
Nanotechnology: A Quick Guide to Materials and Technologies
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Nanotechnology: A Quick Guide to Materials and Technologies invites readers to explore the cutting-edge world of nanotechnology, offering a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to this rapidly evolving field. The content provides a foundation for understanding the field and details the properties of significant nanomaterials. Readers will also gain insights into innovative processes while receiving a balanced perspective on the social and regulatory aspects of nanotechnology. Key Features Foundational Knowledge: Begins with an overview of nanotechnology, its history, and its key concepts, Diverse Nanomaterials: Explores various types of nanomaterials, including nanoparticles, nanowires, and carbon-based materials like graphene, detailing their properties and potential applications. Advanced Applications: Explores the real-world uses of nanotechnology across multiple sectors, such as medicine, electronics, energy, and environmental science, demonstrating its transformative impact. Fabrication and Characterization: Covers techniques for creating and analyzing nanomaterials, offering insights into the processes that drive innovation in the field. Ethical and Societal Considerations: Discusses the broader implications of nanotechnology, including ethical, societal, and regulatory aspects Ideal for students, educators, researchers, and industry professionals, this guide serves as an informative resource for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of nanotechnology. Readership Students, educators, researchers, and industry professionals
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- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- End User License Agreement
- Contents
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- Application of Nanomaterials for Smart Devices
- Rinku Kumar1, Milan Singh2,*, Deepak Gupta2 and Srasti Yadav2
- INTRODUCTION
- NANOELECTRONICS FOR SMART DEVICES
- Nanoscale Transistor and Logic Components
- Nanomaterials for High-Performance Integrated Circuits
- APPLICATION OF NANOMATERIALS IN NANOELECTRONICS
- Carbon-based Nanomaterials
- Quantum Dots (QDs)
- Nanowires
- 2D Materials
- Nanoparticles
- Nanostructured Thin Films
- Molecular Electronics
- Nanostructured Composites
- FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS AND NANOMATERIALS
- NANOMATERIALS FOR TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILMS
- ROLE OF NANOMATERIALS IN BENDABLE AND ROLLABLE DISPLAYS
- ENERGY STORAGE APPLICATIONS
- Nanomaterials in High-Capacity Lithium-ion Batteries
- Nano Materials used for Supercapacitors
- Nanomaterials for Energy Harvesting in Smart Devices
- IMPORTANCE OF NANOMATERIALS IN PHOTOCATALYSIS
- NANOMATERIALS FOR COMMUNICATIONS
- FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR NANOMATERIALS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- Semiconductor Nanomaterials
- Monika Chauhan1,*, Ananya Bhatia1, Diwakar Chauhan1 and A. K. Jain1
- INTRODUCTION
- NANOSCIENCES AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
- CLASSIFICATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR NANOMATERIALS
- Zero-Dimensional Nanostructures (0D)
- Quasi One-Dimensional nanostructures (1D)
- Two-Dimensional (2D) Nanostructures
- Three-Dimensional (3D) Nanostructures
- SYNTHESIS OF SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES
- Wet Chemical Method
- Sol-Gel Method
- Solvothermal/Hydrothermal Method
- Sputtering
