Intelligent Nanomaterials by Ashutosh Tiwari, Ajay K. Mishra, Hisatoshi Kobayashi

Preface, Part I. Inorganic Materials, 1. Synthesis, Characterization, and Self-assembly of Colloidal Quantum Dots, Saim M. Emin, Alexandre Loukanov, Surya P. Singh, Seilichiro Nakabayashi and Liyuan Han, 2. One-dimensional Semiconducting Metal Oxides: Synthesis, Characterization and Gas Sensors Application, Nguyen Duc Hoa, 3. Rare-earth Based Insulating Nanocrystals: Improved Luminescent Nanophosphors for Plasma Display Panels, Prashant K. Sharma and AvinashC. Pandey, 4. Amorphous Porous Mixed Oxides: A New and Highly Versatile Class of Materials, Sadanand Pandey and Shivani B. Mishra, 5. Zinc Oxide Nanostructures and their Applications, Rizwan Wahib, I. H. Hwang, Hyung-Shik Shin, Young-Soon Kim, Javed Musarrat and M. A. Siddiqui, 6. Smart Nanomaterials for Space and Energy Applications, Raghvendra S. Yadav, Ravindra P. Singh, Ashutosh Tiwari, and Avinash C. Pandey,, 7. Thermochromic Thin Films and Nanocomposite for Smart Glazing, Russell Binions, Part II. Organic Materials, 8. Polymeric Nano-, Micellar and Core-shell Materials, Angel Contreras-Garcia, Guillermina Burillo, and Emilio Bucio, 9. Conjugates of Nanomaterials with Phthalocyanines, Edith Antunes, Christian Litwinski and Tebello Nyokong, 10. Nanostructured Carbon and Polymer Materials- Synthesis and their Application in Energy Conversion Devices, Debmalya Roy, B. Shastri, Md. Immamuddin, K. Mukhopadhyay, 11. Advancement in Cellulose Based Bio-plastics for Biomedicals, S. K. Shukla, Part III. Composite Materials, 12. Intelligent Nanocomposite Hydrogels, Mohammad Sirousazar and Mehrdad Kokabi, 13. Polymer/Layered Silicates Nanocomposites for Barrier Technology, Philip W. Labuschagne, Sean Moolman and Arjun Maity.