Wilde G. (Ed.) Frontiers of Nanoscience. Volume 1. Nanostructured Materials

Elsevier, 2009. - 383 p.
This book focuses on functional aspects of nanostructured materials that have a high relevance to immediate applications, such as catalysis, energy harvesting, energy storage, optical properties and surface functionalization via self-assembly. Additionally, there are chapters devoted to massive nanostructured materials and composites and covering basic properties and requirements of this new class of engineering materials. Especially the issues concerning stability, reliability and mechanical performance are mandatory aspects that need to be regarded carefully for any nanostructured engineering material.List of Contributors
Functional Nanostructured Materials – Microstructure, Thermodynamic Stability and Atomic Mobility
Reliability of Nanostructured Materials
Mechanical Properties of Nanocomposite Materials
Nanostructured Supported Catalysts for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells
Nanocrystalline Solar Cells
Nanoscale Materials for Hydrogen and Energy Storage
Materials with Structural Hierarchy and their Optical Applications
Interfacial Assembly of Nanoparticles into Higher-order Patterned Structures