Functional Materials
Preparation, Processing and Applications
- 1st Edition - December 12, 2011
- Latest edition
- Editors: S. Banerjee, A. K. Tyagi
- Language: English
Functional materials have assumed a very prominent position in several high-tech areas. Such materials are not being classified on the basis of their origin, nature of bonding or… Read more
Functional materials have assumed a very prominent position in several high-tech areas. Such materials are not being classified on the basis of their origin, nature of bonding or processing techniques but are classified on the basis of the functions they can perform. This is a significant departure from the earlier schemes in which materials were described as metals, alloys, ceramics, polymers, glass materials etc. Several new processing techniques have also evolved in the recent past. Because of the diversity of materials and their functions it has become extremely difficult to obtain information from single source. Functional Materials: Preparation, Processing and Applications provides a comprehensive review of the latest developments.
- Serves as a ready reference for Chemistry, Physics and Materials Science researchers by covering a wide range of functional materials in one book
- Aids in the design of new materials by emphasizing structure or microstructure – property correlation
- Covers the processing of functional materials in detail, which helps in conceptualizing the applications of them
Chemistry, Physics and Materials Science researchers working on functional-materials
1. Soft Materials — Properties and Applications
1.1. Introduction to Soft Matter
1.2. Intermolecular Interactions in Soft Materials
1.3. Colloids
1.4. Surfactant Assemblies
1.5. Polymer Solutions
1.6. Experimental Techniques in Soft Matter
1.7. Applications of Soft Matter
2. Conducting Polymer Sensors, Actuators and Field-Effect Transistors
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Synthesis of Conducting Polymers
2.3. Conducting Polymer Gas Sensors
2.4. Electrochemical Actuators
2.5. Conducting Polymer FETs
2.6. Summary
3. Functional Magnetic Materials
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Magnetocaloric Effect
3.3. Molecular Magnetic Materials
3.4. Magnetic Nanoparticles
3.5. CMR Manganites
3.6. Summary and Conclusion
4. Multiferroic Materials
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Origin of Ferro- and Antiferromagnetism
4.3. Origin of Ferroelectricity
4.4. Mutually Exclusive Reason for Multiferroicity
4.5. Types of Multiferroic Material
4.6. Observation of Multiferroic Properties
4.7. Examples
4.8. Applications
4.9. Summary
5. Spintronic Materials, Synthesis, Processing and Applications
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Ferromagnetic Semiconductors or Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors
5.3. Spintronics
5.4. Overview of some Major Spintronic Materials
5.5. Oxide Semiconductors
5.6. Material Synthesis, Processing and Characterization
5.7. Characterization
5.8. Recent Results
5.9. One-Dimensional Structures of ZnO-Based Materials
5.10. Applications (Spintronic Devices)
6. Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles
Nomenclature
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Methods of Preparation of Nanoparticles
6.3. Characterization of Magnetic Nanoparticles
6.4. Magnetic Properties of Nanoparticles
6.5. Induction Heating Behaviour of Particles
6.6. Therapeutic Efficacy of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Human Cancer Cells
6.7. Future Perspectives
7. Functional Superconducting Materials
7.1. Background
7.2. Niobium Titanium (NbTi)
7.3. A15 Superconductors and Nb3Sn
7.4. Chevrel-Phase Superconductors
7.5. High-Tc Superconductors
7.6. MgB2
7.7. Borocarbides
7.8. Iron Arsenide Superconductors
7.9. Conclusions
8. Optical Materials
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Origin of Different Types of Optical Material and their Applications
8.3. Optical Parameters
8.4. Optical Properties of Metals
8.5. Optical Properties of Insulators
8.6. Optical Properties of Nanomaterials
8.7. Nonlinear Optical Materials
8.8. Organic Optical Materials
8.9. Photonic Band-Gap Materials
9. Glass and Glass-Ceramics
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Glasses
9.3. Glass-Ceramics
9.4. Preparation of Glass and Glass-Ceramics
9.5. Characterization
9.6. Mechanical Properties
9.7. Wetting Property
9.8. Some Useful Properties
9.9. Some Important Functionalities
9.10. Transparency
9.11. Conclusion
10. Nuclear Fuels
10.1. Introduction
10.2. Types of Fuel Material
10.3. Phase Diagrams
10.4. Fission Gas Release
10.5. Vapourisation of the Fuel
10.6. Swelling Due to Gas Bubbles
10.7. Swelling Due to Solid Fission Products
10.8. Pore Migration
10.9. Restructuring
10.10. Mechanical Phenomenon
10.11. Temperature Distribution
10.12. Fuel Modelling
10.13. Conclusions
11. Super-Strong, Super-Modulus Materials
11.1. Introduction
11.2. Origin of Modulus
11.3. Strength of Materials
11.4. Ultra-strength
11.5. Summary
12. Corrosion-Resistant Materials
12.1. Introduction
12.2. Materials Resistant to Uniform Corrosion
