Special issue: International Conference on Advanced Materials

International Journal of Nanotechnology 8(10-12) 2011

Papers from the International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM-2008) held in Kottayam, India, 18–21 February 2008.

• Structure-directed synthesis of chalcogenides: from chains to 3-dimensional frameworks
• Polymer nanocomposites reinforced with polysaccharide nanocrystals
• Quantum dots of lead selenide: evolution of size and geometry and influence on photovoltaic effect
• A direct method for ultrafine gold networks with nanometre scale ligaments
• Structure and properties of pure and mixed transition metal dimers on graphene
• Hydrothermal synthesis of nanosized anatase TiO2: photocatalytic activity
• Structural characterisation of textured gold nanowires
• Pore characteristics and electrochemical properties of the carbon nanofibres of polyacrylonitrile containing iron-oxide by electrospinning
• Magnetic properties of nano-sized Co2FeSi
• Functionalised carbon nanotubes: high biocompatibility with lack of toxicity
• Coordination-dependent bond energies derived from DFT surface-energy data for use in computations of surface segregation phenomena in nanoclusters
• Effect of inter-particle interactions on the magnetic properties of magnetite nanoparticles after coating with dextran
• Synthesis of nano grade ?-ferric oxide and evaluation of its catalytic properties
• Silver nanoparticles embedded three dimensional silicate sol-gel matrix modified electrode for nitrite sensor application
• Seeing inside materials by aberration-corrected electron microscopy
• High density nanoparticle Mn-Zn ferrite synthesis, characterisation and magnetic properties
• Visible-light photocatalytic activities of ?VO3 nanorods and BiVO4 nanobars
• Effect of carbon nanotube on the thermal decomposition characteristics of selected propellant binders and oxidisers
• Catalytic activity and stability of silver supported on multiwalled carbon nanotubes