Ice Templating and Freeze-Drying for Porous Materials and Their Applications

Dr Haifei Zhang is a senior lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Liverpool. Zhang was educated in chemical engineering for both undergraduate and Master degrees and obtained a PhD in physical chemistry from Chinese Academy of Science in 2001. He has published over 90 peer reviewed research articles and filed 9 international patents as a co-inventor. He won the 12th Desty Memorial Award in 2007 for his innovative work in the manufacture of porous materials and their applications in chromatography. Zhang?s main research interests are on porous materials and nanostructured materials for nanomedicine, separation, and energy storage.

Front matter
Chapter 1: An introduction to freeze drying and ice templating
Chapter 2: Fundamental in controlled freezing
Chapter 3: Freeze drying in industrial applications
Chapter 4: Porous polymers via ice templating
Chapter 5: Porous metals and ceramics by freeze casting
Chapter 6: Biomimic tough composites via controlled freezing
Chapter 7: Porous carbon and carbon nanostructures via ice templating
Chapter 8: Nanomedicine via freeze drying and ice templating
Chapter 9: Porous nanostructures by freeze drying of colloidal or nanoparticle suspensions
Chapter 10: Novel materials fabricated by combining ice templating and other techniques
Chapter 11: Conclusion and perspective