Nanoscience. Volume 4

✍ Scribed by P John Thomas, P John Thomas, Neerish Revaprasadu, Rekha Dunpall, Sheshnath Bhosale, David Lewis, Richard A Taylor, Leonard Francis, Bala Ramjee

• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 200
• Series: Nanoscience: Volume 4 Specialist Periodical Reports
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The field of nanoscience continues to grow at an impressive rate and, with such a vast landscape of material, careful distillation of the most important discoveries will help researchers find the key information they require. Nanoscience Volume 4 provides a critical and comprehensive assessment of the most recent research and opinion from across the globe. Coverage includes diverse topics such as 2D nanomaterials, quantum dot solar cells and core nanoparticles for drug delivery applications. Anyone practising in any nano-allied field, or wishing to enter the nano-world will benefit from this resource, presenting the current thought and applications of nanoscience

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Cover
Contents
Preface
Author biographies
Role of ligands in the synthesis of bi- and multi-metallic nanocrystals
1 Introduction
2 Ligand effects
3 Influence of coordination ligands on metal precursors
4 Influence of linear surfactants
5 Influence of macrocyclic surfactants
6 Conclusion
References
Recent highlights in advanced transmission electron microscopy techniques: applications to nanomaterials
1 Introduction to aberration corrected S/TEM
2 AC-TEM imaging of carbon nanomaterials and related hybrid structures
3 Nanoparticles
4 1D Nanomaterials
5 2D Materials 6 Beam sensitive materials7 3D Techniques
8 In situ electron microscopy
9 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
Gold fabricated core-shell nanoparticles as innovative cancer therapeutic strategies to improve drug delivery
1 Introduction to cancer therapeutics
2 Gold based core-shell nanoparticles for cancer drug delivery
3 Nano-drug formulations for cancer drug delivery
4 Pharmaceutical formulation and drug development
5 Future perspectives for gold based core-shell nanoparticles
Acknowledgments
References Supramolecular chemistry of AIE-active tetraphenylethylene luminophores1 Introduction
2 AIE-active TPE luminogen
3 General syntheses and reactivity
4 Self-assembly of PDI, NDI and porphyrin bearing TPE moieties
5 TPE moieties bearing macromolecules
6 Chiral assembly
7 Applications
Acknowledgments
References
A review of two-dimensional nanomaterials beyond graphene
1 Introduction
2 Two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials
3 Heterostructures
4 Conclusions and outlook
Notes and references
Colloidal quantum dots solar cells 1 Introduction, historical background of colloidal quantum dots2 Semiconductors: dimensionality and quantum confined structures
3 Optoelectronic properties of CQDs
4 CQD chemical properties
5 Doped CQDs
6 CQD synthesis
7 Thin film fabrication
8 Electrical properties of colloidal quantum dots
9 Solar cell device physics and performance
10 Conclusion and perspective
References
The role of ligands in mediating charge transport in nanocrystalline medium
1 Introduction
2 Coulomb blockade and single electron tunnelling
3 Charge transport in arrays of nanocrystals

✦ Subjects

Nanostructured materials.;TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General);TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Reference