"Synthesis, Properties, and Applications of Oxide Nanomaterials" ed. by José A. Rodriguez, Marcos Fernández-García (Repost)

This book summarizes the existing knowledge in oxide-based materials research. It gives researchers one comprehensive resource that consolidates general theoretical knowledge alongside practical applications. The book is an outstanding reference for graduate students in chemistry, chemical engineering, physics, and materials science.

The book consolidates a wealth of current, complex information in one volume for practicing chemists, physicists, and materials scientists, and for engineers and researchers in government, industry, and academia, and :
• Covers the fundamental science, synthesis, characterization, physicochemical properties, and applications of oxide nanomaterials
• Explains the fundamental aspects (quantum-mechanical and thermodynamic) that determine the behavior and growth mode of nanostructured oxides
• Examines synthetic procedures using top-down and bottom-up fabrication technologies involving liquid-solid or gas-solid transformations
• Discusses the sophisticated experimental techniques and state-of-the-art theory used to characterize the structural and electronic properties of nanostructured oxides
• Describes applications such as sorbents, sensors, ceramic materials, electrochemical and photochemical devices, and catalysts for reducing environmental pollution, transforming hydrocarbons, and producing hydrogen

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION. The World of Oxide Nanomaterials
PART I. BASIC CONCEPTS
1.Theory of Size,Confinement,and Oxidation Effects
2.0n Aqueous Interfacial Thermodynamics and the Design
PART II. SYNTHESIS AND PREPARATION
3.Synthesis of Metal-Oxide Nanoparticles:Liquid-Solid Transformations
4.Synthesis of Metal-Oxide Nanoparticles:Gas-Solid Transformations
PART III. STUDY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOSTRUCTURED OXIDES
5.Techniques for the Study of the Structural Properties
6.Techniques for the Study of the Electronic Properties
7.Post Hartree-Fock and Density Functional Theory Formalisms
8.Parametric Quantum Methods in Modeling Metal Oxide Nanoclustersand Surfaces
9.Atomistic Models and Molecular Dynamics
PART IV. PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTES OF OXIDE NANOMATERIALS
10.Theoretical Aspects of Oxide Particle Stability and Chemical Reactivity
11.Adsorption of Probe Molecules on Nanostructured Oxides
12.Chemical Properties of Oxide Nanoparticles:Surface AdsorptionStudiesfrom Gas-and Liquid-Phase Environments
13.Transport Properties and Oxygen Handling
PART V. INDUSTRIAL / TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
14.Adsorbents
15.Gas Sensors
16.Photovoltaic,Photoelectronic,and Electrochemical Devices
17.Nanostructured Oxides in Photo-Catalysis
18.0xide Nanomaterials for the Catalytic Combustion of Hydrocarbons
19.Nanostructured Oxides in DeNO Technologies
20.Chemistry of SO and DeSO Processes on Oxide Nanoparticles
21.H2 Production and Fuel Cells
22.Oxide Nanomaterials in Ceramics
Index