Nanophase Materials: Synthesis — Properties — Applications

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Chemical Synthesis of Nanophase Materials....Pages 1-19
Preparation of γ-Fe 2 O 3 Particles....Pages 21-28
Synthesis of III-V Semiconductor Particles from Organometallic Precursors....Pages 29-36
Synthesis of Nanostructured Catalysts & Catalytic Supports....Pages 37-44
Formation of Magnetic Spinel Iron Oxide in Solution....Pages 45-48
Synthesis of Nanoscale Iron Oxide Structures Using Protein Cages and Polysaccharide Networks....Pages 49-56
Gas Evaporation and Electron Microscopical Observation of Small Particles....Pages 57-72
Nanoparticles from a Supersaturated Vapor....Pages 73-80
Formation and Phase Analysis of Surface Oxides on Ultrafine Particles of Fe....Pages 81-84
Y x Zr 1-x O 2-x/2 Nanophase Powders Prepared by a Vaporization / Condensation Process in a Solar Furnace....Pages 85-88
Synthesis and Characterization of Iron-Magnesium Bimetallic Particles....Pages 89-92
Nanometric Si-Based Powders by Laser Driven Gas Phase Reactions....Pages 93-96
Simulations of Aggregating Particles....Pages 97-100
Spark Erosion for Production of Nanocrystalline Materials....Pages 101-108
Aerosol Spray Pyrolysis Synthesis Techniques....Pages 109-116
Nanometric Si/C/N Composite Powders Formed by Aerosol — Laser Interaction....Pages 117-120
Preparation of Small Particles of Titanium (IV) Oxide....Pages 121-124
Nanophase Materials by Mechanical Attrition: Synthesis and Characterization....Pages 125-144
High-Capacity High-Energy Ball Mill for Nanophase Materials....Pages 145-148
Ball Velocities and Energy Needs in a Mill Designed for the Synthesis of Nanophase Materials....Pages 149-152
Production of Nanocrystalline Materials Through the Mechanical Crystallization of Amorphous Precursors....Pages 153-156
Structure of Nanostructured Materials....Pages 157-180
High Resolution Microscopy Characterization of Nanostructured Materials....Pages 181-195
Surface Structure of Nanocrystalline Oxides....Pages 197-204
STM “Tip Changes” — A Possible Tool for Tip Characterization....Pages 205-208
The Structural Evolution of Nanocrystalline Thin Films of Germanium....Pages 209-212
Fabrication and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Nanostructured Semiconductor Thin Films and Particles....Pages 213-220
Optical Characterization of Fractal Aggregate Size and Morphology Parameters....Pages 221-224
Studies of Oxide Reduction and Gas Adsorption by Using Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy....Pages 225-232
Mechanical Properties of Nanophase Materials....Pages 233-261
Nanostructured Ceramics: Microstructure and Properties....Pages 263-273
Grain Boundary Structure and Mechanical Properties of Nanocrystalline Materials....Pages 275-282
Microstructure in Nanocrystalline Zirconia Powders and Sintered Compacts....Pages 283-286
Mechanical Properties of Nanostructured Niobium on a Microscopic Scale....Pages 287-292
Mechanical Properties of Artificially Multilayered and Granular Metal Thin Films....Pages 293-305
Elastic Properties of Metallic Multilayers....Pages 307-314
Molecular Dynamics of Nanophase Intermetallics....Pages 315-322
Electronic Structure and Total Energy of Crystalline Approximants to Quasicrystalline Al-Cu-Fe Alloys....Pages 323-331
Melting in Restricted Geometries....Pages 333-340
Thermodynamics of Finite Systems....Pages 341-347
Electronic Properties of Metalcluster Compounds: Nanophase Materials from Chemical Synthesis....Pages 349-369
Electronic and Structural Properties of Caged Metal Clusters....Pages 371-380
Electronic Transport in Granular Metal Films....Pages 381-398
