Nanostructures
Properties, Processing, and Applications
- 1st Edition - July 17, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Author: Gaurav Verma
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 0 0 4 8 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 1 7 9 - 1
Nanostructures: Properties, Processing, and Applications is oriented around the Structure-Property-Processing-Applications and Performance lifecycle of materials developme… Read more
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Request a sales quoteNanostructures: Properties, Processing, and Applications is oriented around the Structure-Property-Processing-Applications and Performance lifecycle of materials development at the nanoscale. Through analogies and illustrations, the book explains the complex fundamentals in the areas of nanoscience and nanotechnology in an accessible way. The structures of metallic, polymeric, ceramic, hybrid, novel and natural nanomaterials are covered in depth to provide a broad-based understanding to the reader.
The properties of materials are dependent on their structure; this is even more the case when nanostructures are examined. This book explains the major techniques for characterizing these properties. In order to control these properties, the synthesis of nanomaterials is essential. Hence a wide evaluation of processing of these materials with a focus on controlling size, shape, and structure is a focal point of the book. The second half of the book covers the major applications and performances of nanostructured materials, drawing comparisons with previous technologies for applications, highlighting the efficacy of nanoscale technologies vis-à-vis the conventional ones.
This is an important information source for early career researchers and engineers wanting to understand the fundamentals of nanostructured materials, and what their major applications are.
- Explains the fundamental concepts and properties behind nanostructured materials
- Discusses the main stages of materials development at the nanoscale
- Explores the major application areas, showing how nanotechnology is more efficient than other technologies for a variety of biomedical, environmental and industrial uses
- Contains useful analogies for the readers to make them understand the nanostructural fundamentals.
Materials scientists and engineers
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Author's biography
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introducing nanoscale: Its realm and attributes
- 1.1. Perception, the ultramodern parameter
- 1.2. Shapes at nanoscale
- 1.3. Chemical, physical, and biological aspects
- 1.4. Nature and nanotechnology
- 2. Nanostructures: types and classifications
- 2.1. Structures based on dimensionality
- 2.2. The case of carbon: Nobel Prize-winning discoveries
- 2.3. Structures differentiated based on composition
- 2.4. Polymer nanostructures
- 2.5. Ceramic nanostructures
- 3. Properties and attributes
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Properties at nanoscale and nanomaterial properties
- 3.3. Mechanical properties
- 3.4. Other physical properties
- 3.5. Optical properties
- 3.6. Chemical properties
- 3.7. Magnetic attributes
- 4. Characterization techniques
- 4.1. Introduction: man and machine
- 4.2. Composition analysis
- 4.3. Microscopy and imaging
- 4.4. Structural analysis
- 4.5. Properties and testing
- 5. Synthesis and processing
- 5.1. High reactivity and poor stability
- 5.2. Importance of synthesis
- 5.3. Chemical routes
- 5.4. Physical methods
- 5.5. Biological and green synthesis of nanostructures
- 6. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning simulations for nanostructures
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Simulations, modeling, and artificial intelligence
- 6.3. The advantage of using AI: ML and DL
- 6.4. Machine learning for nanostructures
- 6.5. Steps to using AI: a two-dimensional flake identification
- 6.6. Issues with using AI
- 6.7. Future of nanostructures
- 7. Applications of nanostructures
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Catalysis
- 7.3. Medical science and healthcare
- 7.4. Agriculture, plant nanobionics, and sustainable practices
- 7.5. Energy: creation, conversion, and storage
- 7.6. Environment monitoring and cleaning
- 7.7. Replacing conventional applications
- 8. Nanotoxicology and safety
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. Effect on human health and organs
- 8.3. Effect on plants
- 8.4. Toxicity testing techniques and models
- 8.5. Reducing toxicity, remedial measures and disposal
- 9. Ponderable and conclusion
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Recapitulation
- 9.3. Ponderable
- 9.4. Simplification of processes and characterization
- Appendix
- Glossary (abbreviations)
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 17, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 300
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128200483
- eBook ISBN: 9780128231791
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Gaurav Verma
Gaurav Verma is currently a Full Professor at the Panjab University, Chandigarh, India (Dr. SS Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology, and Adjunct Faculty at the Department of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology). He is a former CV Raman Post-Doctoral fellow from the Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. His research focuses on the areas of applied nanoscience and nanostructured materials.
Affiliations and expertise
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