Nanostructured Materials

Gerhard Wilde (Eds.)0080449654, 9780080449654, 9780080914237

This book focuses on functional aspects of nanostructured materials that have a high relevance to immediate applications, such as catalysis, energy harvesting, energy storage, optical properties and surface functionalization via self-assembly. Additionally, there are chapters devoted to massive nanostructured materials and composites and covering basic properties and requirements of this new class of engineering materials. Especially the issues concerning stability, reliability and mechanical performance are mandatory aspects that need to be regarded carefully for any nanostructured engineering material.

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Table of contents :
Content:
Frontiers of Nanoscience
Page ii

Copyright
Page iv

Contributors
Pages vii-viii
Xiaodong Chen, Lifeng Chi, S. Divinski, Baizeng Fang, Maximilian Fichtner, Gary Hodes, D.M. Hulbert, Jung Ho Kim, Minsik Kim, Eugenia Kumacheva, N.A. Mara, A.K. Mukherjee, K.A. Padmanabhan, Chantal Paquet, Andrew Paton, S. Balasivanandha Prabu, H. Rösner, A.V. Sergueeva, G. Wilde, Suk Bon Yoon, et al.

Chapter 1 – Functional Nanostructured Materials – Microstructure, Thermodynamic Stability and Atomic Mobility
Pages 1-50
S. Divinski, H. Rösner, G. Wilde

Chapter 2 – Reliability of Nanostructured Materials
Pages 51-126
K.A. Padmanabhan, S. Balasivanandha Prabu

Chapter 3 – Mechanical Properties of Nanocomposite Materials
Pages 127-172
A.V. Sergueeva, D.M. Hulbert, N.A. Mara, A.K. Mukherjee

Chapter 4 – Nanostructured Supported Catalysts for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells
Pages 173-231
Suk Bon Yoon, Baizeng Fang, Minsik Kim, Jung Ho Kim, Jong-Sung Yu

Chapter 5 – Nanocrystalline Solar Cells
Pages 232-269
Gary Hodes, Arieh Zaban

Chapter 6 – Nanoscale Materials For Hydrogen and Energy Storage
Pages 270-297
Maximilian Fichtner

Chapter 7 – Materials with Structural Hierarchy and their Optical Applications
Pages 298-325
Chantal Paquet, Andrew Paton, Eugenia Kumacheva

Chapter 8 – Interfacial Assembly of Nanoparticles into Higher-order Patterned Structures
Pages 326-365
Xiaodong Chen, Lifeng Chi

Index
Pages 367-374