Nanostructured oxide materials, future

Solvothermal method has been used in synthesis of a series of non-oxide nanomaterials, such as semiconductors [1,2], ceramic materials [3], and in fabricating special nanostructures [4]. It will be an exciting, promising field for designing and preparing advanced materials in the future. This paper focuses on some aspects of recent progress in solvothermal synthesis of non-oxides nanomaterials. 

Thin metalhc fihns play an important role in diverse fields of applications, with special emphasis on micro- and nanoelectronics for which the metals Al, Cu, Ag, Au, Ti and W are essential Additional fields of commercial interests are electrodes as well as reflective, corrosion-resistant, oxidation-resistant and abrasion-resistant coatings . Noble metals (periods 5 and 6 of groups 8-11 of the periodic table of the elements) are of special interest due to their manifold application in heterogeneous catalysis. Other metals used in specialized industrial applications or as components of more complex materials such as metal alloys are Ni, Pd, Pt, Ag and Au. For example, FePt-based nanostructured materials are excellent candidates for future high-density magnetic recording media . ... 

Electro-catalyst supports play a vital role in ascertaining the performance, durability, and cost of PEMFC and DMFC systems. A myriad of nano-structured materials including carbon nanostructures, metal oxides, conducting polymers, transition metals nitrides and carbides, and many hybrid conjugates, have been exhaustively researched to improve the existing support and also to develop novel PEMFC/DMFC catalyst support. One of the main challenges in the immediate future is to develop new catalyst supports that improve the durability of the catalyst layer and, in a best-case scenario, also impact the electronic properties of the active phase to leapfrog to improve catalyst kinetics. 

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