Nanoscale Materials in Chemistry

CONTRIBUTORS. PART I INTRODUCTION TO NANOMATERIALS. 1 Introduction to Nanoscale Materials in Chemistry, Edition II ( Ryan M. Richards ). 2 Unique Bonding in Nanomaterials and Powders ( Keith P. McKenna ). 3 Particles as Molecules ( C. M. Sorensen ). PART II NEW SYNTHETIC METHODS TO NANOMATERIALS. 4 Microwave Preparation of Metal Fluorides and their Biological Application ( David S. Jacob, Jonathan Lellouche, Ehud Banin, and Aharon Gedanken ). 5 Transition Metal Nitrides and Carbides ( Piotr Krawiec and Stefan Kaskel ). 6 Kinetics of Colloidal Chemical Synthesis of Monodisperse Spherical Nanocrystals ( Soon Gu Kwon and Taeghwan Hyeon). 7 Nanorods ( P. Jeevanandam ). PART III NANOSTRUCTURED SOLIDS: MICRO- AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS AND POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES. 8 Aerogels: Disordered, Porous Nanostructures ( Stephanie L. Brock ). 9 Ordered Microporous and Mesoporous Materials ( Freddy Kleitz ). 10 Applications of Microporous and Mesoporous Materials ( Anirban Ghosh, Edgar Jordan, and Daniel F. Shantz ). PART IV ORGANIZED TWO- AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL NANOCRYSTALS. 11 Inorganic-Organic Composites ( Warren T. Ford ). 12 DNA-Modified Nanoparticles: Gold and Silver ( Abigail K. R. Lytton-Jean and Jae-Seung Lee ). PART V NANOTUBES, RIBBONS, AND SHEETS. 13 Carbon Nanotubes and Related Structures ( Daniel E. Resasco ). PART VI NANOCATALYSTS, SORBENTS, AND ENERGY APPLICATIONS. 14 Reaction of Nanoparticles with Gases ( Ken-Ichi Aika ). 15 Nanomaterials in Energy Storage Systems ( Winny Dong and Bruce Dunn ). PART. VII UNIQUE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF NANOMATERIALS. 16 Optical and Electronic Properties of Metal and Semiconductor Nanostructures ( Mausam Kalita, Matthew T. Basel, Katherine Janik, and Stefan H. Bossmann ). PART VIII PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF NANOMATERIALS. 17 Photocatalytic Purification of Water and Air over Nanoparticulate TiO2 ( Igor N. Martyanov and Kenneth J. Klabunde ). 18 Photofunctional Zeolites and Mesoporous Materials Incorporating Single-Site Heterogeneous Catalysts ( Masakazu Anpo, Masaya Matsuoka, and Masato Takeuchi ). 19 Photocatalytic Remediation ( Shalini Rodrigues ). PART IX BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF NANOMATERIALS. 20 Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation ( Angela Iseli, HaiDoo Kwen, and Shyamala Rajagopalan ). 21 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: Environmental and Health Impacts ( Sherrie Elzey, Russell G. Larsen, Courtney Howe, and Vicki H. Grassian ). 22 Toxicity of Inhaled Nanomaterials ( John A. Pickrell, L. E. Erickson, K. Dhakal, and Kenneth J. Klabunde ). INDEX.