Advances in Synthesis, Processing, and Applications of Nanostructures

Preface vii CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS, PROCESSING AND APPLICATIONS OFSTRUCTURAL AND FUNTIONAL NANOMATERIALS Effect of Annealing and Transition Metal Doping on Structural,Optical and Magnetic Properties of ZnO Nanomaterial 3 Navendu Goswami Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth of Graphene EncapsulatedPalladium Nanoparticles 17 Junchi Wu and Nitin Chopra Well Adhered, Nanocrystalline, Photoactive, Ti02, Thin FilmsDip-Coated On Corona-Treated Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate) byModified Sol-Gel Processing at ~95°C and Drying at ~130°C31 H.C. Pham, D.A.H. Hanaor, Ü.M. Cox, and C.C.Sorrell Large-Scale Synthesis of MoS2-Polymer Derived SiCN CompositeNanosheets 45 R. Bhandavat, L. David, U. Barrera, and G. Singh Synthesis of Ti02/Sn02 Bifunctional Nanocomposites 53 Huaming Yang and Chengli Huo Fabrication of Porous Mullite by Freeze Casting and Sintering ofAlumina-Silica Nanoparticles 57 Wenle Li, Margaret Anderson, Kathy Lu, and John Y. Walz Low Temperature Sintering of a Gadolinium-Doped Ceria for SolidOxide Fuel Cells 65 Pasquale F. Lavorato, and Leon L. Shaw NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR ENERGY, HEALTHCARE, AND INDUSTRY Current Status and Prospects of Nanotechnology in Arab States79 Bassam Alfeeli, Ghada Al-Naqi, and Abeer Al-Qattan Finite Element Modeling for Mode Reduction in Bundled SapphirePhotonic Crystal Fibers 93 Neal T. Pfeiffenberger and Gary R. Pickrell p-Type Silicon Optical Fiber 103 Brian Scott, Ke Wang, Adam Floyd, and Gary Pickrell Synthesis and Characterization of Cobalt Aluminate and Fe203Nanocomposite Electrode for Solar Driven Water Splitting to ProduceHydrogen 109 Sudhakar Shet, Kwang-Soon Ahn, Yanfa Yan, Heli Wang, NuggehalliRavindra, John Turner, and Mowafak Al-Jassim Influence of Substrate Temperature and RF Power on the Formationof ZnO Nanorods for Solar Driven Hydrogen Production 115 Sudhakar Shet, Heli Wang, Yanfa Yan, Nuggehalli Ravindra, JohnTurner, and Mowafak Al-Jassim Porous Material Fabrication using Ice Particles as a PoreForming Agent 121 Samantha Smith and Gary Pickrell Random-Hole Optical Fiber Sensors and Their Sensing Applications129 Ke Wang, Brian Scott, Neal Pfeiffenberger, and GaryPickrell Wetting Properties of Silicon Incorporated DLC Films on AluminumSubstrate 135 Tae Gyu Kim, Van Cao Nguyen, Hye Sung Kim, Soon-Jik Hong, andRi-ichi Murakami Nanoporous Ag Prepared by Electrochemical Dealloying ofMelt-Spun Cu-Ag-Si Alloys 141 Guijing Li, FeiFei Lu, Linping Zhang, Zhanbo Sun, Xiaoping Song,Bingjun Ding, and Zhimao Yang Effect of Film Thickness on Electrical and Optical Properties ofZnO/Ag Dual Layer Film 149 Hiromi Yabe, Eri Akita, Pangpang Wang, Daisuke Yonekura, Ri-ichiMurakami, and Xiaoping Song Author Index 157