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Functional Materials : For Energy, Sustainable Development and Biomedical Sciences /
Functional organic materials are increasingly important in cutting-edge applications such as energy production, storage and conversion, biomedicine and sustainable development. Top-notch specialists have created a unique and timely overview for undergraduate (final year) and graduate students with a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin :
DE GRUYTER,
2014.
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| Edición: | 2014. |
| Colección: | De Gruyter textbook.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword; Preface; Contents; Contributing authors; About the editors; 1 Introduction; Part I: Functional materials: Synthesis and applications; 2 A primer on polymer colloids: structure, synthesis and colloidal stability; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Polymer colloids inside out; 2.2.1 How many polymer chains per particle?; 2.2.2 How many particles?; 2.2.3 Are the chains immobile within the nanoparticle?; 2.2.4 Morphology of polymeric nanoparticles; 2.3 Preparation of polymer nanoparticles; 2.3.1 Emulsion polymerization; 2.3.2 Miniemulsion polymerization; 2.3.3 Microemulsion polymerization.
- 2.3.4 Self-assembly in selective solvents2.4 Colloidal stabilization; 2.4.1 Electrostatic stabilization; 2.4.2 Steric stabilization; 2.4.3 Depletion stabilization; 2.4.4 Future directions; 3 Synthesis, functionalization and properties of fullerenes and graphene materials; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Fullerenes; 3.2.1 General considerations; 3.2.2 Synthesis and purification of fullerenes; 3.2.3 Chemical and physical properties of C60; 3.2.4 Chemical functionalization of C60; 3.2.5 Applications; 3.3 Graphene; 3.3.1 Production of graphene; 3.3.2 Graphene in energy conversion devices.
- 4 Ordered mesoporous silica: synthesis and applications4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Ordered mesoporous silica (OMS); 4.2.1 Principle of synthesis; 4.2.2 Mesostructure diversity and tailoring; 4.3 Functionalization of ordered mesoporous silica; 4.4 Morphology control; 4.5 Selected applications of functionalized ordered mesoporous silica; 4.5.1 Functionalized MSNs as controlled drug delivery platforms; 4.5.2 Functionalized mesoporous materials for extraction chromatography (EXC) applications; 4.5.3 Mesoporous organic-inorganic hybrid membranes for water desalination.
- 5 Nanoparticles: Properties and applications5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Synthetic methods; 5.2.1 Particle nucleation and growth; 5.2.2 Synthesis in inverse micelles; 5.3 Particle aggregation and stabilization of colloidal suspensions; 5.4 Colloidal quantum dots; 5.5 Metal nanoparticles; 5.6 Metal oxide nanoparticles; 5.6.1 Titanium dioxide; 5.6.2 Iron oxide; 5.6.3 Silica; 5.7 Polymeric nanoparticles; 5.8 Advanced architectures and hybrid systems; 6 Conjugated polymers for organic electronics; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Processable conjugated polymers; 6.3 Applications in renewable energy.
- 6.3.1 Organic solar cells6.3.2 Conjugated polymers for organic solar cells; 6.4 Applications in micro-electronics; 6.4.1 Field-effect transistors; 6.4.2 Conjugated polymers for field-effect transistors; 6.5 Applications in lighting; 6.5.1 Light-emitting diodes; 6.5.2 Conjugated polymers for light-emitting diodes; 6.6 Summary; 7 Theoretical tools for designing microscopic to macroscopic properties of functional materials; 7.1 Methods; 7.1.1 The link between microscopic and macroscopic scales; 7.1.2 Ab initio methods; 7.1.3 Bridging the gap between ab initio and atomistic levels.