Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Security and Protection against CBRN Threats

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Cyber-Physical Systems to Counter CBRN Threats – Sensing Payload Capabilities in Aerial Platforms for Real-Time Monitoring and Analysis  (Ashok Vaseashta, Surik Kudaverdyan, Stepan Tsaturyan, Nimet Bölgen)....Pages 3-20
Front Matter ....Pages 21-21
 Application of Ionizing Irradiation for Structure Modification of Nanomaterials  (Perica Paunović, Anita Grozdanov, Petre Makreski, Gennaro Gentile, Aleksandar T. Dimitrov)....Pages 23-43
 The Corona Triode Charging/Polarization System  (Pedro Rafael dos Santos Prezas, Manuel Jorge de Araújo Pereira Soares, Mauro Miguel Costa, Manuel Pedro Fernandes Graça)....Pages 45-58
 Transparent Organic-Inorganic Hybrids Obtained from Covalently Bonded Ureasilicate Monomers: Optical and Mechanical Properties  (Vania Ilcheva, Victor Boev, Galina Zamfirova, Valentin Gaydarov, Vanya Lilova, Tamara Petkova)....Pages 59-65
 Sol-Gel Technique to Design Hybrid Materials and their Application in Water Purification  (Inna V. Melnyk, Veronika V. Tomina, Nataliya V. Stolyarchuk, Miroslava Václavíková)....Pages 67-73
 BaTiO3 Structure as a Function of the Preparation Method  (Denitza Nicheva, Ruzha Harizanova, Vania Ilcheva, Irena Mihailova, Tamara Petkova, Plamen Petkov)....Pages 75-81
Front Matter ....Pages 83-83
 Impedance Spectroscopy: Concepts and Applications  (Bruno M. G. Melo, Dona Blaskova-Kochnitcharova, Silvia Soreto Teixeira, Tamara Petkova, Luis C. Costa)....Pages 85-93
 Undesirable Aspects of Fatigue on Stretchable Elastomer Sensors  (Evghenii Harea, Sanjoy Datta, Martin Stěnička, Radek Stoček)....Pages 95-105
 Dielectric Characterization of (Bi1-xFex)NbO4 Ceramics Prepared by Wet-Chemical Route  (Susana Devesa, Manuel P. Graça, Luis C. Costa)....Pages 107-120
Front Matter ....Pages 121-121
 Study of In2O3 Thin Films Doped with As as Active Layer in Position Sensitive Structures  (Veselin Zhelev, Plamen Petkov, Georgi Avdeev, Vanya Lilova, Tamara Petkova)....Pages 123-130
 Design of Mesoscopic Ordered Titania and Silica Hybrid Sol-Gel Films as Planar Waveguide  (Yevhen Leonenko, German Telbiz, Vasil Yashchuk, Taras Kavetskyy, Nickolay Kukhtarev, Anatoliy Glushchenko)....Pages 131-137
Front Matter ....Pages 139-139
 CVD Diamond and Nanodiamond: Versatile Materials for Countering a Wide Range of CBRN Threats  (Paul W. May)....Pages 141-170
 Fabrication of Diamond AFM Tips for Quantum Sensing  (Alexander Schmidt, Tzach Jaffe, Meir Orenstein, Johann Peter Reithmaier, Cyril Popov)....Pages 171-185
 Nanostructured Biochar: Production Pathways and Applications  (Abderrahman Mellalou, Abdelkader Outzourhit, Abdelaziz Bacaoui)....Pages 187-197
Front Matter ....Pages 199-199
 Nanowires for NEMS Switches  (Jelena Kosmaca, Liga Jasulaneca, Raimonds Meija, Raitis Sondors, Donats Erts)....Pages 201-207
 Modification of TiO2 and ZnO Particles Under Mechanical Stress with Polypropylene  (Olha Skurikhina, Erika Tothova, Smilja Markovic, Mamoru Senna)....Pages 209-213
 Use of Magnetic Susceptibility Measurement for Analysis of Self-Organized Magnetic Nanoparticles in Biological Systems  (Taras Kavetskyy, Oksana Zubrytska, Lyudmyla Pan’kiv, Rovshan Khalilov, Aygun Nasibova, Abolfazl Akbarzadeh et al.)....Pages 215-221
Front Matter ....Pages 223-223
 Solvent Dispersible Nanocomposite Based on RGO Surface Decorated with Au Nanoparticles for Electrochemical Genosensors  (Chiara Ingrosso, Michela Corricelli, Alessia Disha, Francesca Bettazzi, Evgenia Konstantinidou, Elisabetta Fanizza et al.)....Pages 225-234
 Electrical Properties in PMMA/Carbon-Dots Nanocomposite Films Below the Percolation Threshold  (Zakaria El Ansary, Ilham Bouknaitir, Silvia Soreto Teixeira, Lamyaa Kreit, Annamaria Panniello, Paola Fini et al.)....Pages 235-250
 Microwave Characteristics (Reflection Losses) of Composite Materials Consisting of Magnetic Nanoparticles  (Svetoslav Kolev, Tatyana Koutzarova)....Pages 251-257
