1st Edition
CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology
The CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology sets the standard against which all other references of this nature are measured. As such, it is a major resource for both skilled professionals and novices to nanotechnology.
The book examines the design, application, and utilization of devices, techniques, and technologies critical to research at the atomic, molecular, and macromolecular levels ranging from 1 to 100 nanometers.
More than three dozen specific topics are examined, including nanomaterials, nanocatalysts, nanoceramics, nanocrystals, carbon nanotubes, drug delivery, nanopolymers, nanoparticles, nanocoatings, and nanomedicine. The material is presented in a concise manner and has been updated to reflect the latest applications and research findings.
Entries are organized alphabetically, making information easy to find. While coverage is comprehensive, each topic is presented concisely with a wealth of illustrative material and an accompanying eBook providing full-color figures and images.
Antimicrobial Activity: Antibacterial Properties of Silver Nanomaterials
Manuel I. Azócar, Laura Tamayo, Esteban Vargas, Nelson Vejar, and Maritza Páez
Aquatic Species: Interaction of Nanoparticles with Aquatic Species
Hazeem and M. Bououdina
Arc Discharge: Arc Discharge Synthesis of Carbon Nanomaterials for Energy Device Application
Yoshiyuki Suda, Hideto Tanoue, and Hirofumi Takikawa
Battery: Nanobattery by Atom Trapping and Bottom-Up Technique
P.P. Yupapin, C. Teeka, and Jalil Ali
Biomimetics: Biomimetics in Nanotechnology
Ille C. Gebeshuber and Manfred Drack
Bone Repair: Nanohydroxyapatite as a Bone Repair Material
Xiaoming Li, Rongrong Cui, and Yubo Fan
Boron Nanostructures: All-Boron Nanostructures
Levan Chkhartishvili
Boron Nanostructures: Boron Nitride Nanostructures
Levan Chkhartishvili
Catalysis: Nanocatalyst—Preparation, Characterization, and Their Application in Oil and Gas Processes
Hamidreza Aghabozorg, Sedigheh Sadegh Hassani, and Alimorad Rashidi
Catalysis: Nanoparticles and Catalysis
Sodeh Sadjadi
Catalysis: Molybdenum-Based Hybrid Nanocatalysts
Majid Masteri-Farahani and Narjes Tayyebi
Ceramics: Nanoceramics
A.C. Jayalekshmi and Chandra P. Sharma
Crystals: Structure and Microstructure of Nanocrystals Using the Debye Function Analysis
Antonietta Guagliardi, Antonio Cervellino, Ruggero Frison, Giuseppe Cernuto, and Norberto Masciocchi
Defects: Defects in Carbon Nanotubes
Moones Rahmandoust and Andreas Öchsner
Dendrimers: Dendrimers-DNA Nanoplexes
Hosam Gharib Abdelhady
Dielectrics: Optics of Dielectric Nanoobjects and Nanosystems
Valentin A. Milichko, Yuri N. Kulchin, and Vladimir P. Dzyuba
Drug Delivery: LyoCell® Technology—A Lipidic Drug Delivery System Based on Reverse Cubic and Hexagonal Phase Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Nanoparticles
David Anderson and Robert W. Lee
Encapsulation: Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes for Doxorubicin Encapsulation
Pavel Kopel, Iva Blazkova, Marketa Vaculovicova, Vojtech Adam, Tomas Eckschlager, Marie Stiborova, and Rene Kizek
Nanopolymers for Enzyme Immobilization Applications
S. Mohy Eldin
Filtration: Frontiers of the Engineering and Science of Nanofiltration—A Far-Reaching Review
Sukanchan Palit
Fullerenes: Donor-Acceptor Fullerene Complexes Based on Metal Porphyrins
Tatyana N. Lomova, Elena V. Motorina, and Michael V. Klyuev
Glass: Nanoglass
Dhriti Ranjan Saha and Dipankar Chakravorty
Graphene: Three-Dimensional Graphene—A Prospective Architecture for High-Performance Supercapacitors
Duc Anh Dinh, Kwun Nam Hui, and Kwan San Hui
Graphene: Nonreciprocity in Magnetically Biased Graphene at Microwave and Terahertz Frequencies
Dimitrios L. Sounas and Christophe Caloz
Graphene Oxide: Grafting Biomolecules onto Graphene Oxide Sheets
Claramaría Rodríguez-González, Natalia Brizuela-Colmenares, P. Salas, Oxana Vasilievna Kharissova, and VÍctor M. Castaño
Greener Synthesis: Greener Aspects in the Synthesis of Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles
Aniruddha B. Patil and Bhalchandra M. Bhanage
Health Care: Nanomaterial Applications in Health-Care Diagnostics
Zeynep Altintas and Ibtisam E. Tothill
Hybrid Nanomaterials: Organic-Inorganic Hybrid and Biohybrid Nanomaterials
Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky, Pilar Aranda, and Margarita Darder
Hydrophylic Nanoparticles: Hydrophilic Polymer/Silica Hybrid Nanoparticles—An
Overview of a Novel Synthesis Strategy and Its Application in the Proton Exchange Membrane
Mahdi Abdollahi and Morteza Rouhani
Ignition: Ignition and Explosion Risks of Nanopowders
Hong-Chun Wu
Impedance Spectroscopy: Impedance Spectroscopy of Nanomaterials
Rainer Schmidt
Iron Oxide: Iron Oxide Nanoparticles
Javier Rivera De la Rosa, Carolina Solis Maldonado, and Marco Antonio Garza Navarro
Kelvin Probe: Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy as a Tool for the Characterization of Nanomaterials
Sedigheh Sadegh Hassani, Saeideh Tasharrofi, and Zahra Sobat
Lab-on-a-Chip Technologies: Recent Lab-on-a-Chip Technologies for Biomolecule Analysis
Joohyung Lee, Md Enayet Razu, and Jungkyu (Jay) Kim
Laser Ablation: Laser Ablation Synthesis in Solution-Based Production and Biofunctionalization of Nanostructures
Gregor P.C. Drummen and Reza Zamiri
Lithography: Nanofabrication with Nanosphere Lithography
Yun-Chorng (Jeff) Chang
Medical Applications: Potential Applications and Implications of Nanoparticles in Biology and Medicine
Neha Sharma, Thakur Gurjeet Singh, Savita Jandaik, and Sanjeev Kumar
Melanoma Prevention: Challenges and Progresses in Nanotechnology for Melanoma Prevention and Treatment
Catarina Oliveira Silva, Nuno Martinho, Natália Aniceto, and Catarina Pinto Reis
Membranes: Polymer Nanocomposite Membranes for Wastewater Purification
Runcy Wilson, Saliney Thomas, Soney C. George, and Sabu Thomas
Metal Nanoparticles: Metallic Nanoparticles Used in Soil Remediation Procedures
Yoshiharu Mitoma, Srinivasa Reddy Mallampati, Tetsuji Okuda, and Cristian Simion
Metal Nanostructures: Size Effect on the Impact Responses of Metal Nanostructures
Zhen Chen, Shan Jiang, Yong Gan, Thomas D. Sewell, and Donald L. Thompson
Metal Oxides: Macromolecular Complexes MXn Polymer as a Solid-State Precursor of Metal and Metal Oxide Nanostructures
Carlos Diaz and Maria Luisa Valenzuela
Metal Oxides: Nanostructured Metal Oxides for Gas Sensing Applications
David G. Rickerby
Micelles: Micellar Nanoparticles
Robert W. Lee
Micelles: Reverse Micelles—Designer Nanoparticles for Investigative Catalysis
Nico Fischer, Theresa Feltes, and Michael Claeys
Microwaves: Microwave-Assisted Hydrothermal Synthesis of Nanoparticles
Rainer Schmidt, Jesús Prado Gonjal, and Emilio Morán
Nanoadsorbents: Nanoadsorbents for Water Protection
Luis ángel Garza Rodríguez and Elsa Nadia Aguilera González
Nanocarriers as Nanomedicine: A Promising Platform for Drug Delivery in Nanopharmaceuticals
Thakur Gurjeet Singh and Sonia Dhiman
Nanocoatings: Nanomaterials and Nanostructures Coatings Fabrication Using Detonation and Plasma Detonation Techniques
A.D. Pogrebnjak, S.N. Bratushka, O.V. Bondar, D.L. Alontseva, S.V. Plotnikov, and O.M. Ivasishin
Nanocoatings: Technology of Fabrication of Nanostructure (Nanocomposite) Coatings with High Physical and Mechanical Properties Using C-PVD
A.D. Pogrebnjak, O.V. Bondar, N.A. Azarenkov, V.M. Beresnev, O.V. Sobol, and N.K. Erdybaeva
Nanocomposites: Thermal Analysis and Functional Statistics on Nanocomposite Characterization
S. Naya, R. Artiaga, M. Francisco-Fernández, J. Tarrío-Saavedra, J. López-Beceiro, and Carlos Gracia-Fernández
Nanodelivery Vehicles: Milk Proteins as Nanodelivery Vehicles for Nutraceuticals and Drugs
Mohamed H. Abd El-Salam and Safinaz El-Shibiny
Nanofactories: Microbes as Nanofactories
Ankit Malhotra and Anirban Roy Choudhury
Nanodiamond: Growth and Characterization of Nanocrystalline Diamond Films on Different Substrates
A.F. Azevedo, L.I. Medeiros, C.R.B. Miranda, N.A. Braga, A.F. Beloto, M.R. Baldan, and N.G. Ferreira
Nanoemulsions: Biobased Oil Nanoemulsion Preparation, Characterization, and Application
Vijayalakshmi Ghosh, Saranya Sugumar, Amitava Mukherjee, and Natarajan Chandrasekaran
Nanoemulsion-Based Systems for Food Applications
Hélder Daniel Silva, Miguel Ângelo Cerqueira, and António Augusto Vicente
Nanofluids: Basic Principles and Modern Aspects
Mehdi Shanbedi, Ahmad Amiri, Saeed Zeinali Heris, Salim Newaz Kazi, and Chew Bee Teng
Nanofluids: Fractal Analysis of Flow and Heat Transfer of Nanofluids