Superconductivity in Nanophase Materials....Pages 399-406
Morphology and Transport Properties of Nanophases in Semiconductor Multilayer Films....Pages 407-414
Anisotropic Electron Transport in Metallic Multilayers....Pages 415-422
Electronic Transport in Nanocrystalline Metals: A Study of Electrodeposited Nickel Foils....Pages 423-432
Electronic and Optical Properties of Semiconductor Nanocrystals: From Molecules to Bulk Crystals....Pages 433-448
Optical Properties of Granular Solids....Pages 449-469
Se Exafs Study of the Elevated Wurtzite to Rock Salt Structural Phase Transition in Cdse Nanocrystals....Pages 471-482
Raman Diagnostics of Silicon and Carbon Nanoparticles....Pages 483-492
Optical and Related Properties of Semiconductors: Bulk and Small Particles....Pages 493-502
Nanometer Sized Particles of PbI 2 Layered Semiconductors, Embedded in SiO 2 Films: Quantum Size Effect and Photodecomposition Processes....Pages 503-507
Photonic Band Gap Materials....Pages 509-514
Surface Magnetism of Nanometer Particles....Pages 515-535
Nanostructural Design of Magneto-Optic Films and Multilayers....Pages 537-553
Giant Magneto-Transport Properties in Granular Magnetic Systems....Pages 555-568
Two-Dimensional Patterns of Ni Particles — Preparation and Magnetic Measurements....Pages 569-572
Magnetism in Ultrafine Fe and Co Particles....Pages 573-585
Magnetism of Surface-Treated Particles....Pages 587-594
Amorphous Magnetic Particles....Pages 595-611
Properties of Co/B Fine Particles Made by the Microemulsion Technique....Pages 613-616
Magnetic and Optical Properties of γ-Fe 2 O 3 Nanocrystals....Pages 617-624
Size Effects on the Structural and Magnetic Properties of Ultrafine Fe-Pd Particles....Pages 625-633
Nanostructured Magnetic Materials. Size and Interaction Effects on Magnetic Properties of Fine Particles....Pages 635-644
Magnetic relaxation in interacting small iron particles....Pages 645-652
Activation Volumes and Magnetization Reversal in Fine Particles....Pages 653-662
Rotational Hysteresis in Small Magnetic Particles....Pages 663-674
Nanostructured Hard Magnetic Alloys Processed by Melt Spinning Techniques....Pages 675-682
Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling in Ferro and Antiferromagnetic Nanoscale Particles....Pages 683-690
Singular Point Detection of Nanostructured Magnets....Pages 691-698
Anisotropy Field and Interparticle Interactions Determined by Fourier Analysis of Magnetization Curves of Small Particles....Pages 699-702
Magnetism of Soft Nanocrystalline Materials....Pages 703-711
Microstructure and Soft Magnetic Properties of Ultrafine Grain Iron-Based Ribbons....Pages 713-716
Nanocrystalline Materials from Crystallization of Fe 80 B 20 Amorphous Alloy....Pages 717-720
Microstructure and Magnetic Properties of Nanocrystalline Fe-Cr-Based Metallic Glasses....Pages 721-728
Biological Applications....Pages 729-746
Pillared Clays....Pages 747-756
Catalysis and Surface Chemistry: Metal Clusters/Nanoscale Particles....Pages 757-769
Synthesis and Catalytic Properties of Metal and Semiconductor Nanoclusters....Pages 771-780
Nanocrystalline Cerium Oxide Catalytic Materials....Pages 781-784
Iron Oxide on Magnesium Oxide Support as a New Destructive Adsorbent for Chlorinated Hydrocarbons....Pages 785-788
Comparison of Nanoscale Calcium Oxide versus Commercial Calcium Oxide with Respect to Decomposition of Carbon Tetrachloride....Pages 789-792
Destructive Adsorption of Chlorinated Benzene on Ultrafine (Nanoscale) Particles of Magnesium Oxide and Calcium Oxide....Pages 793-796
Nanoscale Magnesium Oxide Used to Adsorb SO 2 and CO 2 ....Pages 797-800
Back Matter....Pages 801-808