Intro -- Metal Oxides for Optoelectronics and Optics-Based Medical Applications -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Series editor biography -- Preface to the series -- Preface -- Section A: Technology and properties -- Chapter 1: Metal oxides for optoelectronic and photonic applications: A general introduction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Properties of MOs -- 2.1. Optical properties of MOs -- 2.2. Stability of MOs -- 2.3. Conductivity of MOs -- 2.4. Transparency of MOs -- 2.5. Surface properties -- 2.6. Other properties -- 3. Chemical methods of MO synthesis -- 3.1. Sol-gel process -- 3.2. Combustion synthesis -- 3.3. Coprecipitation process -- 3.4. Electrochemical deposition method -- 3.5. Sonochemical method -- 3.6. Hydrothermal process -- 3.7. Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) -- 4. Physical methods of MO synthesis -- 4.1. Ball milling process -- 4.2. Sputtering -- 4.3. Electron beam evaporation (EBE) -- 4.4. Electrospraying -- 4.5. Laser ablation -- 5. Concluding remarks/conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2: Recent developments in optoelectronic and photonic applications of metal oxides -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Metal oxides (MOs) for various applications -- 2.1. Photodetector -- 2.2. Photovoltaic solar cells -- 2.3. Photoresistors -- 2.4. Sensors -- 2.5. Phototransistors -- 2.6. Photocatalysts -- 3. Role of metal oxides for thin-film technology -- 4. Optoelectronic properties of metal oxides -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Metal oxide-based glasses and their physical properties -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Preparation of metal oxide glasses -- 2.1. Preparation methods -- 2.1.1. Chemical routing -- 2.1.2. Thermal evaporation -- 2.1.3. Melt quenching and heat treatment -- 2.1.4. Gel desiccation -- 2.1.5. Sputtering -- 2.1.6. Shockwave formation -- 2.1.7. Other methods -- 2.2. Preparation of some fundamental metal oxide glasses.

2.2.1. (GeO2)1-x(PbO)x -- 2.2.2. (TeO2)x(ZnO)1-x and (TeO2)(PbO, PbCl2)1-x -- 2.2.3. Ga2O3-PbO-Bi2O3 -- 2.2.4. Bi2O3-PbO-B2O3-GeO2 -- 2.2.5. Glasses doped with RE3+ ions -- 3. Properties of metal oxide glasses -- 3.1. Mechanical properties -- 3.2. Optical properties -- 3.3. Electrical and dielectric properties -- 4. Future aspects and applications -- 5. Summary and conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 4: Metal oxide-based optical fibers (preparation, composition, composition-linked properties, physical parameters ... -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. General -- 1.2. Operation principle -- 2. Fabrication of optical fibers -- 2.1. Outside vapor deposition (OVD) [12-15] -- 2.2. Vapor axial deposition (VAD) [16] -- 2.3. Modified chemical vapor deposition (MCVD) [17] -- 2.4. Plasma-activated chemical vapor deposition (PCVD) [16] -- 2.5. Drawing and coating of optical fibers -- 3. Metal oxides in optical fibers formation -- 4. Applications of optical fiber -- 4.1. Metal oxides as electrochemical pH sensors -- 4.2. Metal oxide nanoparticles as gas sensors -- 4.3. Metal oxides in batteries -- 4.4. Metal oxides in antennas -- 4.4.1. Optical antennas for photonic applications -- 4.4.2. Transparent microstrip patch antennas -- 4.4.3. Thermal infrared detection antenna -- 4.5. Optoelectronics and electronics -- 4.6. Solar cells -- 4.6.1. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC/DSC) -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Section B: Optoelectronic and photonic applications -- Chapter 5: Metal oxide-based LED and LASER: Theoretical concepts, conventional devices, and LED based on quantum dots -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Different metal oxide nanostructures for light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and UV detectors -- 2.1. Monolithic ZnO nanowire-based micro-light-emitting diode/metal oxide.

