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Intelligent Nanomaterials

Processes, Properties, and Applications
Edited by Ashutosh Tiwari, Ajay K. Mishra, Hisatoshi Kobayashi and Anthony P.F. Turner
Copyright: 2012   |   Status: Published
ISBN: 9780470938799  |  Hardcover  |  
864 pages
Price: $249 USD
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This comprehensive volume includes twenty two chapters divided into four main areas: Inorganic aterials;Organic Materials, Composite Materials, and Biomaterials.

Audience
Intelligent Nanomaterials is written for a large readership including university students and researchers from diverse backgrounds such as chemistry, materials science, physics, biological science and engineering. It can be used not only as a text book for both undergraduate and graduate students, but also as a review and reference book for researchers in the materials science, bioengineering, pharmacy, biotechnology and nanotechnology disciplines.

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The last three decades has seen extraordinary advances in the generation of new materials based on both fundamental elements and composites, driven by advances in synthetic chemistry and often drawing inspiration from nature. The concept of an intelligent material envisions additional functionality built into to the molecular structure, such that a desirable response occurs under defined conditions. The last decade has seen the emergence of particular material properties engineered by exploiting the extraordinary behavior of nanostructures.

Intelligent Nanomaterials is a large and fairly comprehensive book that provides an up-to-date introduction to this fascinating field. Divided into 4 parts: Inorganic Materials; Organic Materials; Composite Materials; and Biomaterials, the 22 chapters cover the latest research and developments in the processing, properties, and applications of intelligent nanomaterials. Included are molecular device materials, biomimetic materials, hybrid-type functionalized polymers-composite materials, information-and energy-transfer materials, as well as environmentally friendly materials.


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"I would like to congratulate the Editors for this impressive collection of contributions on the front line of nanomaterial research. The volume covers both fundamental materials science and innovative applications of nanomaterials. The different chapters with their extensive reference lists should serve as extremely good sources for new as well as already established researchers in the area. The whole book or parts of it may also serve as a text for Ph.D. and master courses on nanomaterials. Almost any “intelligent nanomaterial” can be found in the volume and some are described in several of the chapters. Intelligent Nanomaterials edited by Tiwari, Mishra, Kobayashi and Turner, is an exceptionally valuable reference book for many researchers and students in materials science, nano- and biotechnology."
Ingemar Lundström

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Author / Editor Details
Ashutosh Tiwari is an assistant professor of nanobioelectronics at Biosensors and Bioelectronics Centre, IFM-Linkoping University as well as Editor-in-Chief of Advanced Materials Letters.

Ajay K. Mishra is a senior lecturer at the Nanomaterials Research Centre, Department of Chemical Technology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Hisatoshi Kobayashi is the group leader of Biofunctional Materials at Biomaterials Centre, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan.

Anthony P.F. Turner is the Head of Division at IFM-Linkoping and created the Centre for Biosensors and Bioelectronics. Prior to this he was the Principal of Cranfield University in the UK. He is the Editor-In-Chief of the principal journal in his field, Biosensors & Bioelectronics, which he co-founded in 1985.

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Table of Contents
Preface
PART I Inorganic Materials
1. Synthesis, Characterization, and Self-assembly of Colloidal Quantum Dots
Saim M. Emin, Alexandre Loukanov, Surya
P. Singh, Seiichiro Nakabayashi and Liyuan Han

1.1 Introduction
1.2 Size-dependent Optical Properties of Quantum Dots
1.2.1 Band Gap Energies
1.2.2 Absorption Spectra
1.3 Procedures for Synthesis of Colloidal Quantum Dots
1.3.1 Synthesis of Quantum Dots in Reverse Micelles
1.3.2 Synthesis of Quantum Dots in Aqueous Media
1.3.3 Hot-matrix Synthesis of Quantum Dots
1.4 Types of Semiconductor Quantum Dots
1.4.1 Binary Quantum Dots
1.4.2 Alloyed Quantum Dots
1.4.3 Core/shell Quantum Dots: Type-I --
1.4.4 Core/shell Quantum Dots: Type-II --
1.4.5 Quantum Dot/quantum Well Nanocrystals
1.4.6 Transition-element-doped Quantum Dots
1.5 Surface Functionalization of Quantum Dots
1.5.1 Self-assembly of Colloidal Quantum Dots
1.6 Conclusions
References


