Nanoscience: Volume 2

296 Pages·2013·11.866 MB·English

by  O'Brien

Nanoscience
Volume 2: Nanostructures through Chemistry
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A Specialist Periodical Report
Nanoscience
Volume 2: Nanostructures through
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May Lim, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Xiaoheng Liu, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China
Michael E. Louis, University of New Hampshire, Durham, UK
Mohammad Azad Malik, , UK
Angela S. Pereira, University of Aveiro, Portugal
B. Radha, Northwestern University, Evanston, U.S.A.
Karthik Ramasamy, University of Alabama, U.S.A.
Neerish Revaprasadu, University of Zululand, South Africa
Nguyeˆ˜n Thi Kim Thanh, University College London, UK
Tito Trindade, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Xiaxi Yao, Nanjing University of Science andTechnology, China
Jian Zhang, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China
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Preface
DOI: 10.1039/9781849737623-FP005
Welcome to the second RSC SPR on Nanoscience. Research in Nano-
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CONTENTS
Cover
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nanoparticle assemblies
4 Concluding remarks 19
References 20
Nanomaterials for solar energy 23
Neerish Revaprasadu, Osman M. Bakr, Karthik Ramasamy and
Mohammad Azad Malik
1 Introduction 23
2 Ternary and quaternary materials 24
3 Conclusions 54
References 54
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Direct write nanolithography 58
B. Radha and G.U. Kulkarni
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2 Direct write ‘inks’ for various lithography techniques 60
3 Conclusions and outlook 77
References 77
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1 Design of nanomaterials 139
2 Photocatalysis 149
3 Photovoltaics 156
4 Catalysis 158
5 Electrocatalysis 170
6 Carbon based nanomaterials 174
7 Graphene-based nanocomposites 175
8 Drug delivery 180
9 Water purification 188
10 Conclusions 194
References 195
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Metal oxide nanoparticles 204
Serena A. Corr
1 Introduction 204
2 Developments in the preparation of metal oxide 205
nanoparticles
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