Nanostructured Materials

This book focuses on functional aspects of nanostructured materials that have a high relevance to immediate applications, such as catalysis, energy harvesting, energy storage, optical properties and surface functionalization via self-assembly. Additionally, there are chapters devoted to massive nanostructured materials and composites and covering basic properties and requirements of this new class of engineering materials. Especially the issues concerning stability, reliability and mechanical performance are mandatory aspects that need to be regarded carefully for any nanostructured engineering material.

Functional nanostructured materials – microstructure, thermodynamic stability and atomic mobility, by G. Wilde, S. Divinski and H. Rösner
Mechanical properties of nanocomposite materials, by A.K. Mukherjee et al.
Reliability of nanostructured materials, by K.A. Padmanabhan, and S. Balasivanandha Prabu
Nanostructured supported catalysts for low temperature fuel cells, by Jong-Sung Yu et al.
Nanocrystalline solar cells, by G. Hodes and A. Zaban
Nanoscale materials for hydrogen and energy storage, by M. Fichtner
Materials with structural hierarchy and their optical application, by E. Kumacheva et al.
Interfacial assembly of nanoparticles into higher-order patterned structures, by Lifeng Chi and Xiaodong Chen