Preface |
|
XI | |
List of Contributors |
|
XIII | |
1 Recent Developments in the Synthesis, Properties and Assemblies of Nanocrystals |
|
1 | |
|
P.J. Thomas and P. O'Brien |
|
|
|
|
1 | |
|
1.2 Spherical Nanocrystals |
|
|
1 | |
|
1.2.1 Semiconductor Nanocrystals |
|
|
1 | |
|
|
4 | |
|
1.2.3 Nanocrystals of Metal Oxides |
|
|
6 | |
|
1.3 Nanocrystals of Different Shapes |
|
|
7 | |
|
1.3.1 Anisotropic Growth of Semiconductor and Oxide Nanocrystals |
|
|
7 | |
|
1.3.2 Anisotropic Growth of Metal Nanocrystals |
|
|
14 | |
|
1.4 Selective Growth on Nanocrystals |
|
|
17 | |
|
1.5 Properties of Nanocrystals |
|
|
18 | |
|
1.5.1 Electronic and Optical Properties |
|
|
18 | |
|
1.5.2 Magnetic Properties |
|
|
21 | |
|
1.6 Ordered Assemblies of Nanocrystals |
|
|
22 | |
|
1.6.1 One- and Low-dimensional Arrangements |
|
|
22 | |
|
1.6.2 Two-dimensional Arrays |
|
|
24 | |
|
1.6.3 Three-dimensional Superlattices |
|
|
26 | |
|
|
29 | |
|
|
30 | |
|
1.7.1 Optical and Electro-optical Devices |
|
|
30 | |
|
1.7.2 Nanocrystal-based Optical Detection and Related Devices |
|
|
31 | |
|
1.7.3 Nanocrystals as Fluorescent Tags |
|
|
33 | |
|
1.7.4 Biomedical Applications of Oxide Nanoparticles |
|
|
33 | |
|
1.7.5 Nanoelectronics and Nanoscalar Electronic Devices |
|
|
34 | |
|
|
35 | |
|
|
36 | |
2 Nanotubes and Nanowires: Recent Developments |
|
45 | |
|
S.R.C. Vivekchand, A. Govindaraj, and C.N.R. Rao |
|
|
|
|
45 | |
|
|
45 | |
|
|
45 | |
|
|
50 | |
|
2.2.3 Functionalization and Solubilization |
|
|
54 | |
|
2.2.4 Properties and Applications |
|
|
60 | |
|
2.2.4.1 Optical, Electrical and Other Properties |
|
|
60 | |
|
2.2.4.2 Phase Transitions, Mechanical Properties, and Fluid Mechanics |
|
|
66 | |
|
2.2.4.3 Energy Storage and Conversion |
|
|
68 | |
|
|
68 | |
|
2.2.5 Biochemical and Biomedical Aspects |
|
|
69 | |
|
|
71 | |
|
2.2.7 Transistors and Devices |
|
|
72 | |
|
|
75 | |
|
|
75 | |
|
2.3.2 Solubilization and Functionalization |
|
|
77 | |
|
2.3.3 Properties and Applications |
|
|
79 | |
|
|
79 | |
|
|
79 | |
|
2.4.2 Self Assembly and Functionalization |
|
|
90 | |
|
2.4.3 Coaxial Nanowires and Coatings on Nanowires |
|
|
92 | |
|
|
92 | |
|
2.4.5 Electrical and Magnetic Properties |
|
|
97 | |
|
2.4.6 Some Chemical Aspects and Sensor Applications |
|
|
100 | |
|
2.4.7 Mechanical Properties |
|
|
101 | |
|
2.4.8 Transistors and Devices |
|
|
102 | |
|
|
103 | |
|
|
104 | |
3 Nonaqueous Sol–Gel Routes to Nanocrystalline Metal Oxides |
|
119 | |
|
M. Niederberger and M. Antonietti |
|
|
|
|
119 | |
|
|
119 | |
|
3.3 Short Introduction to Aqueous and Nonaqueous Sol–Gel Chemistry |
|
|
120 | |
|
