Ceramic Engineering And Science Proceedings, Volume 31, Issue 7: Nanostructured Materials And Nanotechnology Iv

This issue contains 17 peer-reviewed (invited and contributed) papers covering various aspects and the latest developments related to processing, modeling and manufacturing technologies of nanoscaled materials including inorganic-organic nanocomposites, nanowire-based sensors, new generation photovoltaic cells, self-assembly of nanostructures, functional nanostructures for cell tracking and heterostructures. Each manuscript was peer-reviewed using The American Ceramic Society review process.

Preface.

Introduction.

Core-Shell Nanostructures: Scalable, One-Step Aerosol Synthesis and In-Situ SiO₂Coating and Functionalization of TiO₂and Fe₂O₃Nanoparticles (J. T. N. Knijnenburg, A. Teleki, B. Buesser, and S. E. Pratsinis).

Self-Assembly of Metal Oxides—Liquid Phase Crystal Deposition of Anatase TiO₂Particles and Their Change in Surface Area (Yoshitake Masuda).

Single Step Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Magnetite Nanoparticles (M. Hoffmann, R. von Hagen, H. Shen, and S. Mathur).

Printable Silver Nanostructures: Fabrication and Plasma-Chemical Modification (R. von Hagen, M. Hoffmann, T. Lehnen, L. Xiao, D. Zopes, H. Shen, and S. Mathur).

Nanostructured Tin Dioxide and Tungsten Trioxide Gas Sensors Prepared by Glancing Angle Deposition (Derya Deniz, Aravind Reghu, and Robert J. Lad).

Hydrothermal Synthesis of TiO₂Nanotubes: Microwave Heating Versus Conventional Heating (Lucky M. Sikhwivhilu, Siyasanga Mpelane, Nosipho Moloto, and Suprakas Sinha Ray).

Fabrication and Properties of Core-Shell Type SiC/Si02 Nanowires through Low-Cost Production Technique (Wasana Khongwong, Katsumi Yoshida, and Toyohiko Yano).

Fabrication and Characterization of Multifunctional ZnO-Polymer Nanocomposites (Hongbin Cheng, Qian Chen, and Qing-Ming Wang).

Hybrid Nanostructured Organic/Inorganic Photovoltaic Cells (S. Antohe, I. Enculescu, Cristina Besleaga, lulia Arghir, V. A. Antohe, V. Covlea, A. Radu, and L. Ion).

Enhanced Photovoltaic Effect Using Nanostructured Multi-Layered Photoelectrode (M. Ramrakhiani and J.K. Dongre).

Evaluation of Nanoparticles as Contrast Agent for Photoacoustic Imaging in Living Cells (Yvonne Kohl, Hagen Thielecke, Wolfgang Bost, Robert Lemor, Frank Stracke,Christian Kaiser, Michael Schroeter, Karl Kratz, Andreas Henkel, and Carsten Sonnichsen).

The Use of CaCO₃and Ca3(PO₄)₂as Supports for Fe-Co Catalysts for Carbon Nanotube Synthesis: A Comparative Study (Sabelo D. Mhlanga, Suprakas Sinha Ray, and Neil J. Coville).

Nano-Microcomposite and Combined Coatings on Ti-Si-NAA/C-Co-Cr/Steel and Ti-Si-N/(Cr₃C₂)₇₅-(NiCr)₂₅Base: Their Structure and Properties (A. D. Pogrebnjak, V. V. Uglov, M. V. Il'yashenko, V. M. Beresnev, A. P. Shpak, M. V. Kaverin, N. K. Erdybaeva, Yu A. Kunitskyi, Yu. N. Tyurin, O. V. Kolisnichenko, N. A. Makhmudov, and A. P. Shypylenko).

Phase Composition, Thermal Stability, Physical and Mechanical Properties of Superhard On Base Zr-Ti-Si-N Nanocomposite Coatings (A. D. Pogrebnjak, O. V. Sobol, V. M. Beresnev, P. V. Turbin, G. V. Kirik, N. A. Makhmudov, M. V Il'yashenko, A. P. Shypylenko, M. V. Kaverin, M.Yu. Tashmetov, and A. V. Pshyk).

Characterization of Nanocrystalline Surface Layer in Low Carbon Steel Induced by Surface Rapid Multi-Rolling Treatment (Chang Sun, Kangning Sun, Jingde Zhang, Pengfei Chuan, Xiaoxin Wang, and Nan Wang).

Properties of Nano-Metal Carbide Contained Mg-TiC (SiC) Composites (Mustafa Aydin and Rasit Koc).

Author Index.