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Electrochemically Engineered Nanoporous Materials: Methods, Properties and Applications
โ Scribed by Dusan Losic, Abel Santos (eds.)
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 377
- Series
- Springer Series in Materials Science 220
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
This book provides in-depth knowledge about the fabrications, structures, properties and applications of three outstanding electrochemically engineered nanoporous materials including porous silicon, nanoporous alumina and nanotubular titania. The book integrates three major themes describing these materials. The first theme is on porous silicon reviewing the methods for preparation by electrochemical etching, properties and methods for surface functionalization relevant for biosensing applications. Biomedical applications of porous silicon are major focus, described in several chapters reviewing recent developments on bioanalysis, emerging capture probes and drug delivery. The second theme on nanoporous alumina starts with describing the concept of self-organized electrochemical process used for synthesis nanopore and nanotube structures of valve metal oxides and reviewing recent development and progress on this field. The following chapters are focused mainly on optical properties and biosensing application of nanoporous alumina providing the reader with the depth of understanding of the structure controlled optical and photonic properties and design of optical biosensing devices using different detection principles such as photoluminescence, surface plasmon resonance, reflective spectrometry, wave guiding, Raman scattering etc. The third theme is focused on nanotubular titania reviewing three key applications including photocatalysis, solar cells and drug delivery. The book represents an important resource for academics, researchers, industry professionals, post-graduate and high-level undergraduate students providing them with both an overview of the current state-of-the-art on these materials and their future developments.
โฆ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Electrochemical Etching Methods for Producing Porous Silicon....Pages 1-36
Methods, Properties and Applications of Porous Silicon....Pages 37-63
Self-organized Anodic TiO2 Nanotubes: Functionalities and Applications Due to a Secondary Material....Pages 65-92
Porous Silicon Biosensors Employing Emerging Capture Probes....Pages 93-116
Biomedical Uses of Porous Silicon....Pages 117-162
Porous Silicon in Drug Delivery Applications....Pages 163-185
Sensing and Biosensing Applications of Nanoporous Anodic Alumina....Pages 187-218
Chemical and Structural Modifications of Nanoporous Alumina and Its Optical Properties....Pages 219-288
Titania Nanotubes for Solar Cell Applications....Pages 289-306
Titania Nanotubes for Local Drug Delivery from Implant Surfaces....Pages 307-355
Back Matter....Pages 357-364
โฆ Subjects
Structural Materials; Nanochemistry; Materials Engineering; Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films; Nanotechnology
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