Nanostructure engineering

Hu M, Chen J, Li Z-Y, et al. Gold nanostructures engineering their plasmonic properties for biomedical applications. Chem Soc Rev 2006 35 1084-94. 

Cheng JY, Mayers AM, Ross CA. 2004. Nanostructure engineering by templated self... 

Cheng, J.Y., Mayes, A.M., Ross, C.A. Nanostructure engineering by templated self-assembly of block copolymers. Nat. Mater. 3, 823 (2004)... 

Fig. 10 Micro/nanostructure engineering of functional materials, (a) Network architecture (route 2) with respect to normal fiber formation, (b) Modification of micro/nanostructure of 3D interconnecting fiber network...

As illustrated by Fig. 10a and b, one aspect of the micro/nanostructure engineering is the architecture of a self-organized 3D interconnecting nanofiber structure (Fig. 10a), and the other aspect is to tune the micro/nanostructure in a predictive way (Fig. 10b). It was shown in the previous sections that the variations in the miao/nanostructure of functional materials will exert a dir-... 

M. Hu et al., Gold nanostructures Engineering their plasmonic properties for biomedical applications. Chemical Society Reviews, 35(11), 1084-1094 (2006). 

Lin Z, Wang X (2013) Nanostructure engineering and doping of conjugated carbon nitride semiconductors for hydrogen photosynthesis. Angew Chem 125 1779-1782... 

The engineering of novel deviees requires, in many eases, materials with finely seleeted and preestablished properties. In partieular, one of the most promising lines of synthetic materials research consists in the development of nanostructured systems (nanocomposites). This term describes materials with structures on typical length scale of 1-100 nm. Nanometric pieces of materials are in an intermediate position between the atom and the solid, displaying electronic, chemical and structural properties that are distinct from the bulk. The use of nanoparticles as a material component widens enormously the available attributes that can be realised in practice, which otherwise would be limited to bulk solid properties. 

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On the whole, the technology utilized to produce the variety of new nanostructured colloidal materials, as outlined in this chapter, is unparalleled in its versatility and simplicity and is therefore foreseen to become widely used in the engineering of colloidal entities for various applications in the physical and life sciences. 

Nanotechnology is the branch of engineering that deals with the manipulation of individual atoms, molecules, and systems smaller than 100 nanometers. Two different methods are envisioned for nanotechnology to buUd nanostructured systems, components, and materials. One method is the top-down approach and the other method is called the bottom-up approach. In the top-down approach the idea is to miniaturize the macroscopic structures, components, and systems toward a nanoscale of the same. In the bottom-up approach the atoms and molecules constituting the building blocks are the starting point to build the desired nanostmcture [96-98]. 

The ultimate goal of assemblies of nanoscale MBBs is to create nanostructures with improved properties and functionality heretofore unavailable to conventional materials and devices. As a result, one should be able to alter and engineer materials with desired properties. For example, ceramics and metals produced through controlled consolidation of their MBBs are shown to possess properties substantially improved and different from materials with coarse microstmctures. Such different and improved properties include greater hardness and higher yield strength in the case of metals and better ductility in the case of ceramic materials [102]. 

Barth, J. V., Costantini, G. and Kern, K (2005) Engineering atomic and molecular nanostructures at surfaces. Nature, 437, 671-679. 

P. Mazzoldi, G. Mattel, C. Maurizio, E. Cattaruzza, F. Gonella, in E. Knystautas (ed.) Metal Alloy Nanoclusters by Ion Implantation in Silica, in Engineering Thin Films and Nanostructures with Ion Beams, Chapter 7, CRC Press, New York, 2005, 82. 

Huang, J., Xia, C., Cao, L. and Zeng, X. (2008) Facile microwave hydrothermal synthesis of zinc oxide one-dimensional nanostructure with three-dimensional morphology. Materials Science and Engineering B, 150, 187-193. 

Toyota Technological Institute Advanced Polymeric Nanostructured Materials Engineering Graduate School of Engineering 2-12-1 Hisakata, Tempaku Nagoya 468 8511 Japan... 

M. Viticoli, A. Curulli, A. Cusma, S. Kaciulis, S. Nunziante, L. Pandolfi, F. Valentini, and G. Padeletti, Third-generation biosensors based on Ti02 nanostructured films. Mater. Sci. Engine. C 26, 947-951... 

William R. Moser, Josef Find, Sean C. Emerson, and Ivo M. Krausz, Engineered Synthesis of Nanostructure Materials and Catalysts... 

Dimitrios Maroudas, Modeling of Radical-Surface Interactions in the Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition of Silicon Thin Films Sanat Kumar, M. Antonio Floriano, and Athanassiors Z. Panagiotopoulos, Nanostructured Formation and Phase Separation in Surfactant Solutions Stanley I. Sandler, Amadeu K. Sum, and Shiang-Tai Lin, Some Chemical Engineering Applications of Quantum Chemical Calculations... 

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