Metal Oxide Nanostructures and Their Applications

Metal Oxide Nanostructures and Their Applications
(5-Volume Set)

		5-Volume Set		Edited by Ahmad Umar, Najran University, Saudi Arabia Editor-in-Chief, Science of Advanced Materials (www.aspbs.com/sam) Yoon-Bong Hahn, Chonbuk National University, South Korea.
				March 2010 3,500 pages, Hardcover ISBN: 1-58883-170-1 US$2,999.00

ABOUT THIS HANDBOOK

Metal Oxide Nanostructures and Their Applications is the world's first multivolume reference covering a wide variety of advanced research and emerging developments in the field. The book series cover theoretical and experimental aspects of metal oxide nanostructures dealing with materials design, modeling, synthesis, fabrication, processing, spectroscopy characterization, structure-property relationships and their device applications at nanoscale. This 5 volume set is an unprecedented single reference source that provides an ideal introduction and overview of the recent advances on metal oxide nanostructures and their applications. It presents a collection of state-of-art review chapters written by well recognized experts in the field. Each state-of-the-art review chapter is self-contained with sufficient cross-references and is written in a very clear and concise fashion. Wide variety of metal oxide nanostructures such as iron oxide, tin-oxide, titanium oxide, zinc oxide, yttrium oxide, europium oxide, zirconium oxide, Zr-Ti binary oxides, copper oxide, manganese oxide, vanadium oxide, silicon oxide, tantalum oxide, niobium oxide, tungsten oxide, molybdenum oxide, zirconium-titanium mixed oxides, indium oxide, Aluminum oxide, chromium oxide, bismuth oxide, nickel oxide, magnesium oxide, antimony oxide, gallium oxide, cerium oxide gadolinium oxide, Rhenium oxide, barium titanate, aluminum oxide, and so on and their versatile applications such as gas-, bio- and chemical sensors, optical sensors, pressure sensors, lithium ion batteries, electrochemical performance for energy storage, dye-sensitized solar cells, catalytic and photocatalytic, environmental remediation, field emission non-volatile memory and tunneling devices, bio-ceramic coating applications, nanogenerators, etc., have been elaborately discussed. The interdisciplinary nature of research field of metal oxide nanostructures and their applications is reflected in each of the volumes of this book series. The book series contains 71 state-of-the-art review chapters on various metal oxide nanostructures and their applications, thousands of literature references, illustrations, figures, tables and equations. All the chapters are written by a diverse group of more than 200 leading scientists with interdisciplinary backgrounds.

The book series are suitably divided into five volumes with topics ranging from growth to properties to applications of metal oxide nanostructures. Due to the valuable properties and applications of ZnO nanostructures, the fifth volume of the book series is devoted only on ZnO nanostructures and their nanodevice applications. The book is divided into these volumes:
Volume 1: Growth and Properties (Part-1)
Volume 2: Growth and Properties (Part-2)
Volume 3: Applications (Part-1)
Volume 4: Applications (Part-2)
Volume 5: ZnO Nanostructures and Nanodevices

Volume 1: Growth and Properties Part-1 covers various theoretical and practical aspects of various metal oxide nanostructures. Varieties of fabrication techniques have been demonstrated and discussed in this volume. Various crystal growth models and mechanisms for the formation of numerous metal oxide nanostructures have discussed in detail. Moreover, various properties of metal oxide nanostructures such as structural, optical, electrical, optoelectronic, field emission, dielectric properties, magnetic properties, electrochemical properties have also been described.
Volume 2: Growth and Properties Part-2 takes into account the magnetic materials and their properties, such as magnetic domains and ferromagnetism, paramagnetism, superparamagnetism and their characterization by neutron diffraction, Mössbauer spectroscopy and other techniques. In addition to this, the state-of-the-art of defect chemistry, surface hydration chemistry, band-gap engineering of various metal oxide nanostructures have also been discussed.
Volume 3: Applications Part-1 is exclusively devoted on the metal oxide nanostructures based nanodevices, nanosensors, and energy applications. Numerous theoretical and experimental aspects of metal oxide nanostructures used in the energy harvesting have been demonstrated.
Volume 4: Applications Part-2 consists of state-of-the-art review chapters on catalytic, field emission, non-volatile memory and tunneling devices and other general applications based on metal oxide nanostructures. A few chapters are fully focused on the catalytic and photocatalytic activities and performances of various metal oxide nanostructures. The basic principles of field electron emissions, evaluating indicators of field emission properties, strategies to enhance the field emission properties have been demonstrated.
Volume 5: ZnO Nanostructures and Nanodevices: Thus volume is fully devoted on ZnO nanostructures and their nanodevices applications. This volume discusses details about ZnO nanostructures from synthesis, spectroscopic characterization, growth to its device applications in field effect transistor, gas sensors, biosensors, electrochemical sensors, field emitters, biological applications, nanogenerators, piezoelectric and mechanical properties, etc have been demonstrated in this volume. The contents of this volume will be highly useful for the researchers involved in the growth, properties and applications of zinc oxide nanostructures.

KEYWORDS

The book contains 71 state-of-the-art review chapters on various metal oxide nanostructures and their applications.

	Aluminum oxide
	Antimony oxide
	Barium titanate
	Bio-ceramic coating applications
	Biosensors
	Bismuth oxide
	Catalytic applications
	Cerium oxide
	Chemical sensors
	Chromium oxide
	Copper oxide
	Crystal growth
	Dielectric properties
	Dye-sensitized solar cells

	Electrical properties
	Electrochemical performance for energy storage
	Electrochemical properties
	Electrochemical sensors
	Energy Harvesting
	Environmental remediation
	Europium oxide
	Ferromagnetism
	Field effect transistors
	Field emission devices
	Gadolinium oxide
	Gallium oxide
	Gas sensors
	Indium oxide
	Iron oxide
	Lithium ion batteries
	Magnesium oxide
	Magnetic properties
	Manganese oxide
	Molybdenum oxide
	Nanogenerators
	Nickel oxide
	Niobium oxide
	Non-volatile memory and tunneling devices
	Optical properties
	Optical sensors
	Photocatalytic Applications
	Pressure sensors
	Rhenium oxide
	Silicon oxide
	Tantalum oxide
	Tin-oxide
	Titanium oxide
	Tungsten oxide
	Vanadium oxide
	Yttrium oxide
	Zinc oxide
	Zirconium oxide
	Zirconium-titanium mixed oxides Zr-Ti binary oxides

KEY FEATURES

	World's first book series on metal oxide nanostructures and their device applications.
	Most up-to-date reference work summarizing two decades of pioneering research on nanostructured metal oxides.
	Contains 71 state-of-the-art review chapters on various metal oxide nanostructures and their applications.
	Written by 200 leading scientists with diverse backgrounds in metal oxides from around the world.
	About 20,000 bibliographic citations providing extensive cross-referencing in each article.
	Thousands of illustrations, figures, tables, and equations
	Invaluable and unique source of essential information for the researchers working the field.

READERSHIP

Due to the interdisciplinary nature of research field of metal oxide nanostructures and their applications, this 5-volume set will be beneficial for a very wide audience and is a preeminent reference source for the university, industrial and government laboratories, high-tech companies, defense research laboratories, individual research groups, scientists, students, research professionals, engineers, consultants, technology investors, and all those who are involved in the research of metal oxide nanostructures dealing with chemistry, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, materials science, electronic engineering aerospace engineering, semiconductor physics, polymer science, electrochemistry, bioengineering, biotechnology, superconductivity, electronics, photonics, device engineering, etc.