Chemical sensors : simulation and modeling. Volume 1, Microstructural characterization and modeling of metal oxides /
This series, Chemical Sensors: Simulation and Modeling, is the perfect complement to Momentum Press's six-volume reference series, Chemical Sensors: Fundamentals of Sensing Materials and Chemical Sensors: Comprehensive Sensor Technologies, which present detailed information about materials, tec...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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[New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) :
Momentum Press,
2012.
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Colección: | Sensor technology series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- About the editor
- Contributors.
- 1. Microstructural characterization of tin dioxide thin films / J. Wang [and others]
- Introduction
- Growth and nucleation of thin films
- Multifractal spectra of SEM images of thin films
- Microstructural evolution of nanocrystalline SnO2 thin films
- Concluding remarks
- Acknowledgments
- References.
- 2. Microstructural evolution by in-situ TEM observations and simulations / Hiromi Nakano, Hidehiko Tanaka
- Introduction
- In-situ TEM observation method
- In-situ measurements of phase transitions of metal oxides
- In-situ observation of thermal behavior of BaTiO3 grains
- In-situ observation of grain growth of metal oxides
- Summary
- Acknowledgments
- References.
- 3. Raman spectroscopy of oxide materials / T. Pagnier
- Introduction
- Raman spectroscopy basics
- Structure determination by Raman spectroscopy
- The nanostate: nanopowders and nanowires
- Synthesis of nano-objects
- Interactions with gaseous species
- Calculations of Raman spectra
- Conclusion
- References.
- 4. Microstructural and surface modeling of SnO2 using DFT calculations / J.D. Prades [and others]
- Introduction
- DFT-based approaches to simulation and modeling of structural properties and surface chemistry of metal oxides
- DFT models and results related to SnO2 characterization
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References.
- 5. Density functional theory modeling of ZnO for gas sensor applications / M.J.S. Spencer
- Introduction
- Metal oxides for gas sensing
- Theoretical methods for studying gas-sensor reactions
- Examples of DFT studies of gas-ZnO sensor reactions
- Conclusions and outlook
- Acknowledgments
- References.
- 6. Modeling interactions of metal oxide surfaces with water / L. Vlcek [and others]
- Introduction
- Metal oxide-water interactions and their study
- Electronic structure and surface reactions
- Thermodynamic and structural aspects of adsorption
- Dynamics of adsorbed water
- Perspectives
- Acknowledgments
- References.
- 7. Density functional theory study of water dissociative chemisorption on metal oxide surfaces / C. Zhou, H. Cheng
- Introduction
- Catalytic water dissociation on metal oxide surfaces
- Summary
- Acknowledgments
- References.
- 8. First-principles studies of hydrogen spillover mechanisms on metal oxides / L. Chen, M. Yang, H. Cheng
- Introduction
- General view of spillover
- Computational approach
- Hydrogen spillover in MoO3
- Hydrogen spillover in Al2O3
- Hydrogen spillover in WO3
- Summary
- References.
- 9. Adsorption and diffusion of adatoms and small clusters on metal oxide surfaces / R. Ferrando, A. Fortunelli
- Introduction
- Theoretical methods and concepts in metal/oxide interaction
- Diffusion of isolated adatoms
- Diffusion of dimers, trimers, and tetramers
- Adsorption and diffusion on exotic (ultrathin) oxide substrates
- Conclusions
- References.
- 10. Effect of size on the phase stability of nanostructures / S. Li, Q. Jiang
- Introduction and motivation
- Phase stability and structural phase transition
- Theoretical methods for size-dependent phase stability
- Concluding remarks
- References.
- 11. Segregation-induced grain-boundary electrical potential in ionic oxide materials: simulation approaches and pending challenges / R.L. González Romero [and others]
- Introduction: general ideas about segregation effects in oxide materials
- Modeling of segregation to the grain boundaries: analytical (or continuum) approach
- Atomistic approach: molecular dynamics modeling
- Mesoscopic approach: phase-field models
- Pending problems and future prospects
- Acknowledgments
- References.
- Index.