Carbon and Oxide Nanostructures: Synthesis, Characterisation and Applications

✍ Scribed by Noorhana Yahya (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 423
• Series: Advanced Structured Materials 5
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume covers all aspects of carbon and oxide based nanostructured materials. The topics include synthesis, characterization and application of carbon-based namely carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibres, fullerenes, carbon filled composites etc. In addition, metal oxides namely, ZnO, TiO2, Fe2O3, ferrites, garnets etc., for various applications like sensors, solar cells, transformers, antennas, catalysts, batteries, lubricants, are presented. The book also includes the modeling of oxide and carbon based nanomaterials. The book covers the topics: • Synthesis, characterization and application of carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibres, fullerenes • Synthesis, characterization and application of oxide based nanomaterials. • Nanostructured magnetic and electric materials and their applications. • Nanostructured materials for petro-chemical industry. • Oxide and carbon based thin films for electronics and sustainable energy. • Theory, calculations and modeling of nanostructured materials.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Carbon Nanotubes: The Minuscule Wizards....Pages 1-22
Synthesis of Carbon Nanostructures by CVD Method....Pages 23-49
Fullerene (C60) and its Derivatives as Resists for Electron Beam Lithography....Pages 51-78
Carbon Nanostructured Materials....Pages 165-193
Hydrogenated Amorphous Carbon Films....Pages 79-99
Carbon Nanotubes Towards Polymer Solar Cell....Pages 101-123
Irregular Configurations of Carbon Nanofibers....Pages 125-141
Molecular Simulation to Rationalize Structure-Property Correlation of Carbon Nanotube....Pages 143-164
Diamond: Synthesis, Characterisation and Applications....Pages 195-217
Versatility of ZnO Nanostructures....Pages 219-244
Supported Nanoparticles for Fuel Synthesis....Pages 245-262
Nanotechnology in Solar Hydrogen Production....Pages 263-280
Fe–FeO Nanocomposites: Preparation, Characterization and Magnetic Properties....Pages 281-305
Nanostructured Materials Use in Sensors: Their Benefits and Drawbacks....Pages 307-354
Zinc Oxide Nanostructured Thin Films: Preparation and Characterization....Pages 355-373
Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles....Pages 375-393
Ammonia Synthesis....Pages 395-413

✦ Subjects

Nanotechnology;Nanotechnology and Microengineering;Nanoscale Science and Technology;Nanochemistry