This new volume provides some of the latest information on the emergence and rapid development of nanotechnology-enhanced solid materials and the ways they have impacted almost every aspect of nanoengineering. The chapters explore the role of nanomaterials in industries in diverse applications, such as insulations and reinforcement of composite materials.
The book focuses on the design, synthesis, and properties of solid materials, presenting updated, practical, and systematic knowledge on the modification of nanomaterials. A wide range of solid material formulations and self-assemblies are covered. This book describes a host of carbon nanomaterials, including fullerenes, nanotubes, whiskers, cones, and nanodiamonds. The topics include photovoltaic applications of solid carbons, carbon nanotubes, mesoporous silica nanomaterials, smart biopolymer composites and polymer solids, graphene oxide as an emerging solid-based nanocomposite material, steady state creep deformation in rotating discs and cylinders, and more.
The volume will be an excellent resource for senior postgraduate students with backgrounds in materials science and technology, physics, and chemistry. Because of the integral nature of the topics, it will also be of interest to a broad spectrum of audiences, including industrial scientists, industrial engineers, nanotechnologists, materials scientists, chemists, physicists, biologists, chemical engineers, and all those who are involved and interested in the future frontiers of nanomaterials science.
About the Author: Lionello Pogliani, PhD, is a retired Professor of Physical Chemistry. He received his postdoctoral training at the Department of Molecular Biology of the C. E. A. (Centre d'Etudes Atomiques) of Saclay, France, at the Physical Chemistry Institute of the Technical and Free University of Berlin, and at the Pharmaceutical Department of the University of California, San Francisco, USA. He spent his sabbatical years at the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, and at the University of Valencia, Spain. He has contributed more than 200 papers in the experimental, theoretical, and didactical fields of physical chemistry, including chapters in specialized books and a book on numbers 0, 1, 2, and 3. A work of his has been awarded with the GM Neural Trauma Research Award. He is a member of the International Academy of Mathematical Chemistry, and he is on the editorial board of many international journals. He is presently a part-time teammate at the Physical Chemistry department of the University of Valencia, Spain.
Ann Rose Abraham, PhD, is currently an Assistant Professor at Department of Physics, Sacred Heart College (Autonomous), Thevara, Kochi, Kerala, India. Dr. Abraham received her MSc, MPhil, and PhD degrees in Physics from the School of Pure and Applied Physics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. Her PhD thesis was on the title "Development of Hybrid Mutliferroic Materials for Tailored Applications." She has expertise in the field of condensed matter physics, nanomagnetism, multiferroics and polymeric nanocomposites, etc. She has research experience at various reputed national institutes, including Bose Institute, Kolkata, India; SAHA Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India; UGC-DAE CSR Centre, Kolkata, India; and she has collaborated with various international laboratories. She is the recipient of a Young Researcher Award in the area of physics and Best Paper Awards-2020, 2021, a prestigious forum to showcase intellectual capability. She served as Assistant Professor and Examiner at the Department of Basic Sciences, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, under APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Kerala, India. Dr. Abraham is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences. She has a good number of publications to her credit in many peer-reviewed high impact journals of international repute. She has authored many book chapters and edited more than 10 books with Taylor and Francis, Elsevier, etc.
A. K. Haghi, PhD, has published over 250 academic research-oriented books as well as over 1000 research papers published in various journals and conference proceedings. He has received several grants, consulted for several major corporations, and is a frequent speaker to national and international audiences. He is Founder and former Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Chemoinformatics and Chemical Engineering as well as Polymers Research Journal, . Professor Haghi has acted as an editorial board member of many international journals. He has served as a member of the Canadian Research and Development Center of Sciences and Cultures (CRDCSC) and the Research Chemistry Centre, Coimbra, Portugal. Dr. Haghi holds a BSc in urban and environmental engineering from the University of North Carolina (USA), an MSc in mechanical engineering from North Carolina A&T State University (USA) and an MSc in applied mechanics, acoustics, and materials from the Université de Technologie de Compiègne (France), and a PhD in engineering sciences from Université de Franche-Comté (France).
Prabhat Ranjan, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechatronics Engineering at Manipal University Jaipur. He is the author of Basic Electronics and editor of Computational Chemistry Methodology in Structural Biology and Materials Sciences. Dr. Ranjan has published more than 10 research papers in peer-reviewed journals of high repute and dozens of book chapters in high-end research edited books. He has received the prestigious President Award of Manipal University Jaipur, India; a material design scholarship from the Imperial College of London, UK; a DAAD Fellowship; and the CFCAM-France Award. Dr. Ranjan has received several grants and participated in national and international conferences and summer schools. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in electronics and communication and a Master of Technology in instrumentation control system engineering from the Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India, as well as a PhD in engineering from Manipal University Jaipur, India.
