"Symposium BB, "Functional Nanowires and Nanotubes", was held November 27-December 2 at the 2011 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts"--Pref.

Author index (p. 145-146), Subject index (p. 147)

Includes bibliographical references (at the end of each chapter).

Optical properties -- Composition and Size Effects on the Optical Properties of Isolated Silicon-Germanium Nanowires -- Photomodulated Rayleigh Scattering from Single Semiconductor Nanowires -- Photoconductivity of ZnO Nanowires Decorated with CdSe Quantum Dots -- Vector Magneto-Optical Generalized Ellipsometry on Passivated Permalloy Slanted Columnar Thin Films -- Photoluminescence and Raman scattering studies of GaN nanowires obtained by top-down and bottom-up approaches -- Electrical transport and energy harvesting devices -- Individualization and Electrical Characterization of SiGe Nanowires -- Carrier Transport in GaAs Nanowires Using Surface Acoustic Waves -- Synthesis of Si Nanowires by Electroless Etching Technique and Their Integration Into I-III-VI2 Thin Films For Solar Cells -- SiGe Nanowires Grown by LPCVD using Ga-Au Catalysts -- Thermoelectric Properties of Silicon Nanowire Array and Spin-on Glass Composites Fabricated with CMOS-compatible Techniques -- Thermoelectric Properties of p and n-type Nanocrystalline Silicon Nanowires with High Doping Levels -- Fabrication of SrTiO3 Nanofibers for Hydrogen Production -- Growth of nanowires and novel structures -- Kinetics and Statistics of Vapor-Liquid-Solid Growth of III-V Nanowires -- Pathway of Porous Silicon Formation Inside Si Nanowires Throughout Metal Assisted Etching -- A Systematic Study of Metal-assisted Chemical Etching Parameters for Well-Ordered Silicon Nanowire Array Fabrication -- Characterization of Magnetic Transformation at Curie Temperature in Finemet-type Microwires by DSC -- Template Assisted Fabrication and Magnetic Properties of Cobalt Ferrite Nanostructures -- Synthesis and Morphology Control of Carbon Nanotube/Polyaniline Composite for Chemical Sensing -- Diffusion Instability and Tapering of Nickel Silicide Intrusions in Silicon Nanowires -- Preparation of Al2O3 and AlN Nanotubes by Atomic Layer Deposition -- Silicon Nanowires Obtained by Low Temperature Plasma-Based Chemical Vapor Deposition.

Symposium BB, 'Functional Nanowires and Nanotubes', was held November 27-December 2 at the 2011 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. Semiconductor nanowires are filamentary crystals with a diameter between several hundred and few nanometers. Both their size and morphology determine novel properties and provide room for novel applications. This symposium proceedings volume represents the recent advances in the area of nanowires. The contributions span all areas from the synthesis to the device, passing from the characterisation of functional properties. Each paper in this volume provides a glimpse of the recent developments in the field such as: the use of nanowires for water splitting and hydrogen production and the use of nanowires as electrodes for lithium batteries.