CONTENTS -- Preface -- Nanostructured ZnO: Building Blocks for Nanoscale Devices Z. Fan and J. G. Lu -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Synthesis and characterization of ZnO nanostructures -- 3. Mechanical properties of ZnO nanostructure -- 4. Electrical properties -- 5. Electron field emission from vertical aligned Zno nanostructures -- 6. Chemical sensing and hydrogen storage with ZnO Nanostructures -- 7. Optical properties -- 8.ZnOnanostructure for spintrinics devices -- 9. Summary and future prospects -- References -- Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistors J . GUO, S. 0. Koswatta, N. Neophytou and M. Lundstrom -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. CNTFET Device Simulation by the NEGF Approach -- 4. Device Physics of CNTFETs -- 5. Discussion -- 6. Summary -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Carbon Nanotube Based Microwave Resonator Gas Sensors M. P. McGrath and A . Pham -- I. Introduction to Carbon Nanotube Gas Sensors -- II. Review of Gas Sensor Terminology -- III. Properties of Carbon Nanotubes and Mechanisms for Gas Sensing -- IV. Wireless Carbon Nanotube Gas Sensor -- 4.1 Sensor Design -- 4.2 Experimental Set-Up -- 4.3 Experimental Results -- 4.4 Sensing Mechanism -- V. Wireless Sensing Efforts -- VI. Carbon Nanotube Functionalization Efforts -- VII. Future Research -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Electrostatics of Nanowires and Nanotubes: Application for Field-Effect Devices A . Shik, H. E. Ruda and S. V. Rotkin -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Formulation of the problem: Device geometry -- 3. Potential profile: 3D bulk electrodes -- 4. Linear conductivity and transconductance -- 5. Current-voltage characteristic of the channel -- 5.1. Ohmic contacts -- 5.2. Injecting contacts -- 6. The role of contact geometry -- 6.1. 2D planar contacts -- 6.2. 1D wire-like contacts -- 7. Hysteresis and memory effects -- 8. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments.

Carbon Nanotube Based Nonvolatile Memory Devices Y. Zhang -- 1. Introduction -- 2. CNT shuttle memory and nanoelectromechanical memory -- 3. CNTFET based nonvolatile memory -- 4. Electrostatics and charging efficiency -- 5. "Bottleneck" effect and single-electron CNT memory -- 6. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Applications in High Frequency Electronics P. J. Burke, C. Rutherglen and Z. Yu -- 1. Introduction -- 2. AC Nanosystems -- 3. SWNT electronic properties -- 4. Synthesis -- 5. Single walled nanotube DC resistivity -- 6. Metallic nanotubes as interconnects: RF properties (theory) -- 7. Metallic nanotubes as interconnects: RF properties (experiment) -- 8. Nanotube transistors: Cutoff frequency (theory) -- 9. Nanotube transistors: High frequency performance (experiment) -- 10. Array devises -- 11. Non-linear devices: Mixers and detectors -- 12. Nanotube antennas -- 13. Conclusions -- 14. Acknowledgements -- 15. References -- AUTHOR INDEX.