Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings Volume 34, Issue 7 - Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology VII A collection of 15 papers from The American Ceramic Society's 37th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 27-February 1, 2013. This issue includes papers presented in the 7th International Symposium on Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology (Symposium 7) and Nanomaterials for Sensing Applications symposia (Focused Session 3).

Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings Volume 34, Issue 7 - Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology VIIA collection of 15 papers from The American Ceramic Society's 37th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 27-February 1, 2013. This issue includes papers presented in the 7th International Symposium on Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology (Symposium 7) and Nanomaterials for Sensing Applications symposia (Focused Session 3).

Preface viiIntroduction ixNANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGYSol-Gel Approach to the Calcium Phosphate Nanocomposites 3Aldona Beganskiene, Zivile Stankeviciute, Milda Malakauskaite, Irma Bogdanoviciene, Valdek Mikli, Kaia Tonsuaadu, and Aivaras KareivaReinforcement Mechanisms in Alumina Toughened Zirconia Nanocomposites with Different Stabilizing Agents 15Sergio Rivera, Luis A. Diaz, Adolfo Fernandez, Ramon Torrecillas, and Jose S. MoyaSynthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Copper Oxide 23David Dodoo-Arhin, Matteo Leoni, and Paolo ScardiX-Ray Diffraction Study on the In-Situ Crystallization Kinetics in Electrospun PVP/Ti02 Nanofibers 35H. Albetran, A. Alsafwan, H. Haroosh, Y. Dong, and I. M. LowMetal-Catalyzed Growth of ZnO Nanowires 51Werner Mader, Heike Simon, Tobias Krekeler, and Gunnar SchaanGraphene-SnO2 Nanocomposites for Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes 67R. Muller and S. MathurCobalt-Manganese Spinel Oxides as Visible-Light-Driven Water Oxidation Catalysts 75Hongfei Liu, and Greta R. PatzkeEclipse Transparent Electrode and Applications 87Hulya Demiryont, Kenneth C. Shannon III, and Matthew BratcherPlasma Enhanced CVD of Transparent and Conductive Tin Oxide Thin Films 99Trilok Singh, Thomas Fischer, Jai Singh, Sanjeev Kumar Gurram, and Sanjay MathurChemically Bonded Phosphate Ceramics Reinforced with Carbon Nanotubes 107James Wade, Jingjing Liu, and Houzheng WuHardness of Alumina/Silicon Carbide Nanocomposites at Various Silicon Carbide Volume Percentages 119James Wade and Houzheng WuNANOMATERIALS FOR SENSING APPLICATIONSSelf-Sustained NO2 GAS Sensor Operating at Room Temperatures Based on Solar Light activated p-NiO/n-Si Diode 133Alaa Eldin Gad and Sanjay MathurSynthesis, Structural Studies of Some Lanthanide Complexes of the Mesogenic Schiff-Base, N,N"-di-(4'-Octadecyloxybenzoate)Salicylidene-I", 3"-Diamino-2"-Propanol 139Sanyucta KumariDevelopment of Single-, Few- and Multiple-Nanowire Gas-Sensor Two-Terminal Devices on Ceramic Substrates and Characterization by Impedance Spectroscopy 149Bonex Mwakikunga, Trilok Singh, Irina Giebelhaus, Thomas Fischer, Ashish Lepcha, Alaa Eldin Gad, Guido Faglia, and Sanjay MathurSynthesis and Dispersion of Silica Nanowires for Biosensing Applications 157Praveen Kumar Sekhar and Kumar SubramaniyamAuthor Index 165