Inorganic Particle Synthesis via Macro and Microemulsions: A Micrometer to Nanometer Landscape - Hardcover

Ganguli, Dibyendu; Ganguli, Munia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0306478773 ISBN 13: 9780306478772

Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2003

Synopsis

"Nanotechnology" is now very well known as one of the most important key technologies in science and industry. In the field of material science and engineering, nanoparticles should be unit materials, as well as atoms and molecules, to build ceramics, devices, catalysts, and machines, and the "nanoparticle technology" is thus attracting. This novel technology includes various methodologies for nanoparticles: preparation, surface-modification via chemical and/or physical treatments, immobilization and arrangement on supports or substrates, to achieve high performance for luminescence properties in light emitting devices, and high efficiency for catalytic and photocatalytic reactions in chemical synthesis, chemical decomposition, and artificial photosynthesis, etc. It should be needless to say that the preparation of nanoparticles, having precisely controlled particle size, size distribution, chemical composition, and surface properties, is essentially important to realize "true nanoparticle technology". This book, written by Dr. Dibyendu Ganguli and Dr. Munia Ganguli, deals with the preparation methodologies for inorganic nanoparticles using macro- and microemulsions as "microreactor". There are several differences between these two emulsions, in addition to water droplet size: thermodynamic stability, and fusion-redispersion dynamics of the droplets. The properties of the nanoparticles prepared in these emulsion systems are seriously influenced and controlled by the selection of dynamic and static conditions.

About this title

Synopsis

The present book deals with the most important features of macro-and microemulsions that control the synthesis of inorganic particles of tailored size and shape, followed by wide spectrum surveys of the various procedures as they have been developed by research groups across the world. The aim of this book is thus to open a showcase of basic information on the two chemical regimes and detailed accounts of inorganic particles synthesis using the derived protocols. The intended audience is persons or groups who are not only looking for a simple and focused introduction to these chemical regimes, but also accounts of various synthetic procedures to select from their individual programs. It is also meant for curious individuals who want to know about the basics of the science and the art behind the macro- and microemulsion-based synthesis, but do not find them in a single and simple volume. The significance of this book lies in the fact that it fills this small gap in the immensely large volume of literature on the science and technology of ordinary emulsions and microemulsions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306478773
• ISBN 13: 9780306478772
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 222