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Functionalization and Surface Science of Nanostructured Materials
- 1st Edition - June 1, 2025
- Editors: Niroj Kumar Sahu, G. Swati, Sathyanarayan Punniyakoti
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 4 5 8 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 4 5 9 - 8
Functionalization and Surface Science of Nanostructured Materials brings together cutting-edge techniques and strategies for surface functionalization of nanomaterials, supportin… Read more
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Request a sales quoteFunctionalization and Surface Science of Nanostructured Materials brings together cutting-edge techniques and strategies for surface functionalization of nanomaterials, supporting a range of novel applications. The book begins by presenting the fundamentals of surface science of nanostructured materials, introducing chemistry, physics, analysis, strategies, and fundamental methods. This is followed by detailed chapters focusing on simulation and theory, analytical tools, and novel strategies for fabrication, stabilization of nanostructures, and ligand exchange for hydrophilicity. Subsequent chapters provide in-depth coverage of applications across engineering, diagnostics, therapeutics, photovoltaics, photocatalysts, supercapacitors, and water treatment.
This book will be of interest to all those with an interest in surface functionalization of nanomaterials for advanced applications, including researchers, advanced students, scientists, engineers, and R&D professionals.
- Guides the reader through functionalization strategies and surface properties of nanomaterials
- Reviews and addresses challenges and limitations relating to the design and processing of surface engineered nanomaterials
- Explores a range of novel applications across engineering, biomedicine, energy storage, and the environment
Researchers and advanced students across nanotechnology, materials science, chemical engineering, biomedicine, pharmaceutical science, chemistry, energy, and environmental science, Scientists, engineers, and R&D professionals with an interest in surface functionalization of nanomaterials for advanced applications (biomedicine, energy storage, environment, etc.)
1. Surfaces in nanostructured materials
2. Surface science of nanostructured materials
3. Simulation and theoretical aspects of surface properties of nanomaterials
4. Analytical tools for surface characterization of nanostructured materials
5. Fabrication strategies of surface engineered nanostructured materials
6. Ionic and steric stabilization strategy for colloidal nanoparticles
7. Ligand exchange strategy for changing hydrophilicity in nanomaterials
8. Surface-active nanostructures for advanced engineering applications
9. Surface engineering of nanomaterials for diagnostic and therapeutic applications
10. Surface engineering of nanomaterials for photovoltaic applications
11. Surface engineering of nanomaterials for photocatalytic application
12. Surface engineering of nanomaterials for supercapacitor applications
13. Surface active and surface engineered nanomaterials for water purification
14. Challenges and perspectives in surface functionalization strategies for specific applications
2. Surface science of nanostructured materials
3. Simulation and theoretical aspects of surface properties of nanomaterials
4. Analytical tools for surface characterization of nanostructured materials
5. Fabrication strategies of surface engineered nanostructured materials
6. Ionic and steric stabilization strategy for colloidal nanoparticles
7. Ligand exchange strategy for changing hydrophilicity in nanomaterials
8. Surface-active nanostructures for advanced engineering applications
9. Surface engineering of nanomaterials for diagnostic and therapeutic applications
10. Surface engineering of nanomaterials for photovoltaic applications
11. Surface engineering of nanomaterials for photocatalytic application
12. Surface engineering of nanomaterials for supercapacitor applications
13. Surface active and surface engineered nanomaterials for water purification
14. Challenges and perspectives in surface functionalization strategies for specific applications
- No. of pages: 400
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 1, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443184581
- eBook ISBN: 9780443184598
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Niroj Kumar Sahu
Niroj Kumar Sahu is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Nanotechnology Research at the Vellore Institute of Technology, India. His areas of research are as follows: Condensed matter physics, physics and chemistry of nanomaterials; magnetism and magnetic materials; ferrites based nanostructured magnetic materials for magnetic hyperthermia, thermochemo-therapy, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); fabrication, surface functionalization and self-assembly of metallic, oxides and alloy nanostructured materials their application applications in energy storage, removal of environmental hazard and biomedicine.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Centre for Nanotechnology Research, Vellore Institute of Technology, IndiaGS
G. Swati
Dr. G. Swati is a Senior Assistant Professor at the Centre for Nanotechnology Research (CNR), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India. Her major research areas include surface-functionalized nanomaterials and quantum dots for energy harvesting, thermoluminescent materials for dark vision display, luminescent security ink for anti-counterfeiting, and nanomaterials for optoelectronic applications. Dr. Swati has published 17 research papers in peer-reviewed journals, 3 book chapters, and 1 patent. She is a lifetime member of the Luminescence Society of India (LSI), and sessional member for the Indian National Science Academy (INSA).
Affiliations and expertise
Centre for Nanotechnology Research (CNR), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, IndiaSP
Sathyanarayan Punniyakoti
Dr. P. Sathyanarayanan is a Senior Assistant Professor in the School of Electronics Engineering (SENSE) at VIT University Vellore campus, Tamil Nadu, India. He obtained Ph.D. in Physics from the Nanostructured Physics Group of Hasselt University, Belgium, and worked as a post-doctoral researcher on nanofabrication of molecular structures through nano-chemistry at the University of Lille, France. Dr. Sathyanarayanan has expertise in the ultrafast synthesis of nearly mono-disperse, well-ordered, and well-separated inorganic nanostructures using the micellar technique, with applications across different fields including optics, optoelectronics, magnetic recording-media, catalysis, chemical reactivity, nanotubes, nanowires, and biomedicine. He has also extensively researched low-pressure CVD-based growth of carbon nanostructures grown in-situ and characterization by XPS, AFM, SEM, TEM and Raman Spectroscopy, and recently developed a new design and fabrication of nanofluidic channels based on 3D prototyping of Hydrogen Silsesquioxane (HSQ) using electron beam lithography. Dr. Sathyanarayanan has published 15 research papers in peer-reviewed journals.
Affiliations and expertise
Centre for Nanotechnology Research (CNR), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, India