Chemistry of Nanostructured Materials

Front Matter......Page 1
Foreword......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 0
Table of Contents......Page 5
1.1 Introduction......Page 7
1.2 Microporous Silicates......Page 9
1.3 Microporous and Open Framework Phosphates......Page 16
1.4 Microporous and Open Framework Sulfides......Page 19
1.5 Microporous Metal-Organic Frameworks......Page 25
1.6 Extra-large Pore Crystalline Molecular Sieves......Page 31
References......Page 33
2.1 Introduction......Page 44
2.2 Synthesis Mechanisms of Periodic Mesoporous Materials......Page 46
2.3 Characterization of Periodic Mesoporous Silica-based Materials......Page 50
2.4 Periodic Mesoporous Silicas......Page 52
2.5 Periodic Non-Silica Mesoporous Materials......Page 61
References......Page 63
3.1 Introduction......Page 74
3.2 Template-Directed Synthesis of 3D Macroporous Materials......Page 75
3.3 Hierarchical Self-Assembly Approaches......Page 86
3.4 Photonic Bandgap Properties......Page 89
3.5 Mechanical and Liquid Permeation Properties......Page 92
3.6 Concluding Remarks......Page 93
Acknowledgments......Page 96
References......Page 98
4.1  Introduction......Page 106
4.2  Chemical Vapor Deposition......Page 107
4.3  Bulk CVD Synthesis of SWNT......Page 108
4.4  Surface CVD Synthesis......Page 116
4.5 Discussion......Page 119
4.6  Summary and Outlook......Page 124
References......Page 125
5.1 Soft chemistry syntheses......Page 131
5.2 Fabrication of mesoscopic structures of nanocrystals......Page 135
5.3 Physical properties of a collection of nanocrystals......Page 139
5.4 Collective properties of mesoscopic structures of nanocrystals......Page 141
References......Page 147
6.1 Introduction......Page 151
6.2 Synthesis of Inorganic Nanotubes and Fullerene-Like Nanoparticles......Page 153
6.3 Thermodynamic, Structural and Topological Considerations......Page 168
6.4 Physical Properties......Page 174
6.5 Applications......Page 177
Acknowledgement......Page 180
References......Page 181
7.1 Introduction......Page 187
7.2 Nanowire Synthesis......Page 189
7.3 Hierarchical Assembly: Integration of Nanowires into Functional Networks......Page 206
7.4 Physical Properties of Nanowires......Page 208
References......Page 220
8.1  Introduction......Page 231
8.2  Porous Silicon......Page 232
8.3  Synthetic Routes to Surface Functionalization......Page 233
References......Page 259
9.1 Introduction......Page 264
9.2 Highly Porous Metal-Organic Coordination Networks......Page 265
9.3 MOCNs as Second-Order Optical Materials......Page 281
9.4 Single-Crystalline Nanocomposites......Page 285
9.5 MOCNs with Interesting Magnetic Properties......Page 288
References......Page 291
10.1 Introduction......Page 294
10.2 A Mn12 Cluster Magnet......Page 295
10.3 Other Oxo-Bridged Cluster Magnets......Page 299
10.4 Cyano-Bridged Clusters......Page 301
10.5 Quantum Tunneling of the Magnetization......Page 308
10.6 Potential Applications......Page 309
References......Page 310
11.1 Introduction......Page 319
11.2 Synthesis and Applications......Page 322
References......Page 325
12.1 Introduction......Page 330
12.2 Bimetallic Nanoparticle Catalysts......Page 332
12.3 The Catalytic Performance of Bimetallic Clusters......Page 336
12.4 Shape-Selective and Regio-Selective Nanoporous Catalysts......Page 340
12.5 Enantioselective Hydrogenations Using Tethered, Complexed, Noble-Metal Catalysts Inside Nanoporous Silica......Page 348
References......Page 355
13.1 Introduction......Page 359
13.2 Historic framework......Page 361
13.3 Preparation of nanocomposites......Page 363
13.4 Optical properties of nanocomposites......Page 367
13.5 Structures and properties of selected nanocomposites......Page 369
13.6 Conclusions......Page 380
References......Page 381