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The XXI International Materials Research Congress, held in Cancún, México in August 2012, hosted the Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology Symposium.
List of contents
1. Effect of equivalent sites on the dynamics of bimetallic nanoparticles; 2. Synthesis and characterization of alloys and bimetallic nanoparticles of CuNi prepared by sol-gel method; 3. Stability, electronic properties, and structural isomerism in small copper clusters; 4. Ultrasonic milling and dispersing technology for nano-particles; 5. A portable setup for molecular detection by transmission LSPR; 6. Preparation and characterization of 1-3 BaTiO3 -PVDF hybrid nanocomposites; 7. Effect of ligands on the dispersion of Ni nanoparticles in Ni/SBA-15 hydrogenation catalysts; 8. Porphyrin dendrimers; 9. Protein adsorption on detonation nanodiamond/polymer composite layers; 10. Preparation of polymer nanocomposites with enhanced antimicrobial properties; 11. Evaluation of the capacity of granulation in surgical wounds with condensed tannins in matrices of TiO2; 12. Cyclotriveratrylene dendrimers; 13. Nanostructured SBA-15 materials as appropriate supports for active hydrodesulfurization catalysts prepared from HSiW heteropolyacid; 14. The effect of anodization time on the properties of TiO2 nanotube humidity sensors; 15. Adhesive energy of zinc oxide and graphite, molecular dynamics and atomic force microscopy study; 16. Effect of the nucleation layer on TiO2 nanoflowers growth via solvothermal synthesis; 17. Thermal conductivity of composites with carbon nanotubes: theory and experiment; 18. Experimental and theoretical studies of boron nitride nanotubes: electric arc discharge and DFT calculations; 19. Computational fluid dynamics in the carbon nanotubes synthesis by chemical vapor deposition; 20. Conductance properties of multilayered silver-mean and period-doubling graphene structures; 21. Nonlinear absorption coefficient and relative refraction index change for an asymmetrical double delta-doped quantum well in GaAs with a Schottky barrier potential; 22. Nonlinear optical properties related to intersubband transitions in asymmetrical double d-doped GaAs; effects of an applied electric field; 23. Hydrostatic pressure effects onto the electronic structure and differential capacitance profile for a metal/d-doped-GaAs.
Summary
With the continued aim of providing a forum where the latest developments in nanoscience and nanotechnology can be presented and discussed, the XXI International Materials Research Congress, held in Cancún, México in August 2012, hosted the Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology Symposium. This volume compiles a number of the contributions presented.