3.4 Nonaqueous Sol–Gel Routes to Metal Oxide Nanoparticles |
|
|
121 | |
|
3.4.1 Surfactant-controlled Synthesis of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles |
|
|
121 | |
|
3.5 Solvent-controlled Synthesis of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles |
|
|
127 | |
|
|
127 | |
|
3.5.2 Reaction of Metal Halides with Alcohols |
|
|
127 | |
|
3.5.3 Reaction of Metal Alkoxides with Alcohols |
|
|
130 | |
|
3.5.4 Reaction of Metal Alkoxides with Ketones and Aldehydes |
|
|
131 | |
|
3.5.5 Reaction of Metal Acetylacetonates with Various Organic Solvents |
|
|
132 | |
|
3.6 Selected Reaction Mechanisms |
|
|
133 | |
|
|
134 | |
|
|
135 | |
4 Growth of Nanocrystals in Solution |
|
139 | |
|
R. Viswanatha and D.D. Sarma |
|
|
|
|
139 | |
|
|
140 | |
|
4.2.1 Theory of Nucleation |
|
|
140 | |
|
4.2.2 Mechanism of Growth |
|
|
141 | |
|
4.2.2.1 Diffusion Limited Growth: Lifshitz–Slyozov–Wagner (LSW) Theory and Post-LSW Theory |
|
|
143 | |
|
4.2.2.2 Reaction-limited Growth |
|
|
147 | |
|
4.2.2.3 Mixed Diffusion–Reaction Control |
|
|
148 | |
|
4.3 Experimental Investigations |
|
|
151 | |
|
|
153 | |
|
|
154 | |
|
4.3.3 Effect of Capping Agents on Growth Kinetics |
|
|
160 | |
|
4.3.3.1 Effect of Oleic Acid on the Growth of CdSe Nanocrystals |
|
|
161 | |
|
4.3.3.2 PVP as a Capping Agent in the Growth of ZnO Nanocrystals |
|
|
163 | |
|
4.3.3.3 Effect of Adsorption of Thiols on ZnO Growth Kinetics |
|
|
166 | |
|
|
167 | |
|
|
168 | |
5 Peptide Nanomaterials: Self-assembling Peptides as Building Blocks for Novel Materials |
|
171 | |
|
|
|
|
171 | |
|
|
171 | |
|
5.3 Cyclic Peptide-based Nanostructures |
|
|
172 | |
|
5.4 Linear Peptide-based Nanostructures |
|
|
174 | |
|
5.5 Amyloid Fibrils as Bio-inspired Material: The Use of Natural Amyloid and Peptide Fragments |
|
|
177 | |
|
5.6 From Amyloid Structures to Peptide Nanostructures |
|
|
178 | |
|
5.7 Bioinspired Peptide-based Composite Nanomaterials |
|
|
180 | |
|
|
180 | |
|
|
181 | |
6 Surface Plasmon Resonances in Nanostructured Materials |
|
185 | |
|
|
|
6.1 Introduction to Surface Plasmons |
|
|
185 | |
|
6.1.1 Propagating Surface Plasmons |
|
|
186 | |
|
6.1.2 Localized Surface Plasmons |
|
|
189 | |
|
6.2 Tuning the Surface Plasmon Oscillations |
|
|
190 | |
|
6.2.1 Size of Nanoparticle |
|
|
190 | |
|
6.2.2 Shape of Nanoparticle |
|
|
191 | |
|
6.2.3 Dielectric Environment |
|
|
194 | |
|
6.3 Excitation of Localized Surface Plasmons |
|
|
196 | |
|
6.3.1 Multipole Resonances |
|
|
197 | |
|
6.3.2 Absorption vs. Scattering |
|
|
200 | |
|
6.4 Plasmon Coupling in Higher Order Nanostructures |
|
|
204 | |
|
6.4.1 Assembly of Nanospheres |
