Nanostructures: Synthesis, Functional Properties and Applications

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Nanostructures and Nanotechnology: Perspectives and New Trends....Pages 1-36
Engineering of Nanostructured Materials....Pages 37-79
Size and Shape of Epitaxial Nanostructures....Pages 81-93
Molecularly Assembled Interfaces for Nanomachines....Pages 95-109
Shape Fabrication of Cotton-Derived Inorganic Hollow Ribbons....Pages 111-116
Nature and Nanotechnology....Pages 117-137
Genesis of Nanosized Particles, Grains and Interfaces in the Rate-Controlled Processes of Synthesis and Sintering of Ceramics....Pages 139-154
Impact of Grain Boundaries on Structural and Mechanical Properties....Pages 155-167
Current Status of Grain Growth Modelling with Special Reference to Nanocrystalline Materials....Pages 169-178
Discussion about Scaling Effects in Metals with a Continuum Mechanics Approach....Pages 179-204
Defects and Deformation Mechanisms in Nanocrystalline Materials....Pages 205-215
Scale Dependent Anelasticity and Mechanical Behavior: The Case of Nanocrystalline Metals....Pages 217-237
Bulk Nanostructured SPD Materials with Advanced Properties....Pages 239-249
Heavily Drawn Eutectoid Steel: A Nanostructured Material....Pages 251-270
Cluster Structure of the Amorphous State and (NANO)Crystallization of Rapidly Quenched Iron and Cobalt Based Systems....Pages 271-294
The Influence of the Grain Boundary Phase Transitions on the Properties of Nanostructured Materials....Pages 295-312
Atomic Ordering as a New Method of Producing a Nanostructure....Pages 313-327
Particularities of Martensitic Transformations in Nanosructured Fe-Mn System Obtained by Mechanical Alloying....Pages 329-337
Misfit Defects in Nanostructured Films....Pages 339-352
Microstructural Development of Ti-Al Thin Films During Annealing....Pages 353-361
Nanostructured Metal Oxide Films with Room Temperature Gas Sensing Properties....Pages 363-382
Achievement of Nanocrystalline Structures After Thermal Annealing Amorphous W-SI-N Sputtered Films....Pages 383-411
Microwave Joining of ZrO 2 and Al 2 O 3 Ceramics Via Nanostructured Interlayers....Pages 413-426
Surface Chemistry and Functionalization of Semiconducting Nanosized Particles....Pages 427-440
Spectroscopic Characterization of Nanocrystalline V/Ce Oxides for Novel Counter Electrodes....Pages 441-447
Characterization of Nanocrystalline Alloys by Mössbauer Effect Techniques....Pages 449-462
Nano-Structured Magnetic Films Investigated with Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy and Electron Holography....Pages 463-480
Phase Separation in CMR Materials: The Role of Spin Nanoclusters....Pages 481-500
Effects of Interfaces on the Properties of Nanostructured Ni-[Cu(II)-C-O] and CoCrPt Films....Pages 501-509
Electroplating and Electroless Deposition of Nanostructured Magnetic Thin Films....Pages 511-532
Disclinations in Severe Deformed Materials: A Case for Tem Characterization....Pages 533-541
Quantum Dot Semiconductor Lasers....Pages 543-559
Nanoclustered Films and Nanowires....Pages 561-583
Nano-Ferroelectrics....Pages 584-600
Optical Characterization of Mechanical Properties of Thin Films and Structures....Pages 601-618
Optically Active Silicon Nanostructures Prepared from Implanted Si by Annealing at High Hydrostatic Pressure....Pages 619-638
Nanoelectrodes on Silicon for Electrochemical Applications....Pages 639-648
Effect of Gas Environment on the Recombination Properties of Nanostructured Layer- Silicon Interface....Pages 649-654
Synthesis and Novel Application of Nanomaterials in Tungstate, Titania and Silicon Nitride Systems....Pages 655-673
Applications of Functional Nanocomposites....Pages 675-689
Back Matter....Pages 691-694