 Dielectric Properties of PMMA/PPy Composite Materials  (Sanae Barnoss, Najoia Aribou, Yassine Nioua, Mohamed El Hasnaoui, Mohammed E. Achour, Luís C. Costa)....Pages 259-271
Front Matter ....Pages 273-273
 Recent Advances of Electrospinning and Multifunctional Electrospun Textile Materials for Chemical and Biological Protection  (Didem Demir, Ashok Vaseashta, Nimet Bölgen)....Pages 275-289
 Temperature Effect on Dielectric Properties of Heterogeneous Material Based on Carbon Black Loaded Copolymer Nanocomposite  (Mohamed El Hasnaoui, Mohammed E. Achour, Luis C. Costa)....Pages 291-302
 Novel Photocross-Linked Polymers for Construction of Laccase-Based Amperometric Biosensors  (Taras Kavetskyy, Khrystyna Zubrytska, Oleh Smutok, Olha Demkiv, Helena àvajdlenková, Ondrej àauša et al.)....Pages 303-310
Front Matter ....Pages 311-311
 Surface Phenomena in Glassy Chalcogenides by Gas Sensing  (Dumitru Tsiulyanu, Marina Ciobanu, Olga Mocreac)....Pages 313-329
 Phase Composition and Spectroscopic Characterization of Barium Titanate Containing Glass Ceramics  (Ruzha Harizanova, Ivailo Gugov, Ivalina Avramova, Irena Mihailova, Georgi Avdeev, Christian Rüssel)....Pages 331-340
 Near Infrared Photoluminescence of Nd-Doped ZBP Glasses  (Irena Kostova, Farley Chicilo, Tinko Eftimov, Georgi Patronov, Dan Tonchev, Safa Kasap)....Pages 341-349
 Determination of the Surface Properties of Combined Metal-Oxide Layers, Obtained by AC-Incorporation of Ni and Cu in Preliminary Formed AAO Matrices  (Christian Girginov, Stephan Kozhukharov, Boriana Tzaneva)....Pages 351-366
Front Matter ....Pages 367-367
 Testing of pH Nanosensors Based on Polyaniline/Carbon Nanostructures Coated Screen Printed Electrode  (Aleksandar Petrovski, Perica Paunović, Anita Grozdanov, Aleksandar T. Dimitrov)....Pages 369-377
 WO3-Based Glass-Crystalline Sensor for Selective Detection of Ammonia Gas  (Mohamed Ataalla, Amr Mohamed, Mohamed A. Ali, Mohamed Hassan, Nagat Hamad, Ahmed Sabry Afify)....Pages 379-387
Front Matter ....Pages 389-389
 Optimizing Bacterial Cellulose Production Towards Materials for Water Remediation  (Víctor Calvo, Javier Torrubia, Domingo Blanco, Enrique García-Bordeje, Wolfgang K. Maser, Ana M. Benito et al.)....Pages 391-403
 Sodium Ferrites: New Materials to Be Applied in Energy Storage Devices in a Wide Frequency Range  (Sílvia Soreto Teixeira, Manuel P. F. Graça, Luís C. Costa)....Pages 405-415
 Fluorescent Thin Film Probe for Nitro Compounds: Si Containing Poly[Diphenylacetylene] Case Study  (Diana Harea, Jiři Zednik, Evghenii Harea, Vladimir Sedlařík)....Pages 417-429
 Determination of Surface Groups of Activated Carbons from Different Sources and Their Application for Heavy Metals Treatment  (Halyna Yankovych, Viktoriia Novoseltseva, Olena Kovalenko, Inna V. Melnyk, Miroslava Václavíková)....Pages 431-436
 Recent Trends of the Use of Rare Earth Elements for Efficient Environmentally Compliant Corrosion Protection of Aluminum and Its Alloys  (Stephan Kozhukharov, Christian Girginov)....Pages 437-445
Front Matter ....Pages 447-447
 Synthesis of PLGA-PEG-PLGA Polymer Nano-Micelles – Carriers of Combretastatin-Like Antitumor Agent 16Z  (Gjorgji Atanasov, Iliyan N. Kolev, Ognyan Petrov, Margarita D. Apostolova)....Pages 449-458
 Poly(ε-caprolactone)/Chitosan Nanostructures for Cell Cultivation  (Hilal Turkoglu Sasmazel)....Pages 459-464
 Preparation and Characterization of Zinc and Magnesium Doped Bioglasses  (Sílvia Rodrigues Gavinho, Mariana Castro Soares, João Paulo Borges, Jorge Carvalho Silva, Isabel Sá Nogueira, Manuel Pedro Fernandes Graça)....Pages 465-475
 Polarized Light for Detection of Pathological Changes Within Biological Tissues  (Ani Stoilova, Dimana Nazarova, Blaga Blagoeva, Velichka Strijkova, Plamen Petkov)....Pages 477-483
 Melanoma Cells Uptake and Hyperthermia Tests of Iron-Based Magnetic Nanoparticles  (Luiza-Izabela Jinga, Gianina Popescu-Pelin, Cristian Mihailescu, Livia E. Sima, Victor David, Gabriel Socol)....Pages 485-492
Back Matter ....Pages 493-496