Nanostructured materials / edited by Gerhard Wilde.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wilde, Gerhard.

Series:

Frontiers of nanoscience ; v. 1.

Frontiers of nanoscience ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nanostructured materials.

Physical Description:

viii, 374 pages : illustrations, plans ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston ; London : Elsevier, 2009.

Summary:

The nanostructured materials include, but are not limited to, metals, ceramics and polymers, as well as composite materials. The focus is on functional aspects of nanostructured materials that have a high relevance to immediate applications, such as catalysis, energy harvesting, energy storage, optical properties and surface functionalization via self-assembly.

Additionally, there are chapters devoted to massive nanostructured materials and composites. They cover the basic properties and requirements of this new class of engineering materials. Especially the issues concerning stability, reliability and mechanical performance are aspects that need to be regarded carefully for any nanostructured engineering material.

The different methods of synthesis of these materials are compared and the chapters are brought together by an overview looking at the prospects for the technology, and the associated risks.

Contents:

1 Functional Nanostructured Materials - Microstructure, Thermodynamic Stability and Atomic Mobility / S. Divinski, H. Rosner, G. Wilde 1

2 Reliability of Nanostructured Materials / K.A. Padmanabhan, S. Balasivanandha Prabu 51

3 Mechanical Properties of Nanocomposite Materials / A.V. Sergueeva, D.M. Hulbert, N.A. Mara, A.K. Mukherjee 127

4 Nanostructured Supported Catalysts for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells / Suk Bon Yoon, Baizeng Fang, Minsik Kim, Jung Ho Kim, Jong-Sung Yu 173

5 Nanocrystalline Solar Cells / Gary Hodes, Arieh Zaban 232

6 Nanoscale Materials for Hydrogen and Energy Storage / Maximilian Fichtner 270

7 Materials with Structural Hierarchy and their Optical Applications / Chantal Paquet, Andrew Paton, Eugenia Kumacheva 298

8 Interfacial Assembly of Nanoparticles into Higher-order Patterned Structures / Xiaodong Chen, Lifeng Chi 326.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780080449654

0080449654

OCLC:

191242666