Since the beginning of the nanotechnology era, research and development in this field has experienced an explosive growth in academia and industry. Topics covered in this book include synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials, nanoscale phenomena in electronic ceramics, nanostructured bioceramics, industrial development and application, and much more.

Since the beginning of the nanotechnology era, research and development in this field has experienced an explosive growth in academia and industry. Topics covered in this book include synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials, nanoscale phenomena in electronic ceramics, nanostructured bioceramics, industrial development and application, and much more.

Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology.Multi-Scale Agglomerates Synthesis by Homogeneous Precipitation(M.K. Mekki Berrada, F. Gruy, T. Kuntzsch, M.Cournil).Characterization and Properties of Calcium Silicate HydratesNanocomposites (S.C. Mojumdar, L. Raki).Grain Growth Of Sol-Gel Derived Tin Oxide Nanoparticles And TheEffects Of Platinum Doping (Y. Tang, M.R. DeGuire).Nanotechnology for Neutralization of Terrorist Explosives (A.W.Apblett, B.P. Kiran, S. Malka, N.F. Materer, A. Piquette).Chemical-Solution Deposition Of Hafnia Films On Self-AssembledMolecular Monolayers: Part I - Film Characterization (M.Z. Hu, A.C.DeBaillie, Y. Wei, G.E. Jellison).Chemical-Solution Deposition Of Hafnia Films On Self-AssembledMolecular Monolayers: Part II - Precipitation Behavior In BulkSolutions (M.Z. Hu, A.C. DeBaillie, Y. Wei, G.E. Jellison).Co-Precipitation Synthesis of Nano-Sized Yttrium Aluminium Garnet(YAG) Powders (J. He, A. Bell).Growth of Tube-like B-N Compounds by Chemical Vapor Deposition(CVD) (L. Guo, R.N. Singh, H.J. Kleebe).Incorporation of Nano Materials in Random Hole Optical Fibers (N.J.Manjooran, G.R. Pickrell).High Shear Casting of Nanoparticulate TiO2 (N.Venugopal, R.A. Haber, S.M. Augustine, R.D. Skala).Preparation Of ZrO2 Nanoparticles And NanostructuredCoatings Via Modified Emulsion Precipitation (J. Shi, H.Verweij).Dye Sensitised Solar Cells: A Comparative Study Using DifferentNanocrystalline-Titania (C.S. Karthikeyan, M. Thelakkatb, M.Willert-Poradaa).Synthesis and Densification Studies of Nanocrystalline TitaniumDioxide Ceramics (S. Qiu, S.J. Kalita).Molecular Routes to One Dimensional Nanostructures (S. MathurH. Shen).Synthesis of Silicon Carbide Nanowires from a Mixture ofCaCO3 and Si Powders (M. Bechelany, D. Cornu, F.Chassagneux, S. Bernard, F. Cauwet, L. Mollet, P. Miele).Preliminary Results of Activated Sintering Mechanism and GrainBoundary Prewetting/Premelting in Nickel-Doped Tungsten (V.K.Gupta, D.H. Yoon, J. Luo, H.M. Meyer III).Nanostructured Biomaterials.Increased Osteoblast Functions on Nanophase Hydroxyapatite Coatingson Titanium (M. Sato, M.A. Sambityo, A. Aslani, N.M. KalkhoranE.B. Slamovich, T.J. Webster).Complementary Fungus-Derived Micro-Porosity in Nano Materials (N.J.Manjooran, G.R. Pickrell).Formation of Apatite Coatings on Chemically Bonded Ceramics (L.Hermansson, H. Engqvist).Development of Aqueous Sol-Gel Method for Synthesis ofNanostructured SiO2-BaO Powder for use in DentalComposite Resins (N.N. Ghosh).Interaction of DNA with Nano-structured Beta-Gallia-Rutile Surfaces(N. Empie, D. Edwards).Chemically Bonded Nano-Size Bioceramics Based on Ca-Aluminates (H.Engqvist, L. Hermansson).Biologically Derived Nano and Micro Porous Materials (G.R.Pickrell, N.J. Manjooran).Nanoindentation and Scanning Probe Microscopy.Investigations of Ceramics and Ferroelectric Materials by AtomicForce Acoustic Microscopy (W. Arnold).Separation of Lattice Structural Effects and ElectronicContributions to Physical Properties with Nanotechnology (S. LiY.Y. Tay, C.Q. Sun).Coupling of Magnetic Order, Ferroelectricity, and Lattice Strain inMultiferroic Rare Earth Manganites (B. Lorenz, C.R. dela Cruz, F.Yen, Y.Q. Wang, Y.Y. Sun, C.W. Chu).