Special Topic Issue on the Theme of Nanostructured Advanced Materials
This
issue includes reviews and research papers based on lectures presented
at the 2nd IUPAC Workshop on Advanced Materials (WAM II),
Bangalore, India, 13-16 February 2002. It was coordinated by Prof. J.
Bull, IUPAC special Topics Editor and Prof. G.U. Kulkarni, Chairman
of the Local Organizing Committee.
Preface, C.N.R. Rao and J. Jortner
Part
1: Overview
Nanostructured advanced materials. Perspectives and directions, J.
Jortner and C. N. R. Rao
p. 1491 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 283KB]
Part 2: Synthesis and Characterization
Sonochemistry as a tool for preparation of porous metal oxides, D.
N. Srivastava, N. Perkas, A. Zaban, and A. Gedanken
p. 1509 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 315KB]
Structural variations in nanocrystalline nickel films, P. L. Gai,
R. Mitra, and J. R.Weertman
p. 1519 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 855KB]
Synthesis of monodispersed model catalysts using softlanding cluster
deposition, S. Abbet, K. Judai, L. Klinger, and U. Heiz
p. 1527 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 204KB]
Nanophase materials by a novel microwave-hydrothermal process, S.
Komarneni and H. Katsuki
p. 1537 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 321KB]
Nanotubes of the disulfides of groups 4 and 5 metals, M. Nath and
C. N. R. Rao
p. 1545 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 742KB]
Morphology of nanostructured materials, M. K. Sanyal, A. Datta, and
S. Hazra
p. 1553 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 597KB]
Organometallic precursor route to carbon nanotubes, A. Govindaraj
and C. N. R. Rao
p. 1571 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 795KB]
Mesoscale organization of metal nanocrystals, G. U. Kulkarni, P. J.
Thomas, and C. N. R. Rao
p. 1581 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 712KB]
Structure and dynamics of monolayers on planar and cluster surfaces,
T. Pradeep and N. Sandhyarani
p. 1593 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 273KB]
Self-assembled molecular films of tetraamino metal (Co, Cu, Fe) phthalocyanines
on gold and silver. Electrochemical and spectroscopic characterization,
M. P. Somashekarappa, J. Keshavayya, and S. Sampath
p. 1609 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 294KB]
Assembling nanoparticles and biomacromolecules using electrostatic
interactions, M. Sastry
p. 1621 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 105KB]
Nonequilibrium processes for generating silicon nanostructures in
singlecrystalline silicon, P. Sen and J. Akhtar
p. 1631 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 598KB]
Solvothermal routes to capped oxide and chalcogenide nanoparticles,
U. K. Gautam, M. Ghosh, M. Rajamathi, and R. Seshadri
p. 1643 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 261KB]
Formation of interfacial phases in the epitaxial growth of Sb on Si(111)-7
X 7 reconstructed surface,
V. K. Paliwa, A. G. Vedeshwar, and S. M. Shivaprasad
p. 1651 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 286KB]
Stars and stripes. Nanoscale misfit dislocation patterns on surfaces,
R. Pushpa and S. Narasimhan
p. 1663 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 328KB]
Part 3: Spectroscopic and Other Physical Properties
Some properties of spherical and rod-shaped semiconductor and metal
nanocrystals, C. F. Landes, S. Link, M. B. Mohamed, B. Nikoobakht, and
M. A. El-Sayed
p. 1675 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 786KB]
Photoinduced transformations in semiconductormetal nanocomposite
assemblies, P. V. Kamat
p. 1693 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 446KB]
Mesoscopic domains of cobalt nanocrystals, M. P. Pileni
p. 1707 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 1.33MB]
Electrochemical tuning and mechanical resilience of single-wall carbon
nanotubes, S. Ghosh, P. V. Teredesai, and A. K. Sood
p. 1719 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 243KB]
Photochemistry of chromophore-functionalized gold nanoparticles, K.
George Thomas, B. I. Ipe, and P. K. Sudeep
p. 1731 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 275KB]
Substrate temperature dependence of electrical conduction in nanocrystalline
CdTe:TiO2 sputtered films, S. N. Sharma, S. M. Shivaprasad,
S. Kohli, and A. C. Rastogi
p. 1739 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 336KB]
Part 4: Applications of Nanostructured Materials
Sensors and sensor arrays based on conjugated polymers and carbon
nanotubes, L. Dai, P. Soundarrajan, and T. Kim
p. 1753 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 897KB]
Functional nanoparticle architectures for sensoric, optoelectronic,
and bioelectronic applications, I. Willner and B. Willner
p. 1773 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 397KB]
authors index