HANDBOOK OF FUNCTIONAL NANOMATERIALS VOLUME 1 SYNTHESIS AND MODIFICATION

HANDBOOK OF FUNCTIONAL NANOMATERIALS VOLUME 1 SYNTHESIS AND MODIFICATION

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1 FUNCTIONAL NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. FUNCTIONAL NANOMATERIALS

REFERENCES

Chapter 2 STUDIES ON BIO-FABRICATION OF ZnO NANOPARTICLES WITH MAGNETIC PROPERTIES

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES

3. NEED FOR BIO-BASED METHODS

4. BIO-INSPIRED NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS USING A. INDICA EXTRACT

5. CHARACTERISTICS AND PROPERTIES OF SYNTHESIZED ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES

6. APPLICATIONS OF ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 3 QUASI-3D ARCHITECTURE FOR IRON OXIDE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. SYNTHESIS AND SOLAR CELL ASSEMBLY

3. MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION

4. DEVICE PERFORMANCE

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 4 ULTRA-SMALL CdS QUANTUM DOTS CAPPED BY AMINE POLYELECTROLYTES

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF CDS QDS STABILIZED BY AMINE POLYELECTROLYTES

3. DYNAMICS OF RADIATIVE ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION IN CDS QDS STABILIZED BY PEI AND GUANIDINE DENDRIMERS

4. ELECTROLUMINESCENT PROPERTIES OF CDS QDS CAPPED BY GUANIDINE DENDRIMERS

5. TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCES OF OPTICAL AND LUMINESCENT PROPERTIES OF ULTRA-SMALL POLYETHYLENEIMINE-STABILIZED CDS NANOPARTICLES

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 5 HYBRID METAL NANOPARTICLE–SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRE ASSEMBLIES: SYNTHESIS, PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. SYNTHESIS OF HYBRID SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRE –NOBLE METAL NANOPARTICLE ASSEMBLIES

3. PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 6 CHITOSAN-BASED LAYERED SILICATE NANOCOMPOSITES

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THE PROPERTIES OF CHITOSAN AND LAYERED SILICATE

3. PREPARATION OF CHITOSAN BASED LAYERED SILICATE NANOCOMPOSITES

4. INTERCALATION MECHANISM OF CHITOSAN INTO LAYERED SILICATE

5. THE APPLICATIONS OF CHITOSAN-BASED LAYERED SILICATE NANOCOMPOSITES

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 7 NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS IN DENTAL APPLICATIONS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. NANODENTISTRY

3. NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS

4. FABRICATION METHODS OF DENTAL NANOMATERIALS

5. APPLICATIONS OF DENTAL NANOMATERIALS

6. PROPERTIES

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 8 SYNTHESIS AND FUNCTIONALIZATION OF Si-MCM-41 WITH AMINES

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. MATERIALS AND METHODS

3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCES

Chapter 9 CRYSTALLINE WIDE BANDGAP SEMICONDUCTORS WITH OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES

ABSTRACT

1. WIDE BANDGAP SEMICONDUCTORS IN OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS

2. PROPERTIES CONTROL IN WIDE BANDGAP SEMICONDUCTORS

3. THIN FILMS OF WIDE BANDGAP SEMICONDUCTORS OBTAINED BY SPRAY PYROLYSIS DEPOSITION

4. SURFACTANTS IN SPRAY PYROLYSIS DEPOSITION

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 10 FLUCTUATION-ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTION OF NANOPARTICLES: EFFECTS OF UNIFORM MOTION, ROTATION, AND THERMAL DISEQUILIBRIUM

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. LIST OF SYMBOLS USED

3. GENERAL RELATIONS AND REFERENCES

4. BASIC REFERENCE RESULTS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 11 CONDUCTIVE NANOPARTICLES APPLIED FOR SOLAR CONTROL WINDOWS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. SUITABLE MATERIALS FOR SOLAR CONTROL

3. PHYSICAL ORIGIN OF THE NIR ABSORPTION

4. MIE ANALYSIS

5. APPLICATIONS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 12 NANOPARTICLE ACTUATED VESICLES

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. VESICLES AS THERMO-RESPONSIVE MATRICES