12.3. Materials Resistant to Localized Corrosion
13. Nafion Perfluorosulphonate Membrane
13.1. Introduction
13.2. Synthesis and Characterization
13.3. Properties of Nafion Membranes
13.4. Applications
13.5. Conclusions
14. Fundamentals and Applications of the Photocatalytic Water Splitting Reaction
14.1. Introduction
14.2. Basis of Photocatalytic Water Splitting
14.3. Experimental Method for Water Splitting
14.4. Some Heterogeneous Photocatalyst Materials Used for Water Splitting
14.5. Conclusions
15. Hydrogen Storage Materials
15.1. Introduction
15.2. Experimental Techniques
15.3. Examples of Hydrogen Storage Materials and Their Properties
15.4. Applications
15.5. Conclusions
16. Electroceramics for Fuel Cells, Batteries and Sensors
16.1. Introduction
16.2. Preparation and Processing of Electroceramics
16.3. Electrochemical and Microstructural Characterization
16.4. Applications
17. Nanocrystalline and Disordered Carbon Materials
17.1. Introduction
17.2. Fullerene
17.3. CNTs
17.4. Graphene: The Slimmest Carbon
17.5. Nano-Diamond
17.6. Carbon Nanofoam
17.7. Amorphous Carbon
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S. Banerjee
Dr. Srikumar Banerjee is presently DAE Homi Bhabha Chair Professor at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, India. He completed his BTech inMetallurgical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, in 1967. He joined the Metallurgy Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, in 1968 after graduating from 11th batch of BARC training School. He obtained his PhD in 1974 from IIT, Kharagpur. He has occupied several important positions such as Head, Metallurgy Division, BARC, Director, Materials Group, BARC, and Director, BARC, and subsequently became Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, India, in 2009, and superannuated in April 2012. He has done pioneering work in the field of martensitic transformations, rapid solidification, omega transformation, quasi-crystalline solids, and shape memory alloys. He has been a senior visiting Fellow at the University of Sussex, UK, Humboldt Foundation Fellow at Max-Planck Institute for Metallforschung, Stuttgart, Germany, and a visiting Professor at Ohio State University, Columbus, USA.
In recognition of his seminal contribution to the field of Materials Science, Dr. Banerjee has been conferred with numerous national and international prestigious awards, including INSA Young Scientist Award (1976), National Metallurgists' Day Award (1981), Acta Metallurgica Outstanding paper Award (1984), Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Prize in Engineering Sciences from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (1989); GD Birla Gold Medal of The Indian Institute of Metals (1997), INSA Prize for Materials Science, MRSI - Superconductivity and Material Science Prize (2003); Indian Nuclear Society Award (2003), Alexander von Humboldt Research Award (2004), Prof. Brahm Prakash Memorial Medal (2004) from INSA, Padma Shri from Government of India (2005), Distinguished Materials Scientist Award from MRSI (2008), Indian Science Congress Association’s Excellence in Science and Technology Award (2009), Ram Mohun Puraskar of Rammohun Mission for outstanding contribution to Nuclear Science (2010), CNR Rao Prize Lecture in Advanced Materials (2011), and M. N. Saha Birth Centenary Award (2012) from Indian Science Association Congress. He has been conferred with several Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) degrees from various universities and institutions, including Sathyabama University, Chennai; Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur; Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur; Guru Ghasidas University, Chattisgarh, and University of Calcutta. He is an elected Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, India, Indian National Science Academy, Indian National Academy of Engineering, and Third World Academy of Sciences.
Affiliations and expertise
DAE Homi Bhabha Chair Professor, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, IndiaAT
A. K. Tyagi
Dr. A. K. Tyagi is currently Dean and Senior Professor at the Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India. He is also an Honorary Professor at JNCASR, Bengaluru. Other recent positions include as Director of the Chemistry Group, Director of the Bioscience Group (both at BARC), and Distinguished Scientist (DAE). He completed postdoctoral research at Max-Planck Institute, Germany (1995-96), and has since received numerous prestigious awards for his work. Dr. Tyagi’s research interests cover areas of nanomaterials, functional materials, nuclear materials, metastable materials, and hybrid materials. He has published over 650 papers in international journals, 12 books, and several review articles, as well as having guided 47 PhD students to date. He is also a Fellow of various national and international science and engineering academies, and has been a Visiting Scientist at various institutions in Europe, Asia, and South Africa.
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