Intelligent Nanomaterials (eBook)

Ashutosh Tiwari is an assistant professor ofnanobioelectronics at Biosensors and Bioelectronics Centre,IFM-Linköping University as well as Editor-in-Chief ofAdvanced Materials Letters. Ajay K. Mishra is a senior lecturer at the NanomaterialsResearch Centre, Department of Chemical Technology, University ofJohannesburg, South Africa. Hisatoshi Kobayashi is the group leader of BiofunctionalMaterials at Biomaterials Centre, National Institute for MaterialsScience, Japan. Anthony P.F. Turner is the Head of Division atIFM-Linköping and created the Centre for Biosensors andBioelectronics. Prior to this he was the Principal of CranfieldUniversity in the UK. He is the Editor-In-Chief of the principaljournal in his field, Biosensors & Bioelectronics, whichhe co-founded in 1985.

Preface xxi

Part I. Inorganic Materials

1. Synthesis, Characterization, and Self-assembly of ColloidalQuantum Dots 3
Saim M. Emin, Alexandre Loukanov, Surya P. Singh, SeilichiroNakabayashi and Liyuan Han

2. One-dimensional Semiconducting Metal Oxides: Synthesis,Characterization and Gas Sensors Application 39
Nguyen Duc Hoa

3. Rare-earth Based Insulating Nanocrystals: ImprovedLuminescent Nanophosphors for Plasma Display Panels 89
Prashant K. Sharma and AvinashC. Pandey

4. Amorphous Porous Mixed Oxides: A New and Highly VersatileClass of Materials 149
Sadanand Pandey and Shivani B. Mishra

5. Zinc Oxide Nanostructures and their Applications 183
Rizwan Wahib, I. H. Hwang, Hyung-Shik Shin, Young-Soon Kim,Javed Musarrat and M. A. Siddiqui

6. Smart Nanomaterials for Space and Energy Applications213
Raghvendra S. Yadav, Ravindra P. Singh, Ashutosh Tiwari, andAvinash C. Pandey,

7. Thermochromic Thin Films and Nanocomposite for Smart Glazing251
Russell Binions

Part II. Organic Materials 317

8. Polymeric Nano-, Micellar and Core-shell Materials 319
Angel Contreras-Garcia, Guillermina Burillo, and EmilioBucio

9. Conjugates of Nanomaterials with Phthalocyanines 347
Edith Antunes, Christian Litwinski and Tebello Nyokong

10. Nanostructured Carbon and Polymer Materials- Synthesis andtheir Application in Energy Conversion Devices 425
Debmalya Roy, B. Shastri, Md. Immamuddin, K.Mukhopadhyay

11. Advancement in Cellulose Based Bio-plastics for Biomedicals467
S. K. Shukla

Part III. Composite Materials 487

12. Intelligent Nanocomposite Hydrogels 489
Mohammad Sirousazar and Mehrdad Kokabi

13. Polymer/Layered Silicates Nanocomposites for BarrierTechnology 533
Philip W. Labuschagne, Sean Moolman and Arjun Maity

14. Polymers/Composites Based Intelligent Transducers 571
Ajay Kumar Mishra, Shivani B. Mishra, Ashutosh Tiwari

Part IV. Biomaterials and Devices 583

15. Hydrogel Nanoparticles in Drug Delivery 585
Mehrdad Hamidi, Kobra Rostamizadeh and Mohammad-AliShahbazi

16. Mode of Growth Mechanism of Nanocrystal Using Biomolecules625
Sharda Sunaram Sanjay, Ravindra P. Singh, Ashutosh Tiwari andAvinash C. Pandey

17. Quantum Dots for Detection, Identification and Tracking ofSingle Biomolecules in Tissue and Cells 649
Alexandre R. Loukanov, Saim Emin

18. Nanofibers Based Biomedical Devices 679
Debasish Mondal and Ashutosh Tiwari

19. Nano-sized Carrier Systems as New Materials for NuclearMedicine 715
Martin Hruby

20. Biomimetic Materials toward Application of Nanobiodevices741
Ravindra P. Singh, Jeong-Woo Choi, Ashutosh Tiwari, and AvinashC. Pandey

21. Lipid Based Nano-biosensors for Medical Diagnostics783
Georgia-Paraskevi Nikoleli, Dimitrios P. Nikolelis and NikolaosTzamtzis

22. Polymeric Nanofibers and their Applications in Sensors801
Murugan Ramalingam, Ashutosh Tiwari

References 823

Index 827

"I would like to congratulate the Editors for thisimpressive collection of contributions on the front line ofnanomaterial research . . . This little remark cannot blur thefact, however, that Intelligent Nanomaterials, edited byTiwari, Mishra, Kobayashi and Turner, is an exceptionally valuablereference book for many researchers and students in materialsscience, nano- and biotechnology." (AdvancedMaterials Letters, 2012)