Nanostructured Materials, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002

The articles in this book summarize the work presented at the mid-term workshop of the COST (European Cooperation in the Fields of Scientific and Technical Research) action on Nanostructured Materials, which was held in October 2001 in Limerick, Ireland. The collection gives an excellent overview of the state-of-the-art, topical research areas in this field, and the progress made by the coordinated research projects. The articles cover synthesis, physical properties and characterization of nanostructured materials, such as magnetic and ferroelectric nanoparticles, nanoparticles in biological systems, metallic nanoparticles, nanocomposites, particle-reinforced polymers, semiconductor nanoparticles and thin films.

Invited Review: (Šafarík I., Šafaríková M.) Magnetic Nanoparticles and Biosciences; Contributions: (Cihlar J., Castkova K.) Direct Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Hydroxyapatite by Hydrothermal Hydrolysis of Alkylphosphates.- (Fendrych F., Kraus L., Chayka O., Lobotka P., Vavra I., Tous J., Studnicka V., Frait Z.) Preparation of Nanostructured Magnetic Films by the Plasma Jet Technique.- (Buckley D. N., Harvey E., Chu S.-N. G.) Growth of Anodic Films on Compound Semiconductor Electrodes: InP in Aqueous (NH4)2S.- (Cernanský M., Vanék P., Král K., Krupková R.) A Study of PbTiO3 Crystallization in Pure and Composite Nanopowders Prepared by the Sol-Gel Technique.- (Dragieva I., Deleva C., Mladenov M., Markova-Deneva I.) Self-Organization of Magnetic Nanoparticles and Inclusion of Hydrogen by Borohydride Reduction.- (Pekala M., Grabski J., Jachimowicz M.) Magnetic Properties of Ball-Milled Nanocrystalline Alloys Fe78B13Si9.- (Nedkov I., Merodiiska T., Kolev S., Krezhov K., Niarchos D., Moraitakis E., Kusano Y., Takada J.) Microstructure and Magnetic Behavior of Nanosized Fe3 O4 Powders and Polycrystalline Films.- (van Petegem S., Segers D., Dauwe C., dalla Torre F., Swygenhoven H. V.) Microstructure and Defect Characterization of Nanostructured Ni3A1.- (Gupper A., Fernández A., Fernández-Ramos C., Hofer F., Mitterer C., Warbichler P.) Characterization of Nanocomposite Coatings in the System Ti-B-N by Analytical Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy.- (Soriano L., Ahonen P. P., Kauppinen E. I., Gómez-García J., Morant C., Palomares F. J., Sánchez-Agudo M., Bressler P. R., Sanz J. M.) Electronic Structure and Size of TiO2 Nanoparticles of Controlled Size Prepared by Aerosol Methods.- (Tofail S. A. M., Rahman Z. I., Rahman A. M., Mahmood R. K. U.) Influence of Nanoporosity and Roughness on the Thickness-Dependent Coecivity of Iron Nanonetworks.- (Cižek J., Procházka I., Kužel R., Islamgaliev R. K.) Influence of Al2O3 Nanoparticles on theThermal Stability of Ultra-Fine Grained Copper Prepared by High Pressure Torsion.- (Šurca Vuk A., Orel B., Dražic G., Colomban P.) Vibrational Spectroscopy and Analytical Electron Microscopy Studies of Fe–V–O and In–V–O Thin Films.- (Filonovich S. A., Rakovich Y. P., Vasilevskiy M. I., Artemyev M. V., Talapin D. V., Rogach A. L., Rolo A. G., Gomes M. J. M.) Probing the Exciton Density of States in Semiconductor Nanocrystals Using Integrated Photoluminescence Spectroscopy.- (Kickelbick G., Feth M. P., Bertagnolli H., Moraru B., Trimmel G., Schubert U. ) EXAFS Investigations on Nanocomposites Composed of Surface-Modified Zirconium and Zirconium/Titanium Mixed Metal Oxo Clusters and Organic Polymers