- APPLICATIONS OF SEMICONDUCTOR NANOMATERIALS
- Electronic Applications
- Photocatalysis
- Photovoltaic
- Antimicrobial Agents
- Water Purification
- Environmental Remediation
- Semiconductor Nanomaterials for Hydrogen Production
- FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- Advances in Nanostructure-Induced Photocatalysis
- Saman Shaheen1, Arvind Kumar Jain2, Syed Asim Ali1, Nayeem Ahmad Pandit1 and Tokeer Ahmad1,*
- INTRODUCTION
- NANOSTRUCTURES
- Nanotubes
- Nanowires
- Nanoflowers
- CLASSIFICATION OF NANOMATERIALS
- Classification on the Basis of Dimensions
- Zero-Dimensional (0-D) Nanomaterials
- One-Dimensional (1D) Nanomaterials
- Two-Dimensional (2D) Nanomaterials
- Three-Dimensional (3D) Nanomaterials
- Classification on the Basis of Composition
- Carbon-based Nanomaterials
- Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs)
- Graphene
- Inorganic-based Nanomaterials
- Organic-based Nanomaterials
- PHOTOCATALYSIS BY NANOMATERIALS
- Photochemical H2 Evolution
- Photochemical CO2 Reduction
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- Polymer Nanocomposites and their Applications
- Anita Kushwaha1,* and Smriti Dwivedi2
- INTRODUCTION
- PROPERTIES OF NANOCOMPOSITES
- Thermal Properties
- Mechanical Properties
- Electrical Properties
- Barrier Properties
- Rheological Properties
- APPLICATION OF NANOMATERIALS
- Polymer Nanocomposites as Adsorbent for Dye Removal
- Polymer Nanocomposites as Adsorbent for Water Treatment
- Polymer Nanocomposites for Metal Ion Removal
- Solar Cells
- Biomedical Applications of Graphene-Based Polymer Nanocomposites
- Biomedical Applications of Carbon-Based Polymer Nanocomposites
- Polymeric Nanocomposites for Nanocarrier Applications
- Polymer Nanocomposites in Space
- Polymer Nanocomposites in Everyday Life
- Polymer Nanocomposites in Sensors
- Polymer Nanocomposites in Infrastructures/Civil Structures
- Food and Beverage Packaging and Safety
- Transportation and Safety
- Tissue Engineering
- Environmental Protection
- UV Protection, Clothing, Cosmetics and Sports
- Solar Energy Production and Energy Storage
- EMI Shielding
- Smart Phones
- Market of Polymer Nanocomposites
- Thin Films
- THE FUTURE
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- Sustainable Nanostructured Materials for Organic Synthesis
- Iqra Sadiq1, Farha Naaz1, Mohd Fazil1 and Tokeer Ahmad1,*
- INTRODUCTION
- METAL BASED NANOCATALYSTS FOR ORGANIC CONVERSION REACTIONS
- Noble Metal Based Organic Conversions
- Non-Noble Metals based Organic Conversions
- Metal as Support with other Metal based Nanocatalysts
- METAL OXIDE BASED NANOCATALYSTS FOR ORGANIC CONVERSION REACTIONS
- Fabrication of Metal-Oxide Based Nanocatalysts
- Metal Oxide Based Catalysts for Organic Conversions
- CARBON BASED NANOCATALYSTS FOR ORGANIC CONVERSION REACTIONS
- Fabrication of Carbon-based Derivatives
- Fabrication of Graphene Based Derivatives GO and rGO
- Fabrication of Graphitic Carbon Nitride-Based Materials
- Graphene-based Derivatives for Heterogeneous Catalysts
- Graphitic Carbon Nitride-Based Heterogeneous Catalysts
- CONCLUSION AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
- REFERENCES
- Advances in Carbon Nanomaterials
- Shipra Mital Gupta1,*, S.K Sharma2 and Nikita Gupta1
- INTRODUCTION
- TYPES OF CARBON NANOMATERIALS
- Fullerenes
- Nanodiamonds
- Carbon Quantum Dots
- Carbon Nanotubes
- Graphene
- TECHNIQUES FOR SYNTHESIS OF CARBON NANOMATERIALS
- Arc Discharge
- Laser Ablation
- Chemical Vapor Deposition
- APPLICATIONS OF CARBON NANOMATERIALS
- Applications of Fullerenes
