EO) Materials |
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183 | (23) |
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7.1.1 Characterization Procedure for the Pockels Effect in Organic Thin Films |
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184 | (2) |
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186 | (1) |
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186 | (7) |
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193 | (4) |
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7.1.3 Poled Polymers and Optical Switches |
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197 | (1) |
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7.1.3.1 EO Effects in Poled Polymers |
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197 | (2) |
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199 | (1) |
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7.1.3.3 Optical Switches Using EO Polyimide |
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200 | (2) |
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7.1.3.4 3-D Optical Switches |
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202 | (4) |
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7.2 Optical Waveguides Fabricated by Selective Wire Growth |
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206 | (9) |
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7.2.1 EO Waveguides Fabricated by Electric-Field-Assisted Growth |
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206 | (1) |
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7.2.1.1 Epoxy-Amine Polymer |
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207 | (2) |
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209 | (3) |
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7.2.2 Conjugated Polymer Waveguides Fabricated on Anisotropic Surface Structures |
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212 | (1) |
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7.2.3 Acceptor Substitution into Conjugated Polymer Wires |
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213 | (2) |
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7.3 Nano-Scale Waveguides of Photo-Induced Refractive Index Increase Sol-Gel Materials |
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215 | (9) |
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7.3.1 Fabrication Process |
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216 | (1) |
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217 | (3) |
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7.3.3 S-Bending and Y-Branching Waveguides |
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220 | (3) |
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7.3.4 Fine 3-D Structures for All-Air-Clad Waveguides |
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223 | (1) |
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7.4 Self-Organized Lightwave Network (SOLNET) for Self-Aligned Optical Couplings and Vertical Waveguides |
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224 | (10) |
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224 | (4) |
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7.4.2 Proof of Concept of SOLNET |
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228 | (1) |
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7.4.2.1 One-Beam-Writing SOLNET |
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228 | (1) |
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7.4.2.2 Two-Beam-Writing SOLNET |
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229 | (1) |
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230 | (4) |
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7.5 Resource-Saving Heterogeneous Integration |
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234 | (11) |
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7.5.1 Concept of PL-Pack with SORT |
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234 | (2) |
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7.5.2 Advantages of PL-Pack with SORT |
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236 | (1) |
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237 | (2) |
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7.5.2.2 Process Simplicity |
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239 | (1) |
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7.5.2.3 Thermal Stress Reduction |
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239 | (1) |
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7.5.3 Experimental Demonstrations of SORT |
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240 | (1) |
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7.5.3.1 SORT of Polymer Waveguide Lenses |
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240 | (2) |
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7.5.3.2 SORT of Optical Waveguides |
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242 | (3) |
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7.6 Optical Waveguide Films with Vertical Mirrors and 3-D Optical Circuits |
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245 | (6) |
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7.6.1 Optical Waveguide Films with Vertical Mirrors |
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245 | (1) |
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7.6.2 3-D Optical Circuits |
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246 | (1) |
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7.6.2.1 Type 1: Stacked Waveguide Films with 45° Mirrors |
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247 | (2) |
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7.6.2.2 Type 2: Waveguide Films with Vertical Waveguides of SOLNET |
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249 | (2) |
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251 | (4) |
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Chapter 8 Applications to Optical Interconnects and Optical Switching Systems |
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255 | (30) |
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8.1 3-D Optoelectronic (OE) Platform Based on Scalable Film Optical Link Module (S-FOLM) |
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255 | (1) |
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8.2 Optical Interconnects within Boxes |
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256 | (6) |
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8.2.1 Multilayer OE Boards and 3-D Stacked OE Multi-Chip Modules |
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257 | (1) |
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8.2.2 OE Amplifier/Driver-Less Substrate (OE-ADLES) |
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258 | (2) |
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8.2.3 Impact of Polymer MQDs on OE-ADLES |
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260 | (2) |
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8.3 3-D Micro Optical Switching System (3D-MOSS) |
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262 | (19) |
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8.3.1 The 3D-MOSS Concept |
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263 | (1) |
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8.3.2 Implementation of SOLNET in 3D-MOSSs |
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264 | (3) |
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8.3.3 Structural Model of 3D-MOSS |
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267 | (5) |
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8.3.4 Optical Z-Connections and Optical Switches |
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272 | (1) |
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8.3.4.1 Optical Z-Connections |
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272 | (1) |
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273 | (1) |
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8.3.5 Predicted Performance of 3D-MOSS |
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274 | (1) |
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8.3.5.1 Size and Insertion Loss |
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274 | (5) |
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8.3.5.2 Electrical Characteristics |
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279 | (1) |
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8.3.6 Impact of Nano-Scale Waveguides and Polymer MQDs on 3D-MOSS Performance |
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280 | (1) |
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281 | (4) |
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Chapter 9 Applications to Solar Energy Conversion Systems |
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285 | (52) |
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9.1 Sensitized Photovoltaic Devices |
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285 | (25) |
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9.1.1 Concept of Multidye Sensitization and Pofymer-MQD Sensitization |
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285 | (4) |
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9.1.2 Waveguide-Type Photovoltaic Device Concept |
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289 | (3) |
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9.1.3 Proof of Concept of Multidye Sensitization by Liquid-Phase MLD |
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292 | (1) |
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9.1.3.1 Spectral Sensitization of ZnO by p/n-Stacked Structures |
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292 | (10) |
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9.1.3.2 Sensitization by p/n-Stacked Structures Constructed by Liquid-Phase MLD |
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302 | (4) |
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9.1.4 Proof of Concept of Polymer-MQD Sensitization |
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306 | (1) |
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9.1.5 Proof of Concept of Waveguide-Type Photovoltaic Devices |
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307 | (3) |
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9.2 Integrated Solar Energy Conversion Systems |
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310 | (20) |
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9.2.1 Concept of Integrated Solar Energy Conversion Systems |
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310 | (1) |
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9.2.2 The Integrated Photonic/Electronic/Chemical System (IPECS) |
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311 | (2) |
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9.2.3 Structures of Light Beam Collecting Films |
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313 | (2) |
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9.2.4 Design of Light Beam Collecting Films |
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315 | (1) |
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9.2.4.1 Simulation Procedure |
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316 | (1) |
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9.2.4.2 Tapered Vertical/Horizontal Waveguide-Type Light Beam Collecting Films |
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317 | (2) |
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9.2.4.3 Multilayer Waveguide-Type Light Beam Collecting Films |
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319 | (11) |
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9.2.5 Possible Fabrication Process |
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330 | (1) |
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9.2.6 Impact of Polymer MQDs on Integrated Solar Energy Conversion Systems |
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330 | (1) |
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9.3 Novel Structures of Photovoltaic and Photosynthesis Devices |
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330 | (3) |
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9.4 Waveguide-Type Photovoltaic Devices with a Charge Storage/Photosynthesis Function |
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333 | (1) |
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334 | (3) |
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Chapter 10 Proposed Applications to Biomedical Photonics |
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337 | (10) |
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10.1 Therapy for Cancer Utilizing Liquid-Phase MLD |
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337 | (3) |
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10.1.1 Photodynamic Therapy Using Two-Photon Absorption with Different Wavelenghts |
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337 | (3) |
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10.1.2 In-Situ Synthesis of a Drug within Human Bodies |
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340 | (1) |
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10.2 Indicator for Reflective or Emissive Targets Utilizing R-SOLNET |
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340 | (2) |
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10.3 Integrated Photoluminescence Analysis Chips |
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342 | (1) |
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10.4 Molecular Recognition Chip |
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343 | (1) |
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344 | (3) |
Epilogue |
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347 | (2) |
Index |
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