|
|
204 | |
|
6.4.2 Assembly of Nanorods |
|
|
208 | |
|
|
215 | |
|
|
216 | |
7 Applications of Nanostructured Hybrid Materials for Supercapacitors |
|
219 | |
|
A.V. Murugan and K. Vijayamohanan |
|
|
|
|
219 | |
|
|
219 | |
|
7.3 Nanostructured Hybrid Materials |
|
|
220 | |
|
7.4 Electrochemical Energy Storage |
|
|
222 | |
|
7.5 Electrochemical Capacitors |
|
|
223 | |
|
7.5.1 Electrochemical Double Layer Capacitor vs. Conventional Capacitor |
|
|
225 | |
|
7.5.2 Origin of Enhanced Capacitance |
|
|
226 | |
|
7.6 Electrode Materials for Supercapacitors |
|
|
229 | |
|
7.6.1 Nanostructured Transition Metal Oxides |
|
|
229 | |
|
7.6.2 Nanostructured Conducting Polymers |
|
|
230 | |
|
7.6.3 Carbon Nanotubes and Related Carbonaceous Materials |
|
|
231 | |
|
7.7 Hybrid Nanostructured Materials |
|
|
234 | |
|
7.7.1 Conducting Polymer—Transition Metal Oxide Nanohybrids |
|
|
235 | |
|
7.7.2 Conducting Polymer—Carbon Nanotube Hybrids |
|
|
237 | |
|
7.7.3 Transition Metal Oxides—Carbon Nanotube Hybrids |
|
|
238 | |
|
7.8 Hybrid Nanostructured Materials as Electrolytes for Super Capacitors |
|
|
241 | |
|
7.8.1 Nanostructured Polymer Composite Electrolytes |
|
|
242 | |
|
7.8.2 Ionic Liquids as Supercapacitor Electrolytes |
|
|
242 | |
|
7.9 Possible Limitations of Hybrid Materials for Supercapacitors |
|
|
243 | |
|
7.10 Conclusions and Perspectives |
|
|
244 | |
|
|
245 | |
8 Dendrimers and Their Use as Nanoscale Sensors |
|
249 | |
|
|
|
|
249 | |
|
|
250 | |
|
8.3 Macromolecular Properties |
|
|
262 | |
|
8.3.1 Molecular Modeling and Intrinsic Viscosity Studies |
|
|
262 | |
|
8.3.2 Fluorescence Properties |
|
|
264 | |
|
8.3.3 Endo- and Exo-Receptor Properties |
|
|
265 | |
|
8.4 Chemical Sensors with Dendrimers |
|
|
267 | |
|
|
267 | |
|
8.4.2 Sensing Organic Amines and Acids |
|
|
270 | |
|
|
270 | |
|
|
271 | |
|
8.4.5 Gas and Vapor Sensing in Solution |
|
|
272 | |
|
8.4.6 Chiral Sensing of Asymmetric Molecules |
|
|
275 | |
|
8.4.7 Fluorescence Labeled Dendrimers and Detection of Metal Cations |
|
|
277 | |
|
|
279 | |
|
8.5 Dendrimer-based Biosensors |
|
|
281 | |
|
8.5.1 Acetylcholinesterase Biosensor |
|
|
281 | |
|
8.5.2 Dendrimers as Cell Capture Agents |
|
|
282 | |
|
8.5.3 Dendrimers as a Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor Surface |
|
|
283 | |
|
8.5.4 Layer-by-Layer Assembly Using Dendrimers and Electrocatalysis |
|
|
283 | |
|
8.5.5 SAM–Dendrimer Conjugates for Biomolecular Sensing |
|
|
284 | |
|
8.5.6 Dendrimer-based Calorimetric Biosensors |
|
|
288 | |
|
8.5.7 Dendrimer-based Glucose Sensors |
|
|
289 | |
|
8.6 Conclusion and Outlook |
|
|
292 | |
|