2. One-dimensional Semiconducting Metal Oxides: Synthesis, Characterization and Gas Sensors Application
Nguyen Duc Hoa

2.1 Introduction
2.2 Synthesis of 1-D Metal Oxide
2.2.1 Vapor Phase Growth
2.2.2 Vapor-liquid-solid Mechanism
2.2.3 Vapor Solid Mechanism
2.3 Solution Phase Growth
2.3.1 Template Assisted Synthesis
2.3.2 Template Free Synthesis
2.4 Gas Sensor Applications
2.4.1 SnO NWs Based Gas Sensors
2.4.2 WO NWs Based Gas Sensors
2.4.3 ZnO NWs Based Gas Sensors
2.4.4 TiO NWs Based Gas Sensor
2.4.5 CuO NWs Based Gas Sensors
2.4.6 InO NWs Based Gas Sensors
2.5 Conclusions
Acknowledgement
References


3. Rare-earth Based Insulating Nanocrystals: Improved Luminescent Nanophosphors for Plasma Display Panels
Prashant K. Sharma and Avinash C. Pandey

3.1 What is Plasma Display Panel? An Introduction and Overview
3.2 History of Plasma Display Panel
3.3 Working of Plasma Display Panel
3.3.1 Advantages of Plasma Display Panel
3.3.2 Disadvantages of Plasma Display Panel
3.4 Nanophosphors for Plasma Display Panel
3.4.1 Blue Nanophosphors
3.5 Synthesis of BAM:Eu2+ Nanophosphors by Sol-gel Method 1
3.5.1 Chemicals Used
3.5.2 Methodology
3.5.3 Characterization of Prepared Nanophosphors
3.5.4 Results and Discussion
3.6 Time Evolution Studies and Decay Time Determination
3.7 Synthesis of BAM:Eu2+ Nanophosphors by Solution Combustion Method
3.7.1 Chemicals Used
3.7.2 Methodology
3.7.3 Characterization of Prepared Nanophosphors
3.7.4 Results and Discussion
3.8 Green Nanophosphors
3.8.1 Yttrium Aluminum Garnet
3.8.2 Synthesis of Nanophosphors by Sol-gel Method
3.8.3 Chemicals Used
3.8.4 Methodology
3.8.5 Characterization of Prepared Nanophosphors
3.8.6 Results and Discussion
3.9 Terbium Doped Yttrium Ortho-borate Nanophosphors
3.9.1 Synthesis of Terbium Doped Yttrium Ortho-borate Nanophosphors
3.9.2 Chemicals Used
3.9.3 Methodology
3.9.4 Characterizations Used
3.9.5 Result and Discussion
3.10 Red Nanophosphors: Yttrium Aluminum Garnet
3.10.1 Synthesis of Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nanophosphors by Sol-gel Method
3.10.2 Chemicals Used
3.10.3 Methodology
3.10.4 Characterizations Used
3.10.5 Results and Discussion
3.11 Time Evolution Studies
3.12 Europium Doped Yttrium Ortho-borate Nanophosphors
3.12.1 Synthesis of Europium Doped Yttrium Ortho-borate Nanophosphors by Reverse Micelles Method
3.12.2 Chemicals Used
3.12.3 Synthesis of Nanoparticles
3.12.4 Characterizations Used
3.12.5 Results and Discussion
3.13 Europium Doped Yttrium Oxide Nanophosphors
3.13.1 Synthesis of Europium Doped Yttrium Oxide Nanophosphors by Solution Combustion Method
3.13.2 Chemicals Used
3.13.3 Methodology
3.13.4 Characterizations Used
3.13.5 Results and Discussion
3.14 Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References


4. Amorphous Porous Mixed Oxides: A New and Highly Versatile Class of Materials
Sadanand Pandey & Shivani B. Mishra

4.1 Introduction
4.2 Description of a Porous Solid Material
4.2.1 Qualitative Description of a Porous Solid
4.2.2 Origin of Pore Structures
4.2.3 Idealized Systems : Pore Shape and Size
4.3 Sol-gel Method for the Production of Porous Oxides
4.3.1 Synthesis of micro and mesoporous materials
4.3.2 Template-assisted Synthesis
4.4 Characterization of Porous Mixed Oxides
4.5 Application of Porous Mixed Oxide
4.5.1 Catalysts
4.5.2 Other Application of Porous Mixed Oxide
4.6 Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References

