Book Description:
Nanomaterials is the study of how materials behave when their dimensions are reduced to the nanoscale. It can also refer to the materials themselves that are used in nanotechnology. Materials reduced to the nanoscale can suddenly show very different properties compared to what they exhibit on a macroscale, enabling unique applications. For instance, opaque substances become transparent (copper); inert materials become catalysts (platinum); stable materials turn combustible (aluminum); solids turn into liquids at room temperature (gold); insulators become conductors (silicon). Materials such as gold, which is chemically inert at normal scales, can serve as a potent chemical catalyst at nanoscales. Much of the fascination with nanotechnology stems from these unique quantum and surface phenomena that matter exhibits at the nanoscale. This new book presents the latest research from around the globe.

Table of Contents:
Preface

Expert Commentaries

Structural Characterizations of Nano-Materials by Transmission Electron Microscopy (pp. 3-11)
(R.C. Che, H.Y. Chen, J.Q. Li, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

Nanostructured Polymers: Developments and Trends, Highlights and Shadows (pp. 13-17)
(Vittoria Russo and Ilaria Fratoddi, Department of Chemistry, University of Rome “ Sapienza”, Rome, Italy)

Short Communications

Magnetic Properties of PT and IR Nanoparticles (pp. 21-36)
(E.A. Petrakovskaya, V.G. Isakova, D.A. Velikanov, L.V. Kirensky Institute of Physics SB RAS, Russia)

Nanostructured Scaffolds by Supercritical Fluid Assisted Processing (pp. 37-48)
(E. Reverchon, S. Cardea, C. Rapuano, Department of Chemical and Food Engineering, University of Salerno, Italy)

Semiconductor Ceramic Materials Produced from AIIBVI Nanopowders (pp. 49-63)
(N.N. Kolesnikov, E.B. Borisenko, V.V. Kveder, Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)

Research and Review Studies

Advances in development and Applications of Nanofiber Materials (pp. 67-152)
(Shou-Cang Shen, Wai-Kiong Ng, Pui-Shan Chow, Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, Singapore)

Bioinspired Routes to Hybride Nanocomposites Containing Inorganic Nanostructures on Natural Biofibers (pp. 153-190)
(Huilan Su, Di Zhang, State Key Lab of Metal Matrix Composites, Chunfu Zhang, Research Institute of Micro/Nano Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China)

Recent Advances in Formation of Various Nanoscale Titania Materials (pp. 191-216)
(Motonari Adachi, Yasushige Mori, Faculty of Engineering, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan)

Resistive Chemical Sensors from Metal Oxides Nanocrystals Synthesized in Organic Solvents (pp. 217-252)
(Giovanni Neri and Nicola Pinna, Dept. of Industrial Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Univ. of Messina, Messina, Italy)

Nanoparticles and Enzymes (pp. 253-268)
(Roberto Cao, Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry, University of Havana, Cuba, Reynaldo Villalonga, Center for Enzyme Technology, University of Matanzas, Cuba)

Electrochemical Synthesis of Colloidal Gold Nanoparticles (pp. 269-293)
(E. Ieva, Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy, N. Cioffi, Dipartimento di Chimica, Centro Interdipartimentale TIRES, Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy)

New Nanomaterials for Energy Efficient Buildings: Electrochromics for "Smart Windows", Sensors for Air Quality, and Photo-Catalysts for Air Cleaning (pp. 295-310)
(Claes G. Granqvist, Dept. of Engineering Sciences, The Angstrom Laboratory, Uppsala Univ., Uppsala, Sweden, Andris Azens, ChromoGenics Sweden AB, Uppsala, Sweden, Peter Heszler, Research Group of Laser Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Univ. of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary, et al.)

Acrylic Bone Cements Incorporated with Montmorillonite (pp. 311-325)
(Sung Soo Kim, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Korea)

Index