|
292 | |
9 Molecular Approaches in Organic/Polymeric Field-effect Transistors |
|
299 | |
|
K.S. Narayan and S. Data; |
|
|
|
|
299 | |
|
9.2 Device Operations and Electrical Characterization |
|
|
300 | |
|
|
301 | |
|
9.3.1 Substrate Treatment Methods |
|
|
304 | |
|
9.3.2 Electrode Materials |
|
|
305 | |
|
9.4 Progress in Electrical Performance |
|
|
306 | |
|
9.5 Progress in p-Channel OFETs |
|
|
306 | |
|
9.6 Progress in n-Channel OF ET |
|
|
309 | |
|
9.7 Progress in Ambipolar OF ET |
|
|
310 | |
|
|
311 | |
|
9.9 Photoeffects in Semiconducting Polymer Dispersed Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Transistors |
|
|
313 | |
|
9.10 Recent Approaches in Assembling Devices |
|
|
314 | |
|
|
316 | |
10 Supramolecular Approaches to Molecular Machines |
|
319 | |
|
|
|
|
319 | |
|
10.2 Catenanes and Rotaxanes |
|
|
320 | |
|
10.2.1 Synthetic Routes to Catenanes and Rotaxanes |
|
|
321 | |
|
10.2.2 Aromatic π–π Association Routes to Catenanes and Rotaxanes |
|
|
322 | |
|
10.2.2.1 Preparation and Properties of [ 2]-Catenanes |
|
|
322 | |
|
10.2.2.2 Multiple Catenanes |
|
|
323 | |
|
10.2.2.3 Switchable Catenanes |
|
|
324 | |
|
10.2.2.4 Other Synthetic Routes to Paraquat-based Catenanes |
|
|
326 | |
|
10.2.2.5 Rotaxane Synthesis |
|
|
328 | |
|
10.2.2.6 Switchable Catenanes |
|
|
328 | |
|
10.2.2.7 Neutral Catenane Assembly |
|
|
329 | |
|
|
329 | |
|
10.2.3.1 Approaches to Redox-switchable Catenanes and Rotaxanes |
|
|
329 | |
|
10.2.3.2 Making More Complex Structures |
|
|
332 | |
|
10.2.3.3 Routes to [ n]-Rotaxanes using Olefin Metathesis – Molecular Barcoding |
|
|
333 | |
|
10.2.3.4 Anion-templating |
|
|
335 | |
|
10.2.3.5 Other Approaches to Ion-templating |
|
|
337 | |
|
10.2.4 Hydrogen-bonded Assembly of Catenane, Rotaxanes, and Knots |
|
|
338 | |
|
10.2.4.1 Catenane and Knotane Synthesis |
|
|
338 | |
|
10.2.4.2 Routes to Functional Catenanes and Rotaxanes |
|
|
339 | |
|
10.2.4.3 Catenanes and Rotaxanes Derived from Dialkyl Ammonium Salts |
|
|
346 | |
|
10.2.5 Cyclodextrin-based Rotaxanes |
|
|
348 | |
|
10.2.5.1 Controlling Motion |
|
|
349 | |
|
10.3 Molecular Logic Gates |
|
|
349 | |
|
|
352 | |
|
|
352 | |
11 Nanoscale Electronic Inhomogeneities in Complex Oxides |
|
357 | |
|
V.B. Shenoy, H.R. Krishnaniurthy, and T.V. Ramakrishnan |
|
|
|
|
357 | |
|
11.2 Electronic Inhomogeneities – Experimental Evidence |
|
|
358 | |
|
11.3 Theoretical Approaches to Electronic Inhomogeneities |
|
|
364 | |
|
11.4 The b Model for Manganites |
|
|
366 | |
|
11.5 The Extended b Model and Effects of Long-range Coulomb Interactions |
|
|
370 | |
|
|
381 | |
|
|
382 | |
Index |
|
385 | |