Miscellaneous Applications and Future Outlook

Nanoscale syntheses will be the key components in the ultimate economic viability of photovoltaic electricity production via dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC) [172], 

All in all, we can say that the scientific, technical, and economical opportunities have just started to emerge from a fruitful collaboration of the classical disciplines such as physics, chemistry, engineering, biology, and medicine at the nanoscale. 

The authors want to express their sincere thanks to aU co-workers and scientific collaborators mentioned in our group s references below for their valuable contri- 

Tesche, and Dr. C. Weidenthaler and their group members at the Max-Planck-Institut fiir Kohlenforschung, Mulheim a. d. Ruhr, Germany, for the measurement and interpretation of NMR, Electron Microscopy, XRD, and XPS data, respectively. We are deeply indebted to Prof. J. Hormes, P. D. Dr. H. Modrow and their co-workers at the Institute of Physics, University of Bonn, Germany and the CAMD at the University of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, USA for numerous XAS investigations. The contribution of significant electrochemical results by Prof R. 

Schmid (Ed.), Nanoparticles From Theory to Application, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2004. 

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