Hybrid Nanocomposites for Nanotechnology: Electronic, Optical, Magnetic and Biomedical Applications

✍ Scribed by Libor Matĕjka (auth.), Lhadi Merhari (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 839
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Hybrid Nanocomposites for Nanotechnology: Electronic, Optical, Magnetic and Biomedical Applications introduces readers to the complex development of new functional organic-inorganic nanomaterials and explores their non-traditional applications. The traditional application of these nanocomposites has been the reinforcement of plastics by the addition of inorganic fillers, exploiting the enhancement of mechanical properties for commodity plastics. Hybrid nanocomposites provide an attractive, versatile, technological platform for emerging high-added-value applications such as photovoltaic cells and light-emitting devices, lithium-ion batteries, supercapacitors, and biosensors.

Composed of seventeen chapters written by leading international authors, this book covers topics such as:

• Synthesis of a wide range of hybrid nanocomposites based on methods including sol-gel techniques and surface grafting of nanoparticles.
• In-depth nanocomposite characterizations via DLS, DSC, FTIR, MALDI, NMR, SANS, SAXS, SEC, SEM, TEM, TGA, WAXS techniques.
• Optimization of fullerene-based resists for nanolithography.
• Strategies for hermetic coatings and advanced packaging of integrated circuits.
• Development of bioactive bone cements and drug-delivery systems.
• Fabrication of optical, electrochemical and magneto-biosensors.

With over 2500 bibliographic citations, Hybrid Nanocomposites for Nanotechnology: Electronic, Optical, Magnetic and Biomedical Applications is an invaluable resource for scientists, engineers, and researchers in a wide variety of disciplines including materials science, surface chemistry, energy and data storage, photonics, microelectronics, pharmacy, medicine, biotechnology and bioengineering.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Epoxy-silica/silsesquioxane Polymer Nanocomposites....Pages 1-84
Scale-Up Synthesis of Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles in Solvent-Free Dry-System and in Ionic Liquid....Pages 87-129
Inorganic–Organic Hybrid Porous Materials....Pages 131-171
Synthesis of Mechanically Flexible Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Nanocomposites from Polydimethylsiloxane and Metal Alkoxides....Pages 173-192
Structural Characterization of Hybrid Organic–Inorganic Nanocomposites: X-ray....Pages 193-227
Development of Hybrid Nanocomposites for Electronic Applications....Pages 231-287
Next-Generation Hybrid Nanocomposite Materials Based on Conducting Organic Polymers: Energy Storage and Conversion Devices....Pages 289-319
Hybrid Polymer-Inorganic Photovoltaic Cells....Pages 321-385
Fullerene Nanocomposite Resists for Nanolithography....Pages 387-427
Sol–Gel Hybrids for Electronic Applications: Hermetic Coatings for Microelectronics and Energy Storage....Pages 429-453
Polymer–Iron Oxide Based Magnetic Nanocomposites....Pages 455-506
Organic–Inorganic Hybrids for Light-Emitting Devices and Integrated Optics....Pages 509-586
Highly Photosensitive Sol–Gel Hybrid Nano Materials for Direct Photo-Fabrication of Micro-Optical Elements....Pages 587-651
Photonic Structures of Luminescent Semiconductor Nanocrystals and Spherical Microcavities....Pages 653-703
Biomedical Applications of Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Nanoparticles....Pages 707-768
Development of Bioactive Organic–Inorganic Hybrids Through Sol–Gel Processing....Pages 769-793
Silica Sol–Gel Biocomposite Materials for Sensor Development....Pages 795-825
Back Matter....Pages 827-847

✦ Subjects

Nanotechnology; Condensed Matter Physics; Polymer Sciences; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods; Engineering Design