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Nanostructured Materials for Sustainable Engineering

Fundamentals, Properties and Applications

  • 1st Edition - June 1, 2027
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Yasir Beeran Pottathara, Hanuma Reddy Tiyyagura, Kalim Deshmukh
  • Language: English

Nanostructured Materials for Sustainable Engineering: Fundamentals, Properties and Applications discusses the latest developments in this important field. Comprehensive in its co… Read more

Description

Nanostructured Materials for Sustainable Engineering: Fundamentals, Properties and Applications discusses the latest developments in this important field. Comprehensive in its coverage; the book addresses the fundamentals, synthesis techniques, types of materials, their properties, and different sustainability-related application fields. With contributions from leading international experts, the book will be a valuable reference resource for both academic and industrial researchers; materials scientists and engineers; nanotechnologists, manufacturers, polymer chemists, as well as chemical and bioengineers and other professionals who want to know more about how to design and develop nanostructured materials for sustainable engineering applications.

Key features

  • Covers recent advances in nanostructured materials engineering with a special focus on device fabrication and their use in sustainable engineering applications
  • Includes fundamentals, surface engineering, synthesis methods, thermal properties, hierarchy, and modelling concepts for nanostructured materials
  • Covers solar cells, microbial fuel cells, batteries, supercapacitors, agri-food, thin-film transistors, opto-electronic devices, bioengineering, medical, civil and environmental applications
  • Covers safety considerations, environmental impact and sustainability aspects

Readership

Academic and industrial researchers; materials scientists and engineers; nanotechnologists, manufacturers, polymer chemists, chemists, and bioengineers

Table of contents

Part 1 Nanostructured Materials for Sustainability Applications

1. Nanostructured Materials: Classifications, Structures, Fundamental Properties, and Sustainability Prospects

2. Surface and Structural Engineering of Nanostructured Materials for Sustainable Applications

3. Synthesis Methods of Engineered Nanomaterials and Their Sustainability Aspects

4. Safety Considerations, Environmental Impact, and Sustainability Aspects of Nanostructured Materials

5. Hierarchical Nanostructured Materials for Sustainable Development

6. Theoretical Modelling and Molecular Dynamic Simulations for Sustainable Engineering of Nanostructured Materials

Part 2 Nanostructured Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications

7. Nanostructured Materials for Sustainable Thermal Transport

8. Engineered Nanostructured Materials for Sustainable Solar Cells

9. Engineered Nanostructured Materials for Sustainable Microbial Fuel Cells

10. Engineered Nanostructured Materials for Sustainable Rechargeable Batteries

11. Nanostructured Aerogels: Fabrication and Applications as Supercapacitors

Part 3 Nanostructured Materials for Industrial and Biomedical Applications

12. Engineering of Nanostructured Materials for the Sustainable Agri-Food Industry

13. Engineered Nanostructured Materials for Thin Film Transistors

14. Engineered Nanostructured Materials for Optoelectronic Devices

15. Nanomaterials for Bioengineering and Biomimetic Applications

16. Magnetic Nanoparticles for Genetic Engineering

17. Nanostructured Materials for Tissue Engineering

Part 4 Nanostructured Materials for Environmental Sustainability

18. Nanostructured Materials as Green and Effective Fire Retardants

19. Engineered Nanostructured Materials in Wood and Wood-Based Composites

20. Nanostructured Coatings in the Construction Industry

21. Nanostructured Materials for Cement and Concrete Technology

22. Advances of Nanotechnology in Road Pavement Engineering

23. Nanostructured Materials for Wastewater Treatment

24. Nanostructured Materials for Air and Water Purification

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 1, 2027
  • Language: English

About the editors

Yasir Beeran Pottathara

Editor
Dr. Yasir Beeran Pottathara is a scientific associate at Rudolfovo-Science and Technology Center, Novo Mesto, Slovenia. He has over 10 years of research experience in nanocomposites and materials, with special focus on nanocellulose multifunctional composites, 2D nanomaterials, and porous materials to advance the performance in the field of energy storage and flexible electronics. He has authored more than 30 publications, including original research articles and review papers with the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), American Chemical Society (ACS), Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley-VCH. He has edited or co-edited several books published by Elsevier - Micro and Nano technologies.
Affiliations and expertise
Scientific Associate, Rudolfovo-Science and Technology Center, Novo Mesto, Slovenia

Hanuma Reddy Tiyyagura

Editor
Dr. Hanuma Reddy Tiyyagura is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology (WAT), Warsaw, Poland. He is a materials engineer and corrosion scientist with extensive international research experience in biodegradable metallic biomaterials, advanced surface engineering, and biomedical materials. His research mainly focuses on additive manufacturing of biodegradable magnesium- and zinc-based materials, corrosion and degradation behavior in physio logical environments, and functional surface modifications for temporary implant and orthopedic applications. He has also worked on polymer-based materials, nanoengineered coatings, and biomaterials–biology interactions to enhance the performance of next-generation biomedical systems. His academic achievements have been recognized through prestigious international fellowships, including the Fulbright Postdoctoral Award and the Erasmus Mundus Fellowship.

Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor at Military University of Technology (WAT), Warsaw, Poland.

Kalim Deshmukh

Editor

Siva Tamilvanan was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Advanced Research School for Technology and Product Simulation (ARSTPS), Central Institute of Petrochemical Engineering & Technology (CIPET), Chennai, India. He completed his PhD on Self-Healing Coatings in 2016 from Bharathidasan University. His fields of specialization were corrosion control by intelligent coatings, conducting polymer-based coatings, corrosion inhibitors, and corrosion monitoring. He published more than 30 articles and 5 book chapters and was granted two patents. He was an Assessor & Trainer of Paint and Coatings Skill Council of India. He has received various awards on national and international levels, including SERB, CSIR Fellowships, NACE, and Berger awards.

Affiliations and expertise
Senior Researcher, New Technologies Research Centre, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic