Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY -- Sol-Gel Approach to the Calcium Phosphate Nanocomposites -- Reinforcement Mechanisms in Alumina Toughened Zirconia Nanocomposites with Different Stabilizing Agents -- Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Copper Oxide -- X-Ray Diffraction Study on the In-Situ Crystallization Kinetics in Electrospun PVP/TiO2 Nanofibers -- Metal-Catalyzed Growth of ZnO Nanowires -- Graphene-SnO2 Nanocomposites for Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes -- Cobalt-Manganese Spinel Oxides as Visible-Light-Driven Water Oxidation Catalysts -- Eclipse Transparent Electrode and Applications -- Plasma Enhanced CVD of Transparent and Conductive Tin Oxide Thin Films -- Chemically Bonded Phosphate Ceramics Reinforced with Carbon Nanotubes -- Hardness of Alumina/Silicon Carbide Nanocomposites at Various Silicon Carbide Volume Percentages -- NANOMATERIALS FOR SENSING APPLICATIONS -- Self-Sustained NO2 GAS Sensor Operating at Room Temperatures Based on Solar Light activated p-NiO/n-Si Diode -- Synthesis, Structural Studies of Some Lanthanide Complexes of the Mesogenic Schiff-Base, N/,N/'-di-(4'- Octadecyloxybenzoate)Salicylidene-l",3"-Diamino-2"-Propanol -- Development of Single-, Few- and Multiple-Nanowire Gas-Sensor Two-Terminal Devices on Ceramic Substrates and Characterization by Impedance Spectroscopy -- Synthesis and Dispersion of Silica Nanowires for Biosensing Applications -- Author Index.