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Miscellaneous Applications of Nanostructures
Other than energy, environment, electronic and biomedical applications, the nanostructured materials used in more advanced and sensitive applications like cosmetics, food processing, communication and security...
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Nanomaterials Research and Development
The specific impact caused by nanoparticles can be assessed by life cycle assessment analysis. Performing life cycle analysis and potential risk management of nanoscale materials are increasing to perform bett...
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Physics and Chemistry of Nanostructures
Nanostructural materials are often in a metastable state. Their detailed atomic configuration depends on nanomaterial fabrication. Therefore, the properties of nanostructures can be widely adjustable by changi...
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Semiconductors, Organic and Hybrid Nanostructures
Nanostructures vary according to their materials used as organic, inorganic or hybrid structures. The nanostructured material has at least one dimension confinement and has intermediate size between macro and ...
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Nanostructured Materials—Design and Approach
Nanostructured material handling, properties and applications are widely important for promptly advancing field. This chapter focuses on important synthesis methods for production of nanostructural materials a...
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Nanostructured Materials for Bioapplications
Nanostructured materials development has high impact on biological, biomedical and clinical applications. The nanostructural materials applied for biological system can be an interface with high biodegradabili...
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Nanostructured Materials for Environmental Remediation
Currently, more research as concerned on environmental remediation for improving our daily lives and the environment. The nanoscale materials designed for environmental application has more concern towards inc...
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Nanostructured Materials Life Time and Toxicity Analysis
Now-a-days, the nanostructured materials increased its fabrication skill and application in important sectors like energy, environment, and medicine. However, there are some concerns related to its toxicity an...
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Nanotechnology and Dimensions
The role of nanotechnology towards different field of application emphases by nanomaterials size, dimensions and properties. Varying nanometer size and dimensions leads to different nanostructures with unique ...
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Quantum Effects, CNTs, Fullerenes and Dendritic Structures
Nanostructural materials have wide classification of structures based on their fabrication methods. Fullerenes are close-caged molecules containing only hexagonal and pentagonal interatomic bonding networks. C...
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Functionalization of Nanostructures
Presently, coating on nanostructural materials is preferred for exact release of biological entities into human system for varies desired application like drug delivery system, and thus the functionalization i...
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Characterization and Technical Analysis of Nanostructured Materials
The morphology, structural and other properties of nanostructured materials are analyzed by different characterization techniques. In the below characterization studies, the shapes, sizes, and structures of na...
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Nanostructured Materials for Optical and Electronic Applications
Nanostructured materials in the area of optical and electronic applications are advancing more with more device development as solar panels, optoelectronic switches, batteries and sensors. This chapter particu...
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Nanostructured Materials for Photonic Applications
The nanostructured materials play a significant role in the technological progress of photonic and optical applications. More photonic applications are based on functional nanostructures. The investigation on ...
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Nanomaterials, Properties and Applications
Nanomaterials size range from 1 to 100 nm with unique optical, electrical, magnetic, mechanic and structural properties. There are some naturally occurring nanomaterials (viruses, protein, lotus leaf, spider-m...
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Fabrication of Nanostructures
This chapter explains the techniques that are available for fabricating nanostructures and also explain the substrates and wafers, modification of materials, lithography, film deposition, wet and dry etching, ...
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Fundamentals of Nanostructures
Nanostructures may define by its dimensions as one dimension, two dimension and three dimensions based on quantum confinement effects. Nanostructures are made of nanoparticles using atom by atom or electron ar...
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Properties of Nanostructured Materials
Nanostructured materials are becoming of major significance, and their investigations require a comprehensive approach. Depending on the size of the smallest feature, the interaction of light with structured m...