Zero-Dimensional Carbon Nanomaterials: Material Design Methods, Properties and Applications

ISBN-13: 9780323995351 / Angielski

Joseph Kuruvilla; Runcy Wilson; George Gejo

Opis

Zero-Dimensional Carbon Nanomaterials: Material Design Methods, Properties and Applications covers advances in carbon dots, graphene quantum dots, carbon quantum dots, fullerenes and their applications. This book explores important aspects of preparing these materials for specific applications and includes an overview of the most relevant synthesis methods, with special emphasis on newer green methods and material synthesis from biomass sources. Thorough discussion of the materials key properties, including unique optical and electronic properties to enable them for a wide range of applications is included, along with applications in the fields of photovoltaic cells, catalysis, sensors, biomedical, nano devices and energy storage. This book is suitable for researchers and practitioners in materials science and engineering and may also be helpful for chemists and chemical engineers.

Spis treści

1.General introduction to zero-dimensional carbon nanomaterials and their properties and applications
2.Synthetic approaches for the synthesis of carbon dots/quantum dots and graphene quantum dots
3.Green approaches for the preparation of zero-dimensional carbon nanostructures
4.Graphene quantum dots: syntheses, properties, and applications
5.Surface modification of zero-dimensional carbon nanomaterials
6.Synthesis methods for the preparation of fullerenes
7.Optical properties of zero-dimensional carbon nanomaterials
8.Electronic properties of zero-dimensional carbon-based nanomaterials
9.Redox properties of zero-dimensional carbon-based nanomaterials
10.Photocatalytic properties of zero-dimensional carbon-based nanomaterials: application as catalysts/adsorbents in water
treatment
11.Various properties of zero-dimensional carbon nanomaterials-reinforced polymeric matrices
12.Heterostructures based on zero-dimensional carbon-based nanostructures
13.Graphene quantum dots and carbon nanodots: modeling of zero-dimensional carbon nanomaterials
14.Applications of zero-dimensional carbon-based nanomaterials in advanced solar and photovoltaic cells
15.Applications of zero-dimensional carbon-based nanomaterials as optical and electrochemical sensors
16.Applications of zero-dimensional carbon-based nanomaterials in bioimaging
17.Applications of zero-dimensional carbon nanomaterials in water treatment
18.Biocompatibility and cytotoxicity studies of zero-dimensional carbon nanomaterials