Jianchao Cai, Boqi Xiao, Xing Tu, Wen Ren, and Fuquan Song
Nanofluids: Potential Future Coolants
Antonis Sergis and Yannis Hardalupas
Nanoindentation
Jaroslav Menčík
Nanomedicine: Small Steps, Big Effects
Miguel Angel Méndez-Rojas, Aracely Angulo-Molina, and Gabriela Aguilera-Portillo
Nanoonions: Carbon Nanoonions
Marta E. Plonska-Brzezinska and Luis Echegoyen
Nanorobots: Engineering Nanorobots—Past, Present, and Future Perspectives
J.S. Rathore and N.N. Sharma
Nanosuspension: An Emerging and Promising Approach to Drug Delivery for the Enhancement of the Bioavailability of Poorly Soluble Drugs
Sonia Dhiman, Thakur Gurjeet Singh, Abhay Asthana, and Sandeep Arora
Nanothermometers: Luminescent Nanothermometers for Biological Applications
Madoka Suzuki, Satoshi Arai, Kotaro Oyama, and Shin’ichi Ishiwata
Nanotoxicology: Toxicology of Nanomaterials—The Dawn of Nanotoxicology
Miguel Angel Méndez-Rojas, José Luis Sánchez-Salas, and Esmeralda Santillán-Urquiza
Nanotribology: Green Nanotribology and Related Sustainability Aspects
Ille C. Gebeshuber
Nanowires: Nanowires for Very-Low-Power Integrated Circuits and New Functionalities
Francis Balestra, Mikael Ostling, Per-Erik Hellström, Enrico Sangiorgi
Oxide Nanoparticles: Functionalization and Applications of Oxide Nanoparticles
B. Al-Najar and M. Bououdina
Plasmonics: Faster than Electronics and Smaller than Photonics
Israel López and Idalia Gómez
Polyaniline: Polyaniline Nanofibers and Nanotubes—Recent Advances in the Synthesis and Their Properties
Arup Choudhury, Daniel N. Tran, Melissa Wunch, Mallikarjuna N. Nadagouda, Rajender S. Varma, and D.J. Yang
Polymers: Electrochemical Formation of Nanostructured Conducting Polymers
Milica M. Gvozdenovic, Branimir Z. Jugovic, and Branimir N. Grgur
Polymers: Single-Chain Polymer Nanoparticles
José A. Pomposo
Polymers: UV-Cured Polymer Nanocomposites
Huseyin Esen and Mehmet Atilla Taşdelen
Radiation Synthesis: Radiation Methods of Nanomaterials Production
Gennady Gerasimov
Semiconductor Nanomaterials: Photo Catalytic Characteristics of Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Nanomaterials
Mansi Chitkara, I.S. Sandhu, Sanjeev Kumar, Karamjit Singh, and Thakur Gurjeet Singh
Silver Nanoparticles: Potential Hazards of Silver Nanoparticles to the Environment and Human Health
Verónica Bastos, H. Oliveira, F. Rosário, C. Remédios, J.M.P Oliveira, and C. Santos
Spinels: Synthesis and Properties of Magnetic Spinel AB2O4 Phases
S. Azzaza, Y. Song, and M. Bououdina
Superlattices: Superlattice Structure of Low-Dimensional Carbon Systems
Somnath Bhattacharyya
Superlattices: Design of InAs/GaSb Superlattices for Optoelectronic Applications—Basic Theory and Numerical Methods
E. Machowska-Podsiadlo and M. Bugajski
Supramolecular Architectures: Supramolecular Architectures from Self-Assembled Copolymers
Tomaž Einfalt, Gesine Gunkel, Mariana Spulber, Adrian Najer, and Cornelia G. Palivan
Thermal Conductivity: Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids in Stationary and Dynamic Systems
Azadeh Ghadimi and Hendrik Simon Cornelis Metselaar
Titanium Dioxide: Nanosized TiO2—Synthesis and Application
Shalini Chaturvedi and Pragnesh N. Dave
Water Remediation: Water Remediation Using Nano-Zerovalent Metals
David D.J. Antia
Water Splitting: Layered Manganese Oxides as Water-Oxidizing Catalysts for Hydrogen Production via Water Splitting—An Aid to Environmental Protection
Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour, Sima Heidari, Mahnaz Abasi, Maasoumeh Khatamian, and Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev
Wire Explosion: Spherical Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles by the Electrical
Explosion of Wire—Synthesis and Application
Alexander P. Safronov and Igor V. Beketov
Zinc Oxide: Photoluminescence Properties of Pure and Doped Zinc Oxide Nanostructures
Reza Zamiri and Gregor P.C. Drummen
Zinc Oxide: Recent Trends in the Electrochemical Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nano-colloids
Maria Chiara Sportelli, Sabina Scarabino, Rosaria Anna Picca, and Nicola Cioffi
Biography
Edited by
Boris Ildusovich Kharisov, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
Oxana Vasilievna Kharissova, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
Ubaldo Ortiz-Mendez, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico