Nanoscale Materials in Chemistry, Second edition

Cover Page......Page 1
Title: NANOSCALE MATERIALS IN CHEMISTRY......Page 6
ISBN 0470222700......Page 7
CONTENTS......Page 10
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 14
PART I INTRODUCTION TO NANOMATERIALS......Page 18
1 Introduction to Nanoscale Materials in Chemistry, Edition II......Page 20
2 Unique Bonding in Nanoparticles and Powders......Page 32
3 Particles as Molecules......Page 54
PART II NEW SYNTHETIC METHODS FOR NANOMATERIALS......Page 88
4 Microwave Preparation of Metal Fluorides and their Biological Application......Page 90
5 Transition Metal Nitrides and Carbides......Page 128
6 Kinetics of Colloidal Chemical Synthesis of Monodisperse Spherical Nanocrystals......Page 144
7 Nanorods......Page 172
PART III NANOSTRUCTURED SOLIDS: MICRO- AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS AND POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES......Page 224
8 Aerogels: Disordered, Porous Nanostructures......Page 226
9 Ordered Microporous and Mesoporous Materials......Page 260
10 Applications of Microporous and Mesoporous Materials......Page 348
PART IV ORGANIZED TWO- AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL NANOCRYSTALS......Page 384
11 Inorganic–Organic Composites......Page 386
12 DNA-Modified Nanoparticles: Gold and Silver......Page 422
PART V NANOTUBES, RIBBONS, AND SHEETS......Page 458
13 Carbon Nanotubes and Related Structures......Page 460
PART VI NANOCATALYSTS, SORBENTS, AND ENERGY APPLICATIONS......Page 510
14 Reaction of Nanoparticles with Gases......Page 512
15 Nanomaterials in Energy Storage Systems......Page 536
PART VII UNIQUE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF NANOMATERIALS......Page 554
16 Optical and Electronic Properties of Metal and Semiconductor Nanostructures......Page 556
PART VIII PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF NANOMATERIALS......Page 596
17 Photocatalytic Purification of Water and Air over Nanoparticulate TiO(2)......Page 598
18 Photofunctional Zeolites and Mesoporous Materials Incorporating Single-Site Heterogeneous Catalysts......Page 622
19 Photocatalytic Remediation......Page 646
PART IX BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF NANOMATERIALS......Page 664
20 Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation......Page 666
21 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: Environmental and Health Impacts......Page 698
22 Toxicity of Inhaled Nanomaterials......Page 746
INDEX......Page 788
Color Figures......Page 796