Recently added articles from Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences:
Functionalized Magnetite Nanoparticles-Synthesis, Properties, and Bio-Applications
Jul 01, 2007; ... Nanotechnology has generated tremendous hopes in recent years toward the design of advanced functional materials, especially in the bio-medical field. Nano-sized-materials such as magnetite nanoparticles display indeed fascinating physico-chemical properties that, if tuned properly, can be ...
Processing, Structure, Properties, and Applications of PZT Thin Films
Jul 01, 2007; ... There has been a resurgence of complex oxides of late owing to their ferroelectric and ferromagnetic properties. Although these properties had been recognized decades ago, the renewed interest stems from modern deposition techniques that can produce high quality materials and attractive proposed ...
Composites of Proton-Conducting Polymer Electrolyte Membrane in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells
Jan 01, 2007; ... Fuel cells are a replacement for the conventional energy resources. As early as 1839, William Grove discovered the basic operating principle of fuel cells by reversing water electrolysis to generate electricity from hydrogen and oxygen. A Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC) operates on liquid fuel, ...
Formation, Dynamics, and Characterization of Nanostructures by Ion Beam Irradiation
Jan 01, 2007; ... Ion beam irradiation is a potential tool for phase formation and material modification as a non-equilibrium technique. Localized rise in temperature and ultra fast (~10^sup -12^ s) dissipations of impinging energy make it an attractive tool for metastable phase formation. As a matter of fact, a ...
The Electronic Properties of Nanomaterials Elucidated by Synchrotron Radiation-Based Spectroscopy
Oct 01, 2006; ... The use of synchrotron radiation-based spectroscopy to investigate electronic and bonding structures of nanostructured materials is reviewed with focuses on the X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), valence-band photoemission spectroscopy (VB-PES), and scanning photoelectron microscopy (SPEM) ...