5. Zinc Oxide Nanostructures and their Applications Rizwan Wahab, I.H. Hwang, Hyung-Shik Shin, Young-Soon Kim, Javed Musarrat, Abdulaziz A. Al-Khedhairy and M.A. Siddiqui
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Importance of Metal Oxides Nanostructures
5.3 General Introduction of Antibacterial Activity
5.4 Experimental
5.4.1 Material Synthesis
5.4.2 Characterization of Synthesized Materials
5.4.3 Antibacterial Activity of Zinc Oxide Micro-.owers (ZnO-MFs)
5.5 Application of Grown Nanomaterials as an Antibacterial Agent
5.5.1 Nanostructures of ZnO: Fabrication and Characterization
5.5.2 Chemical Reaction Mechanism of Synthesized Zinc Oxide Micro-. owers (ZnO-MFs)
5.5.3 Antibacterial Activity of Synthesized Zinc Oxide Micro-. owers (ZnO-MFs)
5.5.4 Possible Mechanism
5.6 General Introduction of Cancer and the Role of Nanobiotechnology
5.6.1 Experimental
5.6.2 Materials Characterization
5.6.3 Cell Proliferation
5.7 Result and Discussion
5.7.1 X-ray Diffraction Pattern
5.7.2 Morphological or Structural Observation of Fabricated Material
5.7.3 Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Results
5.7.4 FTIR Spectroscopy
5.7.5 Cell Viability via MTT Method and their Observation
5.8 Conclusions and Future Directions
Acknowledgements
References

6. Smart Nanomaterials for Space and Energy Applications
Raghvendra S. Yadav , Ravindra P. Singh, Prinsa Verma, Ashutosh Tiwari and Avinash C. Pandey

6.1 Introduction
6.2 Nanomaterials in Photovoltaic Cells for Space Application
6.2.1 Current Research on Materials and Devices
6.2.2 Crystalline Silicon
6.2.3 Thin Film Processing
6.2.4 Transparent Conductors
6.2.5 Cadmium Telluride Solar Cell
6.2.6 Multijunction Thin Film Photovoltaic Cells
6.2.7 Gallium Arsenide Substrate
6.2.8 Germanium Substrate
6.2.9 Indium Phoshide Substrate
6.2.10 Nanocomposites
6.2.11 Quantum Well Solar Cells
6.2.12 Nanowires and Tubes
6.2.13 Quantum Dots
6.3 Nanomaterials for Hydrogen Storage
6.3.1 Carbon Nanotubes
6.3.2 Boron Nitride Nanotubes
6.3.3 Hydride Materials
6.3.4 Metal-organic Materials
6.4 Nanomaterials in Batteries
6.5 Nanomaterials for Energy Storage in Supercapacitors
6.6 Conclusions and Future Prospects
AcknowledgementReferences


7. Thermochromic Thin Films and Nanocomposites for Smart Glazing
Russell Binions

7.1 Introduction
7.2 Principles and Background Theory to Solar Control Coatings
7.2.1 Ambient Radiation
7.2.2 Solar Thermal Surfaces
7.2.3 Thin Films for Window Glazing: Static Properties
7.2.4 Spectrally Selective Thin Films: Heat Mirrors
7.2.5 Thin Films for Window Glazing: Dynamic Properties
7.3 Semiconductor-to-metal Transitions
7.3.1 Vanadium Dioxide
7.3.2 Challenges for VO2 use in Architectural Glazing
7.4 Synthetic Techniques
7.4.1 Physical Vapour Deposition
7.4.2 Pulsed Laser Deposition
7.4.3 Sol-gel Synthesis
7.4.4 Chemical Vapour Deposition
7.4.5 Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapour Deposition
7.4.6 Aerosol Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition
7.4.7 Hybrid Aerosol Assisted/Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapour Deposition
7.4.8 Comparison of Production Methods
7.5 Recent Results
7.5.1 Fluorine Doped VO2
7.5.2 Nanocomposite Thin Films and Energy Modelling Studies
7.5.3 The Ideal Thermochromic Coating
7.6 Outlook and Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References




PART II Organic Materials
8. Polymeric Nano-, Micellar and Core-shell Materials
Angel Contreras-Garc ¯¿½a, Guillermina Burillo,
and Emilio Bucio

8.1 Introduction
8.2 Stimuli-responses
8.3 Intelligent Micro- and Nano-materials Synthesis
8.3.1 Coacervation/precipitation

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BISAC SUBJECT HEADINGS
TEC059000: Technology & Engineering/Biomedical
TEC021000: Technology & Engineering/Materials Science
TEC027000: Technology & Engineering/Nanotechnology
 
BIC CODES
TBN: Nanotechnology
TGM: Materials Science
TCB: Biotechnology

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