3. ACTUATION THROUGH NANOPARTICLES

4. NP FUNCTIONALIZED VESICLES FOR TRIGGERED RELEASE

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 13 SELF ASSEMBLY IN NANOSTRUCTURED ZnO

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THEORY

3. SYNTHESIS

4. ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY

5. OPTICAL BANDGAP

6. X-RAY DIFFRACTION

7. SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

8. FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY

9. NONLINEAR OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 14 ROBUST GAS/CHEMICAL SENSORS BASED ON FUNCTIONALIZED GALLIUMNITRIDE NANOWIRES

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. TIO2 NANOCLUSTER FUNCTIONALIZATION ON GAN NANOWIRES

3. ALCOHOL SENSING USING (TIO2-PT) MULTICOMPONENT NANOCLUSTER FUNCTIONALIZATION ON GAN NANOWIRES

4. ALCOHOL SENSING USING SNO2 NANOCLUSTERS FUNCTIONALIZATION ON GAN NANOWIRES

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 15 SYNTHESIS OF HIGHLY ANTIBACTERIAL HIGHER VALENCE SILVER NANOCOMPOSITES

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. PREPARATION OF NANOPARTICLES

3. CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES

4. CHEMISTRY- SYNTHESIS OF AgCHX COMPLEX

5. PREPARATION OF AgCHX NANOPARTICLES BY REVERSE MICROEMULSION TECHNIQUE

6. FACTORS DETERMINING THE SIZE OF AGCHX NANOPARTICLES

7. ANTIBACTERIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TEST- AN APPLICATION TOWARDS EFFECTIVE WOUND CARE AGENT

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 16 CONTROL OF SIZE AND SHAPE OF TITANIA NANOPARTICLES

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. TIO2 NANOPARTICLES AS REDOX ACTIVE CENTERS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SURFACE SITES

3. EPR SPECTROSCOPY AS A TOOL IN THE STUDIES OF CHARGE SEPARATION AND STRUCTURE OF REDOX ACTIVE CENTERS IN TIO2

4. EFFECT OF SIZE AND SHAPE ON BULK AND SURFACE PROPERTIES OF ANATASE NANOPARTICLES

5. SURFACE RESONSTRUCTION AND CHARGE TRANSFER COMPLEX

6. ANATASE NANOPARTICLES IN PHOTOCATALYSIS

7. ANATASE NANOPARTICLES IN SERS

8. TIO2 NANOPARTICLES IN ENERGY STORAGE

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCES

Chapter 17 SOLUTION-DEPOSITED PLASMONIC NANOFILMS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

FABRICATION OF LOW-COST MOLDABLE SPCE SUBSTRATES FOR LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION

APPLICATIONS INVOLVING SOLUTION-DEPOSITED PLASMONIC NANOFILMS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 18 POLYANILINE NANOCOMPOSITES AS ANTICORROSIVE MATERIALS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

CORROSION AND TYPES OF CORROSION

METHODS TO PREVENT CORROSION

CONDUCTING POLYMER COATINGS

POLYANILINE

POLYANILINE/CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES COATINGS

POLYANILINE/ZEOLITE NANOCOMPOSITE COATINGS

POLYANILINE/GRAPHENE NANOCOMPOSITE COATINGS

POLYANILINE/ZN NANOCOMPOSITE COATINGS

POLYANILINE/TIO2 NANOCOMPOSITE COATINGS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 19 NANOSILVER FOR IMPARTING ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES TO THE TEXTILE SUBSTRATES

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. MECHANISM OF ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTY OF SILVER NANO PARTICLES

3. SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATION OF NANO SILVER ON TEXTILE FABRIC

4. APPLICATION OF NANOSILVER/ZEOLITE DURING DIFFERENT STAGES OF PROCESSING OF TEXTILES

5. GREEN SYNTHESIS OF NANOSILVER AND ITS APPLICATION ON TEXTILE MATERIAL

6. RISKS INVOLVED OF NANOSILVER PARTICLES IN TEXTILE APPLICATIONS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

INDEX