Synthesis, Properties, and Applications of Oxide Nanomaterials summarizes the existing knowledge in oxide-based materials research. It gives researchers one comprehensive resource that consolidates general theoretical knowledge alongside practical applications.

Organized by topic for easy access, this handbook:

• 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

Basic Concepts

1. Theory of Size, Confinement, and Oxidation Effects
2. On Aqueous Interfacial Thermodynamics and the Design of Metal-Oxide Nanostructures

Synthesis and Preparation of Nanostructured Oxides

3. Synthesis of Metal-Oxide Nanoparticles: Liquid–Solid Transformations
4. Synthesis of Metal-Oxide Nanoparticles: Gas–Solid Transformations

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 Nanoclusters and Surfaces
9. Atomistic Models and Molecular Dynamics

Physicochemical Properties 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 Adsorption Studies from Gas- and Liquid-Phase Environments
13. Transport Properties and Oxygen Handling

14. Adsorbents
15. Gas Sensors
16. Photovoltaic, Photoelectronic, and Electrochemical Devices Based on Metal-Oxide Nanoparticles and Nanostructures
17. Nanostructured Oxides in Photo-Catalysis
18. Oxide Nanomaterials for the Catalytic Combustion of Hydrocarbons
19. Nanostructured Oxides in DeNOx Technologies
20. Chemistry of SO2 and DeSOx Processes on Oxide Nanoparticles
21. H2 Production and Fuel Cells
22. Oxide Nanomaterials in Ceramics

Index

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