Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology VII

 Content: Preface vii  Introduction ix   NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   Sol-Gel Approach to the Calcium Phosphate Nanocomposites 3  Aldona Beganskiene, Zivile Stankeviciute, Milda Malakauskaite, Irma Bogdanoviciene, Valdek Mikli, Kaia Tonsuaadu, and Aivaras Kareiva   Reinforcement Mechanisms in Alumina Toughened Zirconia Nanocomposites with Different Stabilizing Agents 15  Sergio Rivera, Luis A. Diaz, Adolfo Fernandez, Ramon Torrecillas, and Jose S. Moya   Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Copper Oxide 23  David Dodoo-Arhin, Matteo Leoni, and Paolo Scardi   X-Ray Diffraction Study on the In-Situ Crystallization Kinetics in Electrospun PVP/Ti02 Nanofibers 35  H. Albetran, A. Alsafwan, H. Haroosh, Y. Dong, and I. M. Low   Metal-Catalyzed Growth of ZnO Nanowires 51  Werner Mader, Heike Simon, Tobias Krekeler, and Gunnar Schaan   Graphene-SnO2 Nanocomposites for Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes 67  R. Muller and S. Mathur   Cobalt-Manganese Spinel Oxides as Visible-Light-Driven Water Oxidation Catalysts 75  Hongfei Liu, and Greta R. Patzke   Eclipse Transparent Electrode and Applications 87  Hulya Demiryont, Kenneth C. Shannon III, and Matthew Bratcher   Plasma Enhanced CVD of Transparent and Conductive Tin Oxide Thin Films 99  Trilok Singh, Thomas Fischer, Jai Singh, Sanjeev Kumar Gurram, and Sanjay Mathur   Chemically Bonded Phosphate Ceramics Reinforced with Carbon Nanotubes 107  James Wade, Jingjing Liu, and Houzheng Wu   Hardness of Alumina/Silicon Carbide Nanocomposites at Various Silicon Carbide Volume Percentages 119  James Wade and Houzheng Wu    NANOMATERIALS FOR SENSING APPLICATIONS   Self-Sustained NO2 GAS Sensor Operating at Room Temperatures Based on Solar Light activated p-NiO/n-Si Diode 133  Alaa Eldin Gad and Sanjay Mathur   Synthesis, Structural Studies of Some Lanthanide Complexes of the Mesogenic Schiff-Base, N,N"-di-(4'-Octadecyloxybenzoate)Salicylidene-I", 3"-Diamino-2"-Propanol 139  Sanyucta Kumari   Development of Single-, Few- and Multiple-Nanowire Gas-Sensor Two-Terminal Devices on Ceramic Substrates and Characterization by Impedance Spectroscopy 149  Bonex Mwakikunga, Trilok Singh, Irina Giebelhaus, Thomas Fischer, Ashish Lepcha, Alaa Eldin Gad, Guido Faglia, and Sanjay Mathur   Synthesis and Dispersion of Silica Nanowires for Biosensing Applications 157  Praveen Kumar Sekhar and Kumar Subramaniyam   Author Index 165