Nano Metal Oxides: Engineering and Biomedical Applications

✍ Scribed by B. Karthikeyan, G. Gnanakumar, A. Therasa Alphonsa

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 122
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book highlights theoretical and experimental facts about selective nano-metal oxides. TiO2 ,ZnO and transition metal oxides which are known to be semiconductors and find applications in various fields. This book presents about recent findings like photo catalysis, sensing ,coating  and biomedical applications. Therapeutic and future applications that are recently been reported of various metal oxides are presented in this book.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Part I Introduction to Nanomaterials
1 Introduction of Metal Oxides and Impact of Nanosize
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Key Terms
1.3 Size-Dependent Properties
1.3.1 Chemical Properties
1.3.2 Thermal Properties
1.3.3 Electronic Properties
1.3.4 Optical Properties
1.3.5 Magnetic Properties
1.4 Nanoparticle Synthesis
1.4.1 Chemical Reduction Method for Synthesis of Nanoparticles
1.5 Nanoparticles Are Used in a Variety of Applications
1.6 Diversity: Nanowires
1.6.1 Silicon Nanowire Synthesis (Vapour–Liquid–Solid Mechanism)
1.6.2 Applications of Nanowires
1.7 Nanoporous Materials
1.7.1 Precursors
1.8 Synthesis of Nanomaterials By Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD)
1.9 Physical Vapour Deposition
1.10 Nanomaterial Applications
1.11 Carbonnanotubes
1.12 Nanometal Oxides
1.13 Band Gap Energy
1.14 DFT Calculations on Nanometal Oxides
Bibliography
2 Theoretical Aspects of Nanometal Oxides
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Band Gap Energy and Photocatalysis
2.3 Insights into the Electrical and Optical Characteristics of the ZnO @ CNT Core from a First-Principles Perspective
Bibliography
3 Ceramic Semiconductor Photocatalysts as Therapeutic Agent
Bibliography
Part II Metal Oxides Used as a Protective Materials
4 Metal Oxides as Protective Materials-Boon in Pandemic (Antimicrobial Surface Coatings)
4.1 Semiconductor Photocatalysts
4.2 Working Principle of Semiconductor Photocatalysis
4.3 The Band Gap of the Anatase Form of TiO2
4.4 Photocatalysts Made of Semiconductors Have the Following Properties
4.5 Surface Coatings of Semiconductor Metal Oxide
Bibliography
Part III Smart Material Finding Their Way in a New Class of Sensors
5 New Class of Sensors: Smart Materials Finds Their Way
5.1 Semiconducting Metal Oxides
5.2 Sensors-Based Metal Oxides
5.3 Metal Oxide Nanowires Semiconductors
5.4 Factors That Influence Sensitivity
5.4.1 Chemical Composition
Bibliography
6 Biological Interactions of Metal Oxides—An Insight
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Mechanism of Interaction
6.3 TiO2 Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Well Studied
6.4 Sensing Studies Through Interaction
6.5 Mixed Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Cell Interaction
6.6 Applications
Bibliography
Part IV Future is on Cheap Metal Oxides—PbO Nanoparticles by Sol Gel Method
7 Future is on Cheap Metal Oxides—A Review
Bibliography