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Book SynopsisThis useful resource will help you understand the most valuable aspects of nanostructured materials and nanotechnology.
Table of ContentsPreface vii
Introduction ix
Nanowires as Building Blocks of New Devices: Present State and Prospects 1
F. Hernandez-Rarnirez, J. D. Prades, R. Rodriguez-Diaz, A. Rornano-Rodriguez, J. R. Morante, and S. Mathur
Mechanistic Studies on Chemical Vapor Deposition Grown Tin Oxide Nanowires 9
Jun Pan, Lisong Xiao, Hao Shen and Sanjay Mathur
Multifunctional Silicon Nitride Ceramic Nanocomposites Using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes 17
Erica L. Corral
Simulation Based Design of Polymer Clay Nanocomposites Using Multiscale Modeling: An Overview 27
Dinesh R. Katti and Kalpana S. Katti
Preparation and Characteristic Control of Conducting Polymer/Metal Oxide Nano-Hybrid Films for Solar Energy Conversion 35
Yasuhiro Tachibana, Satoshi Makuta, Yasuhide Otsuka, Jun Terao, Susurnu Tsuda, Nobuaki Kambe, and Susurnu Kuwabata
Liquid Phase Morphology Control of Metal Oxides – Phase Transformation of Stand-Alone ZnO Films in Aqueous Solutions 51
Yoshitake Masuda
Fabrication of the Finestructured Alumina Porous Materials with Nanoimprint Method 61
Hong Dae Kim, Tadachika Nakayarn, Jun Yoshirnura, Kazuyoshi Irnaki, Takeshi Yoshirnura, Hisayuki Suernatsu, Tsuneo Suzuki, and Koichi Niihara
Structure Control of the Nanotube/Nanoparticle Hydrid Materials with Sonochemical Processing 67
Masahiro Terauchi, Tadachika Nakayarna, Hisayuki Suernatsu, Tsuneo Suzuki
and Koichi Niihara
Efficient Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue with CuO Loaded Nanocrystalline TiOp 77
Arun Kurnar Menon and Sarnar Jyoti Kalita
Constituent Phases of Nanosized Alumina Powders Synthesized by Pulsed Wire Discharge 89
Satoru Ishihara, Yoshinori Tokoi, Yuu. Shikoda, Hisayuki Suematsu, Tsuneo Suzuki, Tadachika Nakayama, and Koichi Niihara
The Formation of Nanostructure Compound Layer during Sulfur Plasma Nitriding and Its Mechnical Properties 99
Kyoung II Moon, Yoon Kee Kim, and Kyung Sub Lee
Adhesion Improvement of Hard Boron Nitride Films by Insertion of Various lnterlayers 111
Tetsutaro Ohori, Hiroki Asarni, Jun Shirahata, Tsuneo Suzuki, Tadachika Nakayarna, Hisayuki Suematsu, and Koichi Niihara
Production of Alumina Matrix Nanocomposite by Solid State Precipitation 119
Arnartya Mukhopadhyay and R. I. Todd
Nanostructured Alumina Coatings Formed by a Dissolution/Precipitation Process Using AIN Powder Hydrolysis 133
Andraz Kocjan, Kristoffer Krnel, Peter Jevnikar, Tornaz Kosmac
Synthesis of Aluminum Nitride Nanosized Powder by Pulsed Wire Discharge without Ammonia 143
Yoshinori Tokoi, Tsuneo Suzuki, Tadachika Nakayarna, Hisayuki Suematsu, Futao Kaneko, and Koichi Niihara
Ductile Deformation in AlumindSilicon Carbide Nanocomposites 155
Houzheng Wu, Steve Roberts, and Brian Derby
Author Index 165
