This book reviews the current development of elongated nanostructured metal oxides including nanotubes, nanofibres and nanosheets. The first chapter considers historical overview of the research progress in nanostructured metals and provides brief encyclopaedic style collection of articles, each compiling available data for selected examples of nanostructured elongated metal oxides, including both single (e.g. titanium (IV), vanadium (V), manganese (IV)) and mixed (e.g. aluminosilicates, nickel silicates). The second chapter identifies and reviews general mechanisms of growth of 1 dimensional (1-D) nanostructures. The third chapter is focused on synthetic aspects for preparation of various 1-D metal oxide nanostructures as well as on methods of controlling their morphology and hierarchy. The last chapter provides a comprehensive review of existing and potential applications of 1-D nanostructured metal oxides over a wide range of industrial sectors such as energy conversion, bio-medical materials, surface engineering and defense.
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Springer International Publishing
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30 Illustrations, color; 100 Illustrations, black and white; 250 p. 130 illus., 30 illus. in color.
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Höhe: 23.5 cm
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978-3-319-44849-7 (9783319448497)
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Dmitry V. Bavykin and Frank C. Walsh are at the Electrochemical Engineering Laboratory, Energy Technology Research Group, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton
A comprehensive view of nanostructured metal oxides.- Introduction.- Historical perspective.- A classification of metal oxide nanotubes and nanofibres.- Mechanisms of nanotubular structure formation.- Spontaneous scrolling of nanosheets to nanotubes.- Restrictive growth of elongated structures.- Dissolution-precipitation.- Electrochemical processes.- Other mechanisms.- Advances in synthesis of elongated metal oxides nanostructures.- A geoinspired approach.- The hydrothermal route.- Electrochemical routes.- Control of surface properties.- Hybrid and composite structures.- Multi-scale hierarchical structures.- Existing and Potential Applications.- Applications utilizing elongated shapes.- Applications exploiting unusual properties.
