Nanoscale Materials in Chemistry

KENNETH J. KLABUNDE, PhD, is the University Distinguished Professor at Kansas State University. His research focuses on materials science, nanoscale particles, magnetic properties of nanoscale iron particles, adsorption properties of nanoscale metal oxide properties, and organometallic chemistry. He is the editor of the first edition of Nanoscale Materials in Chemistry, also published by Wiley. RYAN M. RICHARDS, PhD, is Associate Professor of Chemistry at the Colorado School of Mines. His research interests include nanoparticle preparations and characterization, as well as heterogeneous and enantioselective catalysis.

CONTRIBUTORS. PART I INTRODUCTION TO NANOMATERIALS.

1 Introduction to Nanoscale Materials in Chemistry, Edition II (Ryan M. Richards).

2 Unique Bonding in Nanomaterials and Powders (Keith P. McKenna).

3 Particles as Molecules (C. M. Sorensen).

PART II NEW SYNTHETIC METHODS TO NANOMATERIALS.

4 Microwave Preparation of Metal Fluorides and their Biological Application (David S. Jacob, Jonathan Lellouche, Ehud Banin, and Aharon Gedanken).

5 Transition Metal Nitrides and Carbides (Piotr Krawiec and Stefan Kaskel).

6 Kinetics of Colloidal Chemical Synthesis of Monodisperse Spherical Nanocrystals (Soon Gu Kwon and Taeghwan Hyeon).

7 Nanorods (P. Jeevanandam).

PART III NANOSTRUCTURED SOLIDS: MICRO- AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS AND POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES.

8 Aerogels: Disordered, Porous Nanostructures (Stephanie L. Brock).

9 Ordered Microporous and Mesoporous Materials (Freddy Kleitz).

10 Applications of Microporous and Mesoporous Materials (Anirban Ghosh, Edgar Jordan, and Daniel F. Shantz).

PART IV ORGANIZED TWO- AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL NANOCRYSTALS.

11 Inorganic-Organic Composites (Warren T. Ford).

12 DNA-Modified Nanoparticles: Gold and Silver (Abigail K. R. Lytton-Jean and Jae-Seung Lee).

PART V NANOTUBES, RIBBONS, AND SHEETS.

13 Carbon Nanotubes and Related Structures (Daniel E. Resasco).

PART VI NANOCATALYSTS, SORBENTS, AND ENERGY APPLICATIONS.

14 Reaction of Nanoparticles with Gases (Ken-Ichi Aika).

15 Nanomaterials in Energy Storage Systems (Winny Dong and Bruce Dunn).

PART. VII UNIQUE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF NANOMATERIALS.

16 Optical and Electronic Properties of Metal and Semiconductor Nanostructures (Mausam Kalita, Matthew T. Basel, Katherine Janik, and Stefan H. Bossmann).

PART VIII PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF NANOMATERIALS.

17 Photocatalytic Purification of Water and Air over Nanoparticulate TiO2 (Igor N. Martyanov and Kenneth J. Klabunde).

18 Photofunctional Zeolites and Mesoporous Materials Incorporating Single-Site Heterogeneous Catalysts (Masakazu Anpo, Masaya Matsuoka, and Masato Takeuchi).

19 Photocatalytic Remediation (Shalini Rodrigues).

PART IX BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF NANOMATERIALS.

20 Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation (Angela Iseli, HaiDoo Kwen, and Shyamala Rajagopalan).

21 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: Environmental and Health Impacts (Sherrie Elzey, Russell G. Larsen, Courtney Howe, and Vicki H. Grassian).

22 Toxicity of Inhaled Nanomaterials (John A. Pickrell, L. E. Erickson, K. Dhakal, and Kenneth J. Klabunde).

INDEX.