Nanostructures category: 408 books
Nanostructured Materials for Next-Generation Energy Storage and Conversion
Hydrogen Production, Storage, and Utilization
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
Volume 1 of a 4-volume series is a concise, authoritative and an eminently readable and enjoyable experience related to hydrogen production, storage and usage for portable and stationary power. Although the major focus is on hydrogen, discussion of fossil fuels and nuclear power is also presented...
Nanophysics, Nanomaterials, Interface Studies, and Applications
Selected Proceedings of the 4th International Conference Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials (NANO2016), August 24-27, 2016, Lviv, Ukraine
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
This book presents some of the latest achievements in nanotechnology and nanomaterials from leading researchers in Ukraine, Europe, and beyond. It features selected peer-reviewed contributions from participants in the 4th International Science and Practice Conference Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
This book introduces readers to fundamental information on phosphor and quantum dots. It comprehensively reviews the latest research advances in and applications of fluoride phosphors, oxide phosphors, nitridosilicate phosphors and various quantum dot materials. Phosphors and phosphor-based quantum...
Nanostructured Titanium Dioxide Materials
Properties, Preparation and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2011
During the past decade, research and development in the area of synthesis and applications of different nanostructured titanium dioxide have become tremendous. This book briefly describes properties, production, modification and applications of nanostructured titanium dioxide focusing in particular...
by Peter L. Marek
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
This thesis describes a new approach to the construction of solar cells. Following nature's example, this approach has the goal to find a biomimetic self-assembling dye, whose aggregates can mimic the natural light-harvesting system of special photosynthetic active bacteria. The thesis investigates...
by Yang Liu
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
This thesis presents the development of theranostic gold nanostars (GNS) for multimodality cancer imaging and therapy. Furthermore, it demonstrates that a novel two-pronged treatment, combining immune-checkpoint inhibition and GNS-mediated photothermal nanotherapy, can not only eradicate primary treated...
Indoor and Outdoor Nanoparticles
Determinants of Release and Exposure Scenarios
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
This volume provides an overview of the determinants of the release of and exposure to airborne nanoparticles. Whether intentionally manufactured or unintentionally generated during industrial processes, the release of nanoparticles can result in significant worker exposure, which must be dealt with...
Nanomaterials for Tumor Targeting Theranostics
A Proactive Clinical Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
Nanomaterials offer great potential for effective tumor diagnosis and therapy combing diagnostic agents and therapeutic drugs into one platform. In this book, the most recent progress of main nanomaterials and their applications in tumor targeting theranostics is presented. It summarizes the recent...
Nanomaterials in Chromatography
Current Trends in Chromatographic Research Technology and Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2018
Nanomaterials in Chromatography: Current Trends in Chromatographic Research Technology and Techniques provides recent advancements in the wide variety of chromatographic techniques applied to nanotechnology. As nanomaterials’ unique properties can improve detection sensitivity and miniaturize the...
by Shanmugamurthy Lakshmanan, Michael R Hamblin
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
The ability to arrange precisely designed patterns of nanoparticles into a desired spatial configuration is the key to creating novel nanoscale devices that take advantage of the unique properties of nanomaterials. While two-dimensional arrays of nanoparticles have been demonstrated successfully by...
by I. Sabirov, N.A. Enikeev, M.Yu. Murashkin
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
This book presents a multifunctional approach to the design of bulk nanostructured metals through severe plastic deformation (SPD). Materials engineering has traditionally involved selecting a suitable material for a given application. However, modern engineering frequently requires materials with...
Introduction to Quantum Metrology
Quantum Standards and Instrumentation
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
This book presents the theory of quantum effects used in metrology and results of the author’s own research in the field of quantum electronics. The book provides also quantum measurement standards used in many branches of metrology for electrical quantities, mass, length, time and frequency. This...
by Angelo Angelini
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2017
This book illustrates original pathways to manipulate light at the nanoscale by means of surface electromagnetic waves (here, Bloch surface waves, BSWs) on planar dielectric multilayers, also known as one-dimensional photonic crystals. This approach is particularly valuable as it represents an effective...
by Maria Benelmekki
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
In the last few years, several “bottom-up” and “top-down” synthesis routes have been developed to produce tailored hybrid nanoparticles (HNPs). This book provides a new insight into one of the most promising “bottom-up” techniques, based on a practical magnetron-sputtering inert-gas-condensation...