Inorganic materials and nanotechnology

Changwen Hu, E.S. (2008) Low dimensional inorganic materials in Nanotechnology Research, in New Nanostructures, Nanotubes and Nanofibers (ed. X. Huang), Nova Science Publishers Inc., ch. 1, pp. 29-30. 

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are a set of materials with different structures and properties. They are among the most important materials of modern nanoscience and nanotechnology field. They combine inorganic, organic, bio-organic, coUoidal, and polymeric chemistry and are chemically inert. They are insoluble in any solvent and their chemistry is in a key position toward interdisciphnary applications, for example, use as supports for catalysts and catalytic membranes [20, 21]. 

Lebeau, B., Brendle, J., Marichal, C., Patil, A.J., Muthusamy, E. and Mann, S. (2006) One-step synthesis of hybrid organic-inorganic phyllosilicate-like materials. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 6, 352-359. 

Regarding disciplinary sources, hybrid nanomaterials are more diverse than the norm in the chemistry disciplines in which it is embedded. As shown in Figure 24.3, it draws mainly on disciplines from chemistry (organic, inorganic, physical) and materials science (multidisciplinary materials science, nanotechnology, condensed matter, applied physics), as well as from certain areas of biology (biophysics, biotechnology, biochemistry), which provide either biomimetic ideas or arenas of application. 

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