Colloidal Metal Oxide Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications

ISBN-13: 9780128133576 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 608 str.

Sabu Thomas; Anu Tresa Sunny; Prajitha V

Spis treści

Part I. Fundamentals of colloidal metal oxide nanocrystals 1. Physics and chemistry of colloidal metal oxide nanocrystals and their applications to nanotechnologies and microsystems 2. Surface chemistry, modification, and engineering of colloidal nanocrystals 3. Nanosecond pulsed laser ablation to synthesize ternary alloy colloidal nanoparticles

Part II. Formation, stabilization and characterization of colloidal nanocrystals 4. Aqueous methods for the synthesis of colloidal metal oxide nanocrystals 5. Non-aqueous methods for the synthesis of colloidal metal oxide nanocrystals 6. Green synthesis protocols 7. Colloidal core-shell metal oxide nanocrystals and their applications 8. Colloidal multinary metal oxides 9. Features of colloidal nanocrystal characterization

Part III: Applications of colloidal metal oxides 10. Colloidal metal oxides in biomedical applications 11. Colloidal metal oxides in energy technologies 12. Colloidal metal oxides in electronics and optoelectronics 13. Colloidal metal oxide nanocrystals in catalysis 14. Environmental remediation 15. Aerogels and their applications 16. Colloidal oxide-based heterostructured nanocrystals 17. Metal Oxides for Energy Applications 18. Colloidal magnetic metal oxide nano crystals and their applications in sustained drug release

O autorze

Professor Sabu Thomas is currently the Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University and Director of the School of Energy Materials. He is also a full professor of Polymer Science and Engineering at the School of Chemical Sciences of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India, and the Founder Director and Professor of the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Prof. Thomas has received international acclaim for his work in Nanoscience, Polymer Science and Engineering, Polymer Nanocomposites, Elastomers, Polymer Blends, Interpenetrating Polymer Networks, Polymer Membranes, Green Composites and Nanocomposites, Nanomedicine and Green Nanotechnology.

Anu Sunny is a Research Scholar at the School of Chemical Sciences at Mahatma Gandhi University, India. She has a PhD in Chemistry from Mahatma Gandhi University and wrote a thesis on the topic 'Synthesis, characterization and physico-chemical studies of copper oxide and calcium phosphate based epoxy nanocomposites.' She has written articles and book chapters on metal oxide nanoparticles. Prajitha Velayudhan is currently working as Research Fellow at the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. Her research focuses on self assembling of nanomaterials such as nanosilica, graphene oxide, nanocomposites, rubber nanocomposites etc.