HANDBOOK OF FUNCTIONAL NANOMATERIALS. VOLUME 3: APPLICATION AND DEVELOPMENT

HANDBOOK OF FUNCTIONAL NANOMATERIALS. VOLUME 3: APPLICATION AND DEVELOPMENT

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1: TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES IN NEW AND EMERGING ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. TIO2 IN PHOTOCATALYSIS MAINLY PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION

3. TIO2 IN ENERGY CONVERSION: SOLAR FUELS

4. TIO2 IN ENERGY CONVERSION: SOLAR CELL

5. TIO2 IN ENERGY CONVERSION: FUEL CELLS

6. TIO2 IN ENERGY STORAGE: LI-ION BATTERY

7. TIO2 IN ENERGY USE: SOLID STATE LIGHTING

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 2: HYBRID MATERIALS BASED ON NANOCLAYS AS GREEN CATALYSTS FOR OXIDATION REACTIONS

ABSTRACT

NOMENCLATURE

INTRODUCTION

1. PORPHYRINS

2. THE BAEYER–VILLIGER(BV) OXIDATION

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 3: NANOMEDICINES IN NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. NANOPARTICLE DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS AGAINST CHAGAS DISEASE

3. DRUG DELIVERY STRATEGIES IN CONTROL OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS

4. NANOSTRUCTURED DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES FOR LEPROSY

5. NANOPARTICLES AS DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR VACCINES

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 4: NANOCOMPOSITES USING POLYPYRROLE AND NANOTUBES/NANOPARTICLES-ENHANCED BIOSENSORS FOR OXIDATIVE STRESS BIOMARKERS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. NANOCOMPOSITES BIOFUNCTIONALIZED WITH SOD1/NaR BASED BIOSENSOR

3. NANOCOMPOSITES BIOFUNCTIONALIZED WITH CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE AS CYTOCHROME C BIOSENSOR

OUTLOOK FOR FUTURE

REFERENCES

Chapter 5: METAL NANOPARTICLES FOR CATALYTIC APPLICATIONS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

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Chapter 6: NANOPARTICLES FOR APPLICATIONS IN DRUG DELIVERY

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. FABRICATIONS OF NANOPARTICLES FOR DRUG DELIVERY

3. APPLICATIONS OF NANOPARTICLES IN DRUG DELIVERY

4. APPROVED THERAPEUTIC NANOPARTICLES PRODUCTS IN THE MARKET

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 7: STRUCTURAL AND PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF QUANTUM DOTS EMBEDDED PEPTIDE MATRIX NANOCOMPOSITES

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. CDS EMBEDDED PEPTIDE MATRIX

3. CDSE QUANTUM DOTS EMBEDDED PEPTIDE MATRIX

4. ZNS QUANTUM DOTS EMBEDDED PEPTIDE MATRIX

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 8: FULLERENES AND CAPPED NANOTUBES: APPLICATIONS AND GEOMETRY

ABSTRACT

1. BACKGROUND

2. BASIC DEFINITIONS

3. GEOMETRY OF FULLERENES

4. A CLASS OF FULLERENES WITH 60 + 12N CARBON ATOMS

5. A CLASS OF FULLERENES WITH 50 + 10N CARBON ATOMS

REFERENCES

Chapter 9: APPLICATION OF GRAPHENE IN ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. METHODS OF PREPARATION

3. CHARACTERIZATION

4. APPLICATIONS

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 10: NANOPARTICULATE DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. NANOPARTICULATE DRUG DELIVERY AND BACTERIAL INFECTIONS: HELICOBACTER PYLORI

3. NANOPARTICULATE DRUG DELIVERY AND PROTOZOON INFECTIONS: PLASMODIUM AND LEISHMANIA

4. NANOPARTICULATE DRUG DELIVERY AND VIRAL INFECTIONS: HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) AND HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS (HSV)

CONCLUSION

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Chapter 11: TIME DEPENDENT QUANTUM TRANSPORT THROUGH KONDO CORRELATED QUANTUM DOTS

Abstract

1.Introduction

2.Designer Switches

3.Vibrating SET

4.Thermoelectric Effects

5.Conclusion

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter 12: METAL NANOPARTICLE/CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITES: METHODS AND APPLICATIONS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. METHODS FOR GROWING AND/OR DEPOSITING METAL NPS DIRECTLY ONTO CNT

3. APPLICATIONS OF METAL NANOPARTICLE/CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITES

4. A SPECIAL MODIFICATION: NANOPARTICLE-FILLED CARBON NANOTUBES

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 13: ELECTRODEPOSITED NANOCOMPOSITE COATINGS: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. ELECTROLYTIC CO-DEPOSITION

3. THE SCIENCE BEHIND ELECTROLYTIC CO-DEPOSITION

3. FACTORS AFFECTING COATING PROPERTIES

4. COATING DEVELOPMENT

5. CHARACTERIZATION OF THE FILM STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION

6. INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF NANOCOMPOSITE COATING

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 14: HIGH-TEMPERATURE STABLE NANOPARTICLES DEMONSTRATED ON SELF-CLEANING TITANIA COATINGS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. FLAME SYNTHESIS OF STABILIZED TITANIA NANOPARTICLES

3. OPTIMIZATION OF THE PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF PURE TITANIA PARTICLES

4. HIGH TEMPERATURE STABILITY OF TITANIA NANOPARTICLES

5. PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTIES OF TITANIA NANOPARTICLES

6. APPLICATION OF TITANIA NANOPARTICLES FOR SELF-CLEANING COATINGS

CONCLUSION AND OUTLOOK

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCES

Chapter 15: ORGANIC REDOX MEDIATORS FUNCTIONALIZED CNT CHEMICALLY-MODIFIED ELECTRODES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCES

Chapter 16: FABRICATION OF METAL NANOPARTICLES AND NANORODS/NANOWIRES BY A PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTION

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. FORMATION MECHANISM OF METAL NANOPARTICLES AND AG NANORODS/NANOWIRES BY A PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTION

3. FORMATION OF METAL NANOPARTICLES, AG NANORODS/NANOWIRES BY A PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTION

4. FABRICATION OF DIRECT-PATTERNABLE SNO2 FILMS IMBEDDED WITH AG NANORODS/ NANOWIRES

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 17: NANOPOWDERS: AN OVERVIEW

ABSTRACT

NANOPOWDERS

REFERENCES

Chapter 18: ROLLED-UP MAGNETIC NANOMEMBRANES FOR SENSOR APPLICATIONS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

RESULTS

MAGNETIZATION BEHAVIOR OF ROLLED-UP NANOMEMBRANES

MAGNETICALLY CAPPED ROLLED-UP TUBES

MAGNETIC MICROHELIX COILS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 19: CHEMILUMINESCENCE DETECTION SYSTEMS USING NANOMATERIALS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. GENERAL PRINCIPLES, INSTRUMENTATION AND APPLICATIONS OF CHEMILUMINESCENCE REACTIONS

3. NANOMATERIALS-ENHANCED CHEMILUMINESCENCE REACTIONS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 20: FUNCTIONAL NANOMATERIALS FOR THERMOABLATION THERAPY

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. NANOMATERIALS FOR THERMOABLATIONTHERAPY

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 21: TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES AND NANOSTRUCTURES FOR PHOTOCATALYTIC APPLICATIONS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. TITANIUM DIOXIDE

3. SYNTHESES OF TIO2NANOMATERIALS

4. SOME APPLICATIONS OF TIO2NANO-PARTICLES AND STRUCTURES

REFERENCES

INDEX