- Hydrogen Storage
- Energy Materials
- Applications of Nanodiamonds
- Photovoltaic Devices
- Thin Film Electronics
- Energy Storage Devices
- Electrochemical Sensors
- Drug Delivery
- Applications of Carbon Quantum Dots
- White LEDs
- Biomedical Applications
- Applications of Carbon Nanotubes
- Field Emission Devices
- Electromechanical Devices
- Heat Transfer
- Cancer Therapy
- Applications of Graphene
- Biosensors
- Drug Delivery
- TOXICITY OF CARBON NANOMATERIALS
- CONCLUSION AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
- REFERENCES
- Modelling and Simulations of Nanomaterials
- Mansi Sharma1,* and Vishal Sharma2
- INTRODUCTION
- Growth of Nanoparticles
- MODELLING AND SIMULATION
- APPROXIMATIONS AND BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
- Density Functional Theory
- Tight Binding Approximation
- Ab Initio Molecular Dynamic
- USER-FRIENDLY INTERFACE
- DEVICE APPLICABILITY
- Prediction of Nanoparticles in the Environment
- Biomedical Applications
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- Photovoltaic Applications of Carbon-Based Nanomaterials
- Yogendra Kumar1,*, Asha Panghal2,*, Pandey Rajagopalan3 and Akash Sharma4
- INTRODUCTION
- CARBON NANOMATERIALS
- Graphene
- Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs)
- Fullerenes
- GRAPHENE-BASED PHOTOVOLTAICS
- Graphene as a Transparent Electrode
- Graphene as ETL
- Graphene as HTL
- CARBON NANOTUBES (CNTS) BASED PHOTOVOLTAICS
- CNTs as Transparent Electrodes
- CNTs as HTL
- FULLERENES IN SOLAR CELLS
- CONCLUSION AND OUTLOOK
- REFERENCES
- Application of Nanomaterials in Water Purification
- Priyanka Yadav1, Sudhir G. Warkar1,* and Anil Kumar1
- INTRODUCTION
- NANOMATERIALS
- Fundamentals of Nanomaterial in Water Treatment or Why Nanomaterials?
- TYPES OF NANOMATERIALS FOR WATER PURIFICATION
- Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles
- Carbon-Based Nanomaterials
- Polymer and Hybrid Nanomaterials
- Dendrimers-based Nanomaterials
- APPLICATION OF NANOMATERIAL IN WATER PURIFICATION
- Adsorption-Based Water Purification
- Adsorption of Organic Compounds
- Adsorption of Phenolic Compounds
- Adsorption of Heavy Metals
- Adsorption of Pesticides
- Adsorption of Microbes
- Photocatalysis
- Removal of Organic Compounds
- Heavy Metals Removal
- Removal of Inorganic Contaminants
- Removal of Microbes
- Nano-Membrane Filtration for Wastewater Treatment
- MECHANISM OF MEMBRANE FILTRATION
- NANOMATERIAL IN MEMBRANE FILTRATION
- Removal of Organic Compounds
- Removal of Micro-organisms
- Heavy Metals Removal
- Removal of Pesticides
- CHALLENGES & FUTURE PERSPECTIVE
- CONCLUSION
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
- REFERENCES
- Rare Earth-based Multiferroic Perovskites and Applications
- Huma Khan1, Amir Mehtab1 and Tokeer Ahmad1,*
- INTRODUCTION
- RARE EARTH-BASED MULTIFERROIC PEROVSKITES: STRUCTURAL ASPECTS AND CLASSIFICATION
- MULTIFERROICITY AND MULTIFERROIC MATERIALS
- COMPONENTS OF MULTIFERROICITY
- Ferroelectricity
- Ferromagnetism
- Antiferromagnetism
- Ferrimagnetism
- FABRICATION OF RARE-EARTH MULTIFERROIC PEROVSKITES
- Physical Synthesis Methods
- Solid-State Reaction
- Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)
- Ball Milling Method
- Arc Discharge Method
- Chemical Synthesis Methods
- Co-precipitation Method
- Hydrothermal/Solvothermal Synthesis
- Sol-Gel Method
- Polymeric Citrate Precursor Method
- Reverse Micellar Route
- Single Crystal Growth Techniques
- Floating Zone Method
- Flux Method
- Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE)
- Czochralski Method
