Nanomaterials-Based Composites for Energy Applications
Emerging Technology and Trends

This volume, Nanomaterials-Based Composites for Energy Applications: Emerging Technology and Trends, covers the importance of nanomaterials-based composites for renewable and alternative energy applications. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, it looks at using composites without losing the extraordinary strength of the nanomaterials, preparing new composites with high dielectric permittivity, improving load-carrying capacity, and more. Simulation and experimental work is included, providing a current view of the research that is going on in laboratories all over the world.

The book will be a rich reference for professors and instructors, professionals, researchers, and engineering students interested in applying the emerging field of nanoscience and nanotechnology to energy applications.

Part 1: Preparation And Properties Of Nanocomposites For Energy Applications 1. Preparation and Properties of Nanocomposites for Energy Applications 2. Recent Progress in Nanocrystalline Oxide Thin Films 3. Application of Magnetic Fluid in Energy Sector 4. Nanostructured Materials and Composites for Renewable Energy 5. Simulation and Modeling of Nanotechnology Aircraft Energy System Using MATLAB 6. Promising Nanomaterials and Their Applications in Energy Technology Part 2: Nanocomposites For Sustained Energy 7. Nano-Bio Hybrid Platform to Meet the Energy Challenge 8. ZnS/ZnO Nanocomposite in Photovoltaics: A Computational Study on Energy Conversion 9. Bio-Nanometal-Cluster Composites for Renewable Energy Storage Applications 10. AlNi and AuZn Nanohybrids for Capacitors: A Computational Study 11. Recycling of Polymer Nanocomposites of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Compressed Natural Gas Reservoirs 12. Nanomaterial-Based Energy Storage and Supply System in Aircraft Systems

Keka Talukdar, PhD, is an independent researcher. She currently teaches in the Department of Physics at Nadiha High School, Durgapur, West Bengal, India. She previously worked as a Research Associate at the Institute of Genomics and Bio-Medical Research, Hooghly, West Bengal, India, and was affiliated with the National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India, where she earned her PhD in computational nanoscience. Her research interests include modeling and simulation of CNTs and graphene properties, nanobiophysics, and biosensor and ion channel simulation. She is an editor of a book and is also writing a full book as a single author. She has published over 25 journal articles as well as several book chapters with international publishers, including one with John Wiley. She has been a reviewer for several professional journals, including Materials Science and Engineering B, Mechanics of Materials, Nanoscale Research Letters, and several others. She also reviewed several research papers for the DAE Solid State Physics Symposium for consecutive three years.