Nanostructured materials application

Application of the above techniques has enabled the synthesis of a range of nanostructured materials with tunable composition, physical properties, and... 

J. R. Groza 2002, in Nanostructured Materials - Processing, Properties and Potential Applications, ed. C. C. Koch, William Andrew Publishing, New York, chap. 4. 

Nanostructured materials have found several applications, and more are to be expected, for example ... 

Chen, A. and Holt-Hindle, P. (2010) Platinum-based nanostructured materials synthesis, properties, and applications. Chemical Reviews, 110, 3767-3804. 

In general, annealing has been used to either form or improve the structures of compound films formed by the electrodeposition methods described above. This severely limits applications in systems where more complex structures are involved, structures where interdiffusion is a problem nanostructured materials. 

Corriu, R. J. P. Douglas, W. E. Organosilicate Oligomers and Nanostructured Materials. In Silicon-Containing Polymers. The Science and Technology of Their Synthesis and Applications-, Jones, R. G., Ando, W., Chojnowski, J., Eds. Kluwer Dordrecht, 2000 Chapter 25, pp 667-695. 

So, what s next Of course, research on all fronts will advance, with the approaches in Sect. 4 receiving perhaps the highest attention. The rapid development of nanoscopic and nanostructured materials has specially opened the path to sophisticated sensing ensembles Sousa and Vogtle would not even have dreamed about [228, 229]. However, for many applications, small molecules as reporters are indispensible, simply because of their size and the possibilities of interaction at the molecular level so that their future exploration is also essential. Finally, since technology will advance, new instrumental techniques and possibilities will appear and automatically fuel research on powerful fluorescent reporters. 

Goldberg M, Langer R, Jia XQ (2007) Nanostructured materials for applications in drug delivery and tissue engineering. J Biomat Sci-Polym E 18 241-268. 

Jeffrey Long (left) was born in Great Falls, Montana in 1970, but he spent most of his early years in Winston-Salem, NC. He received a B.S. in Chemistry with Honors from Wake Forest University in 1992. Working with Prof. Royce Murray, he earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1997. His research focuses on nanostructured materials, particularly hybrid nanoarchitectures for applications in sensing, separations, and electrochemical energy storage and conversion. 

J. Phys. Chem. C (8) Boschloo, G. Edvinsson, T. Hagfeldt, A. Dye-sensitized nanostructured ZnO electrodes for solar cell applications. In Nanostructured Materials for Solar Energy Conversion Soga, T., Ed. Elsevier Amsterdam, 2007 pp 227-254. ... 

Introducing chirality into polymers has distinctive advantages over the use of nonchiral or atactic polymers because it adds a higher level of complexity, allowing for the formation of hierarchically organized materials. This may have benefits in high-end applications such as nanostructured materials, biomaterials, and electronic materials. Synthetically, chiral polymers are typically accessed by two methods. Firstly, optically active monomers - often obtained from natural sources - are polymerized to afford chiral polymers. Secondly, chiral catalysts are applied that induce a preferred helicity or tacticity into the polymer backbone or activate preferably one of the enantiomers [59-64]. 

Developments in modern CVD allow to improve the deposition of thin films and bulky coatings nevertheless, an additional major issue remains the building of nanostructured materials such as ultra-thin films or dispersed nanoparticles. For these applications, the control of the deposit at the atomic or nano-scale level is essential. Consequently, the role of surface chemistry occurring between the CVD precursor and the substrate, as well as the gas-phase main physical properties have to be indisputably clarified. 

Carbon nanotubes are unique materials with specific properties [42]. There is a considerable application potential for using nanotubes in the biomedical field. However, when such materials are considered for application in biomedical implants, transport of medicines and vaccines or as biosensors, their biocompatibility needs to be established. Other carbon materials show remarkable long-term biocompatibility and biological action for use as medical devices. Preliminary data on biocompatibility of nanotubes and other novel nanostructured materials demonstrate that we have to pay attention to their possible adverse effects when then-biomedical applications are considered. 

The contents of the current volume presents a sampling of more than 150 oral and poster papers delivered at the Symposium on Access in Nanoporous Materials II held in Banff, Alberta on May 25-28, 2000. The selected papers cover the three main themes of the symposium (i) synthesis of mesoporous silicas, framework-modified mesoporous silicas, and surface-modified mesoporous silicas, (ii) synthesis of other nanoporous and nanostructured materials, and (iii) characterization and applications of nanoporous materials. About 70% of the papers are devoted to the synthesis of siliceous mesoporous molecular sieves, their modification, characterization and applications, which represent the current research trend in nanoporous materials. The remaining contributions provide some indications on the future developments in the area of non-siliceous molecular sieves and related materials. Although the present book does not cover all topics in the area of nanoporous materials, it reflects the current trends and advances in this area, which will certainly attract the attention of materials chemists in the 21st Century. 

The current or potential industrial applications of microemulsions indude metal working, catalysis, advanced ceramics processing, production of nanostructured materials (see Nanotechnology), dyeing, agrochemicals, cosmetics, foods, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology (9,12—18). Environmental and human-safety aspects of surfactants have begun to receive considerable attention (19—21). 

Xu T, Zhang N, Nichols H, Shi D, Wen X. Modification of nanostructured materials for biomedical applications. Materials Science and Engineering 2007, 27, 579-594. 

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