2.2. Quantum dot LEDs with a solution process-based copper oxide (CuO) hole injection layer -- 2.2.1. Synthesis of CuO quantum dot (QD) solution for QDLED fabrication -- CuO-based QDLED characterization and fabrication -- 2.2.2. Fabrication of oxide-metal oxide-based electrodes combined with an antireflective film to improve the performance ... -- Fabrication of flexible oxide-metal oxide-based organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) -- 3. Metal oxide-based LASER diodes -- 3.1. Photodetecting properties of single CuO-ZnO core-shell nanowires with a p-n radial heterojunction -- 3.2. Fabrication of a high-performance SiO2-p-CuO/n-Si core-shell structure-based photosensitive diode for photodetection ... -- 4. Quantum dots used for LEDs, LASERs, and conventional devices -- 4.1. Optically pumped quantum dot lasing and integrated optical cavities in LEDs -- 4.2. Single-pot synthesis of CdTexSe(1-x) quantum dot-based LED with red light emission -- 4.3. Sulfur quantum dot (SQD)-based nonlinear optics and different ultrafast photonic applications -- 4.4. Tandem quantum dot-based light-emitting diodes (QLEDs) with individual red, green, and blue emissions -- 5. Conclusions -- 6. Recommendations -- References -- Chapter 6: Metal oxide-based photodetectors (from IR to UV) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Basic mechanism of metal oxide-based photodetection -- 3. Fundamental parameters of metal oxide-based photodetectors -- 4. Metal oxide-based photodetectors: Material selection, device design, and photosensing performances -- 4.1. Metal oxide nanomaterials -- 4.2. ZnO -- 4.3. TiO2 -- 4.4. CuO -- 4.5. NiO -- 4.6. Ga2O3 -- 4.7. V2O5 -- 4.8. SnO2 -- 4.9. MoO3 -- 4.10. Ternary oxides -- 5. Biomedical applications of metal oxide-based photodetectors -- 6. Conclusions and perspectives -- References -- Chapter 7: Optical and optoelectronic metal oxide-based sensors.

(Optical sensors, principle, computational modeling, and ap -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Zinc oxide nanowires -- 3. Deposition by using RF sputtering -- 4. Optical properties of the ZnO nanowires -- 5. Gas sensing mechanism -- 6. Experiment procedure -- 6.1. Zinc oxide nanowires on fiber optics -- 7. Optical H2 gas sensing setup -- 8. Results and discussion -- 9. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 8: Passive optoelectronic elements -- 1. Introduction to the fundamentals of passive optoelectronics -- 2. Relevant metal oxides for passive optoelectronics and their advantages -- 2.1. Selective optical filters -- 2.2. Thin-film polarizers -- 2.3. Antireflective and high-reflective coatings -- 2.4. Transparent conducting oxides -- 2.5. Photochromic devices -- 2.6. Optical waveguides -- 2.7. Splitters -- 2.8. All-optical modulators -- 2.9. Connectors and couplers -- 3. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9: Metal oxide photonic crystals and their application (designing, properties, and applications) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Structure -- 3. Synthetic strategies for PCs -- 3.1. One-dimensional (ID) -- 3.2. Two-dimensional (2-D) -- 3.3. Three-dimensional (3-D) -- 3.3.1. Opals -- 3.3.2. Inverse opals -- 3.3.3. PC beads -- 4. Application -- 4.1. Biosensors -- 4.1.1. Glucose detection -- 4.1.2. Protein detection -- 4.1.3. Nucleic detection -- 4.1.4. Cholesterol detection -- 4.1.5. Pathogen detection -- 4.1.6. Cell carriers -- 4.1.7. Drug delivery and screening -- 4.1.8. Cell scaffolds and tissue engineering -- 4.1.9. Label-free cell imaging -- 4.1.10. Monitoring biological processes -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: Heavy metal oxide glasses and their optoelectronic applications (infrared transmission, luminescence, nonline ... -- 1. Introduction.

2. Optical properties of rare-earth ion-doped bismuth- and lead-containing borate glasses -- 2.1. Optical properties of europium (Eu)-doped HMOs -- 2.2. Photophysical properties of lead (Pb)-containing glasses -- 2.3. Photophysical properties of bismuth (Bi)-containing glasses -- 2.4. Third-order susceptibility of Bi2O3-based glasses -- 2.5. Photophysical properties of tellurium (Te)-, germanium (Ge)-, and zinc (Zn)-containing glasses -- 2.6. Optical properties of Bi2O3-GeO2 glasses -- 2.7. Photophysical properties of bismuth in zinc borate glasses -- 2.8. NLO properties of bismuth tungstate and lithium tetraborate composition glasses -- 3. Optical properties and applications of lead (II) oxide (PbO) glasses -- 3.1. Photonic applications of doped PbO glasses -- 3.2. Optical and spectroscopic properties of lead and bismuth in borosilicate glasses -- 3.3. Photophysical properties of lead oxide in Sb2O3-Na2O-WO3-PbO glasses -- 4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 11: Integrated optoelectronics -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Electrooptical phenomena -- 2.1. Electrooptic sampling and photoconductive switch sampling -- 2.2. Electrooptic sampling -- 3. Integrated photonic devices -- 4. Waveguides including metal oxide glasses -- 4.1. Thin film fabrication processes -- 5. Light modulators -- 5.1. Classification of optical modulators -- 6. Optical switches -- 7. Metal oxides designed for these applications -- 7.1. Optoelectronic properties of metal oxides -- 8. Manufacturing features -- 9. Conclusion -- References -- Section C: Metal oxide-based optoelectronic devices in biomedical applications -- Chapter 12: Metal oxide-based fiber technology in the pharmaceutical and medical chemistry -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Electrospinning-Cutting edge technology -- 2.1. Historical background of electrospinning -- 2.2. Conceptualization of electrospinning.