In Situ Observations of Vapor-Liquid-Solid Growth of Silicon Nanowires, S. Kodambaka Introduction Experimental 4 Silicon Nanowire Nucleation Kinetics Silicon Nanowire Growth Kinetics Summary and Outlook Growth of Germanium, Silicon, and Ge-Si Heterostructured Nanowires, Shadi A. Dayeh and S. Thomas Picraux Introduction 23 The VLS Growth Mechanism Size Effects in Nanowire Growth Temperature Effects on Nanowire Growth Pressure Effects on Nanowire Growth Dopant Precursor Influence on Nanowire Growth Defects during VLS Growth of Semiconductor Nanowires Ge Core/Si Shell Heterostructured Nanowires Unique Opportunities for Bandgap Engineering in Semiconductor Nanowires Conclusions Transition Metal Silicide Nanowires: Synthetic Methods and Applications, Jeremy M. Higgins, Andrew L. Schmitt, and Song Jin Introduction Formation of Bulk and Thin-Film Metal Silicides in Diffusion Couples Silicide Nanowire Growth Techniques Conclusion Metal Silicide Nanowires: Growth and Properties, L. J. Chen and W. W. Wu Introduction Epitaxial Growth of Silicide Nanowires on Si Substrate Growth of Free-Standing Silicide Nanowires and Their Properties Formation of Silicide/Si/Silicide Nano-Heterostructures from Si Nanowires Conclusions Formation of Epitaxial Silicide in Silicon Nanowires, Yi-Chia Chou, Kuo-Chang Lu, and King-Ning Tu Introduction Introduction to Solid-State Phase Transformation in Thin Film Nanoscale Silicide Formation by Point Contact Reaction between Ni/Co and Si Nanowires Homogeneous Nucleation of Nanoscale Silicide Formation Conclusion Interaction between Inverse Kirkendall Effect and Kirkendall Effect in Nanoshells and Nanowires, A. M. Gusak and T. V. Zaporozhets Introduction Basic Notions Instability of Hollow Nanostructures Formation of Hollow Shells Cross-Over from Formation to Collapse Electrical Transport Properties of Doped Silicon Nanowires, Aya Seike and Iwao Ohdomari Introduction Fabrication Processes and Electrical Measurements Introduction of Strain into Nanowire Channels by Oxidation, and Evaluation of Stress within Individual Nanowires Electrical Characterization of Nanowire FETs Summary Silicon Nanowires and Related Nanostructures as Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes, Liangbing Hu, Lifeng Cui, Seung Sae Hong, James McDonough, and Yi Cui Lithium-Ion Batteries and Different Types of Anodes Advantages and Challenges of Silicon Anodes Thin Film Silicon Anodes and Microsized Particles Vapor-Liquid-Solid (VLS)-Grown SiNWs as High-Capacity Anode Surface Characterization and Electrochemical Analysis of the Solid-Electrolyte Interphase (SEI) on Silicon Nanowires Si Core-Shell Structures for Anodes Other Si Nanostructures Solution-Processed Si Nanostructures Some Fundamental Aspects Remaining Challenges and Commercialization Porous Silicon Nanowires, Yongquan Qu and Xiangfeng Duan Introduction Synthesis of Porous Silicon Nanowires Properties of Porous Silicon Nanowire Applications of Porous Silicon Nanowire Conclusion Nanoscale Contact Engineering for Si Nanowire Devices, Yung-Chen Lin and Yu Huang Scope of the Chapter Introduction Synthetic Approaches to Nanoscale Silicides Contact Formation through Solid-State Reaction Silicide Growth Mechanism New Technical Approaches or Structures for Low-Contact Resistance FET and Short-Channel Device Electronic Properties of Silicide NWs and Silicide/Si/Silicide Heterostructures Conclusion Index