Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Oxide Thin Films and Nanostructures, Hardback Book

Hardback

Description

Nanostructured oxide materials - ultra-thin films, nanoparticles and other nanometer-scale objects - play prominent roles in many aspects of our every-day life, in nature and in technological applications, among which is the all-oxide electronics of tomorrow.

Due to their reduced dimensions and dimensionality, they strongly interact with their environment: gaseous atmosphere, water or support.

Their novel physical and chemical properties are the subject of this book, from both a fundamental and an applied perspective.

Oxide Thin Films and Nanostructures reviews and illustrates the various methodologies for their growth, fabrication, experimental and theoretical characterization.

The role of key parameters such as film thickness, nanoparticle size and support interactions in driving their fundamental properties is underlined.

At the ultimate thickness limit, two-dimensional oxide materials are generated, whose functionalities and potential applications are described.

The emerging field of cation mixing is mentioned, which opens new avenues for engineering many oxide properties, as witnessed by natural oxide nanomaterials such as clay minerals, which, beyond their role at the Earth's surface, are now widely used in a whole range of human activities.

Oxide nanomaterials are involved in many interdisciplinary fields of advanced nanotechnologies.

Catalysis, photocatalysis, solar energy materials, fuel cells, corrosion protection, and biotechnological applications are amongst the areas where they are making an impact.

The book outlines prototypical examples. A cautious glimpse into future developments of scientific activity is finally ventured to round off the presentation.

Information

Information