HANDBOOK OF FUNCTIONAL NANOMATERIALS VOLUME 4 PROPERTIES AND COMMERCIALIZATION

HANDBOOK OF FUNCTIONAL NANOMATERIALS VOLUME 4 PROPERTIES AND COMMERCIALIZATION

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1 PREPARATION AND APPLICATION OF TITANIA WITH ORDERED NANOSTRUTURES

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

1. REVERSIBLE ELECTROCHROMISM OF NANOROD ARRAY

2. PHOTOLUMINESCENCE (PL) OF NANOWIRE ARRAY

3. ENHANCED PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF ORDERED STRUCTURE

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCE

Chapter 2 CARBON NANOTUBE-BASED NANOSTRUCTURED MULTILAYER FILMS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL BIOSENSING

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. PREPARATION OF CARBON NANOTUBES-POLYELECTROLYTE MULTILAYER THIN FILMS VIA LAYER-BY-LAYER SELF-ASSEMBLY TECHNIQUE

3. GOLD NANOPARTICLE-CARBON NANOTUBE HYBRID FILMS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSING NITRIC OXIDE

4. SILVER NANOPARTICLE-CARBON NANOTUBE HYBRID FILMS FOR ELECTRO CHEMICAL SENSING OF H2O2

5. CARBON NANOTUBE-POLYPYRROLE HYBRID FILMS AS POTENTIOMETRIC PEROXIDE BIOSENSORS

CONCLUSION AND OUTLOOK

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 3 SOLUTION-GROWN ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES FOR APPLICATION IN DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. EXPERIMENTAL

3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 4 TITANIA NANOSTRUCTURES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERISATION AND FUNCTIONAL APPLICATION OF TITANIA NANOSTRUCTURES

3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

4. FUNCTIONAL APPLICATIONS

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 5 FUNCTIONAL NANOMATERIALS FOR ADVANCED TISSUE ENGINEERING

INTRODUCTION

1. FUNCTIONAL POLYMERIC GRAFTS

2. ANTIFOULING FUNCTIONAL SURFACES

3. POLY (ETHYLENE GLYCOL)-FUNCTIONALIZED SURFACES

4. FUNCTIONALIZATION BY ACRYLIC POLYMERS

5. ANTIBACTERIAL SURFACES

6. STIMULI-RESPONSIVE FUNCTIONAL SURFACES

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 6 DEVELOPMENT OF IONIC LIQUID-CARBON NANOTUBE NANOCOMPOSITES FOR THIRDGENERATION BIOSENSORS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. CARBON NANOTUBE-IONIC LIQUID NANO-COMPOSITES

3. CNT-IL NANOCOMPOSITE FOR DIRECTELECTRO CHEMISTRY OF PROTEINS

4. ROLE OF CNT AND IL IN DIRECTELECTRO CHEMISTRY OF PROTEINS

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 7 METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF BIOMOLECULAR NANOCONJUGATES

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. CHARACTERIZATION OF CONJUGATE FORMATION

3. CHARACTERIZATION OF BIOCOMPATIBILITY

4. CHARACTERIZATION OF EFFECTS ON BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY

5. FUTURE DIRECTIONS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 8 AQUEOUS TOXIC METAL REMOVAL WITH FUNCTIONALIZED MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES

ABSTRACT

I. INTRODUCTION

II. MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES

III. AQUEOUS REMOVAL OF TOXIC METALS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 9 NANOCOMPOSITES FOR BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL APPLICATIONS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. OVERVIEW OF NANOCOMPOSITES AND ITS APPLICATION IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

3. OVERVIEW OF NANOCOMPOSITES AND ITS APPLICATION IN DENTISTRY

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 10 SELF-SENSING AND SELF-DAMPING CARBON NANOTUBE CEMENT-BASED COMPOSITES

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. SELF-SENSING CNT CEMENT-BASED COMPOSITES

3. SELF-DAMPING CNT CEMENT-BASED COMPOSITES

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 11 COLLECTIVE EXCITATIONS OF ELECTRON GASON THE NANOTUBE SURFACE IN A MAGNETIC FIELD: MAGNETOPLASMA AND SPIN WAVES, ZERO SOUND

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. ELECTRON ENERGY SPECTRUM ON THE NANOTUBE SURFACE

3. MAGNETOPLASMA WAVES ON THE NANOTUBE SURFACE

4. MAGNETOPLASMA WAVES ON THE SURFACE OF A SEMICONDUCTOR NANOTUBE WITH A SUPERLATTICE

5. ZERO SOUND ON A NANOTUBE

6. SPIN WAVES OF LANDAU-SILIN ON A NANOTUBE

7. SPIN WAVES ON THE SURFACE OF A NANOTUBE WITH ASUPERLATTICE

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 12 GRAPHENE-BASEDNANOCOMPOSITES WITH APPLICATIONS IN ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. GRAPHENE SYNTHESIS

3. GRAPHENE-BASED NANOMATERIALS

4. APPLICATIONS OF GRAPHENE-BASED NANOMATERIALS

CONCLUSION AND OUTLOOK

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCES

Chapter 13 SYNTHESIS OF NANOSTRUCTURE OF INORGANIC AND NANOLATEX MATERIALS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION: ROLE OF ULTRASOUND IN THE SYNTHESIS OF NANOPARTICLES

2. LITERATURE REVIEW ON ULTRASOUND ASSISTED SYNTHESIS OF NANOPARTICLES

3. ULTRASOUND ASSISTED POLYMER LATEX SYNTHESIS

4. ULTRASOUND ASSISTED SYNTHESIS OF HYBRID NANOSTRUCTURES: PMMA-CO-STYRENE/MMT NANOCOMPOSITE

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 14 TIO2 NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS: SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATIONS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

1. METHODS OF SYNTHESIS

2. APPLICATIONS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 15 LUMINESCENT TRANSPARENT BULK NANOCOMPOSITES: PREPARATION, PROPERTIES AND APPLICATION

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. TRANSPARENT SOLID MATRIX

3. PREPARATION STRATEGIES OF LUMINESCENT NANOCOMPOSITESAND RELATED NMS FUNCTIONALIZATION

4. APPLICATIONS OF LUMINESCENT NANOCOMPOSITESAS FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 16 APPLICATIONS OF SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUE

3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 17 SYNTHESIS OF SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS BY PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. NUCLEATION AND GROWTH IN PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION

3. QUANTUM DOT SYNTHESIS

4. III-V SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS

5. SOME METAL IODIDE QUANTUM DOTS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 18 ENGINEERING AND UNDERSTANDING OF NANOPOROUS MATERIALS BYELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

1.1. FABRICATION OF PSI

1.2. FABRICATION OF NAA

2. ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING OF PSI, NAA AND APT BY ELECTRO CHEMISTRY

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 19 MESOPOROUS SILICA-BASEDOPTICAL CHEMICAL SENSORS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 20 KERATIN NANOMATERIALS: DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. KERATINS: GENERAL PROPERTIES AND FUNCTION

3. KERATIN EXTRACTION AND MODIFICATION

4. KERATIN NANOFIBRES

5. STIMULI-RESPONSIVE KERATIN NANOMATERIALS

6. FUNCTIONAL KERATIN NANOCOMPOSITES

7. KERATIN-ASSISTED INORGANIC NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS

8. NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR ADVANCED KERATIN FIBRES

9. FUTURE DIRECTIONS

REFERENCES

Chapter 21 GRAPHENE THIN FILMS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. GRAPHENE THIN FILMS

3. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THIN FILMS

4. APPLICATIONS AND MARKETING

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

INDEX