NANOPOWDERS AND NANOCOATINGS: PRODUCTION, PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS -- NANOPOWDERS AND NANOCOATINGS: PRODUCTION, PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 PEROVSKITE NANOPOWDERS: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SYNTHESIS OF PEROVSKITE NANOPOWDERS -- 2.1. Solid-State Reaction Route -- 2.2. Mechanical Milling Method -- 2.3. Wet Chemical Routes -- 2.3.1. Sol-gel (colloidal) processing -- 2.3.2. Alkoxide-hydroxide sol-precipitation synthesis -- 2.3.3 Decomposition of complex double metal salts -- 2.3.4. Hydrothermal routes -- 2.3.4.1. Hydrothermal process -- 2.3.4.2. Solvothermal process -- 2.3.4.3. Glycothermal process -- 2.3.4.4. Microwave-hydrothermal process -- 2.3.5. Spray pyrolysis -- 2.3.6. Microemulsion synthesis -- 2.3.7. High-gravity reactive precipitation -- 2.3.8. Room-temperature biosynthesis -- 2.4. Gas Phase Deposition -- 3. CHARACTERIZATION OF PEROVSKITE NANOPOWDERS -- 3.1. Microstructural Characterization -- 3.1.1. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM ) -- 3.1.2. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) -- 3.1.3. Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) -- 3.1.4. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) -- 3.1.5. Spherical-corrected HRTEM/STEM -- 3.2. Spectroscopic Characterization -- 3.2.1. X-ray diffraction (XRD) -- 3.2.2. Extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (EXAFS) -- 3.2.3. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) -- 3.2.4. Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) -- 3.2.5. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) -- 3.2.6. Infrared (IR) spectroscopy -- 3.2.7. Raman spectroscopy -- 3.2.8. Secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS) -- 3.2.9. Optical absorption-emission spectroscopy -- 3.2.10. Mössbauer spectroscopy -- 4. PROPERTIES OF PEROVSKITE NANOPOWDERS.

4.1. Ferroelectric and Dielectric Properties -- 4.2. Electrical Conductivity -- 4.3. Magnetic Properties -- 4.4. Optical Properties -- 4.5. Multiferroic Properties -- 5. APPLICATIONS OF PEROVSKITE NANOPOWDERS -- 5.1. Electronics -- 5.2. Information Storage Devices -- 5.3. Photonics -- 5.4. Spintronics -- 6. FUTURE OUTLOOK OF PEROVSKITE NANOPOWDERS -- 7. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 ELECTROCHEMICAL NANOCOATINGS ON TITANIUM FOR BIOMATERIAL APPLICATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. TITANIUM- TYPES OF ALLOYS AND USES -- 3. PASSIVE OXIDE LAYER ON TITANIUM ALLOYS -- 4. ADVANTAGES OF USING NANO-CRYSTALLINE COATINGS -- 5. ELECTROCHEMICAL CATHODIC DEPOSITION -- 5.1. Mechanism -- 5.2. Features of Cathodic Calcium Phosphate Coatings -- 5.3. Nucleation and Grain Growth -- 5.4. Nano-Grained Cathodic HA Coatings -- 5.5. In Vitro Tests -- 6. TIO2 NANOTUBES -- 6.1. Electrolyte -- 6.2. Evolution of Surface Morphology -- 6.3. Mechanistic Aspects of Nanotube Formation -- 6.4. Crystallinity -- 6.5. HA Deposition -- 6.6. In Vitro Tests -- 7. FUTURE RESEARCH TRENDS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 PREPARATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND POTENTIAL APPLICATION OF MAGNETIC MATERIALS AS SORBENTS FOR THE REMOVAL OF CONTAMINANTS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DESCRIPTION AND SYNTHESIS OF MAGNETIC MATERIALS -- 2.1. Origins of Magnetic Material -- 2.2. Single-Domain and Superparamagnetic Particles -- 2.3. Synthesis of Magnetic Core, Carrier and Adsorbent/Catalyst -- 2.3.1. Magnetic core -- 2.3.2. Magnetic carrier -- 2.3.3. Magnetic adsorbent/catalyst -- 2.3.3.1. Homogeneous precipitation method -- 2.3.3.2. Sol-gel method -- 3. APPLICATIONS -- 3.1. Synthesis of Magnetic Core, Carrier and Adsorbents -- 3.2. Characterization of Adsorbents -- 3.2.1. Average particle size and the composition of the adsorbent.

3.2.2. The crystal structure and elemental environment of the adsorbents -- 3.2.3. Elemental analysis and magnetization curves -- 3.2.4. Zeta potentials of magnetic particles -- 3.3. Adsorption Capacity -- 4. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 EFFECTS OF AG/IN ADDITIVES AND CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS ON THE RESISTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF AMORPHOUS SBTE CHALCOGENIDE FILMS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. VARIATION OF MICROSTRUCTURE AND ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY OF AMORPHOUS SBTE (ST) AND AGINSBTE (AIST) FILMS DURING CRYSTALLIZATION -- 2.1. Crystallization Characteristics of Sb and AIST Films -- 2.2. Electrical Properties of Sb and AIST Films -- 3. ACTIVATION ENERGY OF AIST CHALCOGENIDE FILM THROUGH ISOTHERMAL SHEET RESISTANCE MEASUREMENTS -- 3.1. Isothermal Sheet Resistance Measurements -- 3.2. Activation Energy and Avrami Exponent for Isothermal Crystallization -- 4. EFFECT OF CRYSTALLIZED PHASES IN SHEET RESISTANCE OF AMORPHOUS AIST CHALCOGENIDE FILM -- 5. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 CHEMICAL VAPOR SYNTHESIS (CVS) OF INORGANIC NANOPOWDERS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE SYNTHESIS OF ALUMINUM NANOPOWDER AS A PRECURSOR OF HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIALS IN A TUBULAR REACTOR -- 2. THE SYNTHESIS OF WC-CO COMPOSITE POWDER IN A TUBULAR REACTOR -- Production of WC from WCl6: -- Production of WC-Co Composite Powder from WCl6 and CoCl2 -- 3. WC-CO IN A PLASMA REACTOR -- Production of WC from WCl6 -- Production of W and WC from APT -- Production of WC-Co from APT and Cobalt Oxide -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 NANO- AND MICROSTRUCTURAL SILICON POWDERS IN THE SYNTHESIS AND STORAGE OF HYDROGEN -- ABSTRACT -- INTODUCTION -- METHODS OF EXPERIMENT -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 SEMICONDUCTOR CERAMIC MATERIALS PRODUCED FROM AIIBVI NANOPOWDERS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION.

EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Expert Commentary THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF THE TUNGSTEN CARBIDE NANOPOWDERS AND CARBON NANOTUBES -- INDEX.