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List of contents
Part I. Fundamentals of colloidal metal oxide nanocrystals
1. Physics and chemistry of colloidal metal oxide nanocrystals and their applications to nanotechnologies and microsystems
2. Surface chemistry, modification, and engineering of colloidal nanocrystals
3. Nanosecond pulsed laser ablation to synthesize ternary alloy colloidal nanoparticles
Part II. Formation, stabilization and characterization of colloidal nanocrystals
4. Aqueous methods for the synthesis of colloidal metal oxide nanocrystals
5. Non-aqueous methods for the synthesis of colloidal metal oxide nanocrystals
6. Green synthesis protocols
7. Colloidal core-shell metal oxide nanocrystals and their applications
8. Colloidal multinary metal oxides
9. Features of colloidal nanocrystal characterization
Part III: Applications of colloidal metal oxides
10. Colloidal metal oxides in biomedical applications
11. Colloidal metal oxides in energy technologies
12. Colloidal metal oxides in electronics and optoelectronics
13. Colloidal metal oxide nanocrystals in catalysis
14. Environmental remediation
15. Aerogels and their applications
16. Colloidal oxide-based heterostructured nanocrystals
17. Metal Oxides for Energy Applications
18. Colloidal magnetic metal oxide nano crystals and their applications in sustained drug release
About the author
Sabu Thomas is a Professor and Director of the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. Professor Thomas is internationally recognized for his contributions to polymer science and engineering, with his research interests encompassing polymer nanocomposites, elastomers, polymer blends, interpenetrating polymer networks, polymer membranes, green composites, nanocomposites, nanomedicine, and green nanotechnology. His groundbreaking inventions in polymer nanocomposites, polymer blends, green bionanotechnology, and nano-biomedical sciences have significantly advanced the development of new materials for the automotive, space, housing, and biomedical fields.
Anu Sunny is a Research Scholar at the School of Chemical Sciences at Mahatma Gandhi University, India. She has a PhD in Chemistry from Mahatma Gandhi University and wrote a thesis on the topic ‘Synthesis, characterization and physico-chemical studies of copper oxide and calcium phosphate based epoxy nanocomposites.’ She has written articles and book chapters on metal oxide nanoparticles.Prajitha Velayudhan is currently working as Research Fellow at the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. Her research focuses on self assembling of nanomaterials such as nanosilica, graphene oxide, nanocomposites, rubber nanocomposites etc.