- Bridgman-Stockbarger Method
- APPLICATIONS OF RARE EARTH-BASED MULTIFERROIC PEROVSKITES
- Hydrogen Production
- Energy Harvesting and Conversion
- Spintronic, Sensors, Transducers, and Magneto-optical Devices
- CHALLENGES AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- Graphene Oxide (GO) and Reduced Graphene Oxide (rGO) Based Humidity Sensors
- Alfa Sharma1 ,*, Akash Sharma2, Asha Panghal3 and Yogendra Kumar4,*
- INTRODUCTION
- PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF GRAPHENE-BASED MATERIALS
- Preparation
- Properties
- WHY GO/RGO
- BASICS TERMINOLOGY IN HUMIDITY SENSING
- SENSING MECHANISM IN GO/RGO BASED HUMIDITY SENSORS
- ADVANCES IN GO/RGO BASED HUMIDITY SENSORS
- Graphene Oxide (GO) Based Humidity Sensors
- Reduced Graphene Oxide (rGO) Based Humidity Sensors
- Graphene Quantum Dots (GQDs) Based Humidity Sensors
- GO/rGO and Polymer Composites as Humidity Sensors
- Humidity Sensing by GO/rGO and Metal or Metal Oxide Based Composites
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- Role of Ion Beam in Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Morphology Control, and Applications
- Asha Panghal1,*, Yogendra Kumar2,*, P. Rajagopalan3 and Alfa Sharma4
- INTRODUCTION
- MATERIAL MODIFICATION: ION BEAM TECHNOLOGY
- CHARACTERISTICS OF ION BEAM TECHNOLOGY
- MATERIALS SYNTHESIS AND MORPHOLOGY CONTROL: ROLE OF ION BEAM TECHNIQUES
- Materials Synthesis
- Morphology Control
- APPLICATIONS
- Photodetector
- Transistor
- Random Resistance Access Memory (RRAM)
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- Role of Nanomaterials in Remediating Environ- mental Pollutants
- Komal Gupta1,* and Richa Saxena2
- INTRODUCTION
- REMEDIATION TECHNIQUES
- Physical Remediation
- Chemical Remediation
- Biological Remediation
- LIMITATIONS
- POLLUTION DETECTION IN THE ENVIRONMENT
- Conventional Techniques
- Challenges of Conventional Techniques
- NANOREMEDIATION
- NANOMATERIALS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
- Synthesis and Characterization of Nanomaterials
- Pollutants' Detection using Nanomaterials
- Metal and Metal Oxides Nanomaterials
- Bimetallic Nanomaterials
- Carbonaceous Nanomaterials
- Polymer-Based Nanomaterials
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- Nano Lubricants and their Applications
- Paramjeet Singh Paliyal1, Piyush Kuchhal1 and Surajit Mondal1,*
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. SYNTHESIS OF NANO LUBRICANTS
- 2.1. Chemical Synthesis
- 2.2. Mechanical Mixing
- 2.3. In-situ Growth
- 2.4. Surface Modification
- 3. PROPERTIES AND BENEFITS OF THE NANO LUBRICANTS
- 3.1. Reduced Friction
- 3.2. Wear Protection
- 3.3. Extreme Pressure Performance
- 3.4. Stability at High Temperatures
- 3.5. Anti-Wear and Anti-Corrosion Capabilities
- 3.6. Improved Lubricant Stability
- 3.7. Compatibility
- 4. APPLICATIONS OF NANO LUBRICANTS
- 4.1. Automotive Applications
- 4.2. Fluids and Oils for the Transmission and Gears
- 4.3. Influence on the Components of the Engine
- 4.4. Industrial Machinery
- Reduced Friction and Wear
- Increased Efficiency
- 4.5. Advantages in High-Temperature and High-Load Conditions
- Cutting Fluids and Lubricant Additives
- Improved Cooling, Lubrication, and Chip Evacuation
- Enhanced Tool Life, Precision, and Productivity
- 4.6. Aerospace and Aviation
- Aircraft Engines and Turbine Systems
- Heat Dissipation
- Impact on Fuel Efficiency
- Maintenance and Component Life
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- Subject Index
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