CONTRIBUTORS ................................................... ix
INTRODUCTION. THE WORLD OF OXIDE NANOMATERIALS .................. 1
Jose A. Rodriguez and Marcos Ferndndez-Garcia
PART I BASIC CONCEPTS ......................................... 7
Chapter 1. Theory of Size, Confinement, and Oxidation Effects ... 9
Chang Q. Sun
Chapter 2. On Aqueous Interfacial Thermodynamics and the
Design of Metal-Oxide Nanostructures ................ 49
Lionel Vayssieres
PART II SYNTHESIS AND PREPARATION OF NANOSTRUCTURED OXIDES .... 79
Chapter 3. Synthesis of Metal-Oxide Nanoparticles: Liquid-
Solid Transformations ............................... 81
Lawrence D 'Souzu and Ryan Richards
Chapter 4. Synthesis of Metal-Oxide Nanoparticles: Gas-
Solid Transformations .............................. 119
S. Buzby, S. Franklin, and S. Ismat Shah
PART III STUDY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOSTRUCTURED
OXIDES ............................................... 135
Chapter 5. Techniques for the Study of the Structural
Properties ......................................... 137
Jose A. Rodriguez, Marcos Fernandez-Garcia,
Arturo Martinez-Arias, and Jonathan C. Hanson
Chapter 6. Techniques for the Study of the Electronic
Properties ......................................... 165
Marcos Fernandez-Garcia and Jose A. Rodriguez
Chapter 7. Post Hartree-Fock and Density Functional
Theory Formalisms .................................. 185
Francesc Illas and Gianfranco Pacchioni
Chapter 8. Parametric Quantum Methods in Modeling Metal
Oxide Nanoclusters and Surfaces .................... 217
F. Ruette and M. Sanchez
Chapter 9. Atomistic Models and Molecular Dynamics ............ 247
D.C. Sayle and T.X.T. Sayle
PART IV PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF OXIDE NANOMATERIALS .... 287
Chapter 10.Theoretical Aspects of Oxide Particle
Stability and Chemical Reactivity .................. 289
Ye Xu, William A. Shelton, and William F.
Schneider
Chapter 11.Adsorption of Probe Molecules on Nanostructured
Oxides ............................................. 311
James A. Anderson and Russell F. Howe
Chapter 12.Chemical Properties of Oxide Nanoparticles:
Surface Adsorption Studies from Gas- and Liquid-
Phase Environments ................................. 335
John M. Pettihone, Jonas Baltrusaitis, and
Vicki H. Grassian
Chapter 13.Transport Properties and Oxygen Handling ........... 353
Glenn C. Mather andArturo Martinez-Arias
PART V INDUSTRIAL/TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF OXIDE
NANOMATERIALS ........................................ 379
Chapter 14.Adsorbents ......................................... 381
Pethaiyan Jeevanandam and Kenneth J. Klahunde
Chapter 15.Gas Sensors ........................................ 411
Doina Lutic, Mehri Sanati, and Anita Lloyd
Spetz
Chapter 16.Photovoltaic, Photoelectronic, and
Electrochemical Devices Based on Metal-Oxide
Nanoparticles and Nanostructures ................... 451
Juan Bisquert
Chapter 17.Nanostructured Oxides in Photo-Catalysis ........... 491
Gerardo Colon-Ibahez, Carolina Belver-
Coldeira, and Marcos Fernandez-Garcia
Chapter 18.Oxide Nanomaterials for the Catalytic Combustion
of Hydrocarbons .................................... 563
Ilenia Rossetti and Lucio Forni
Chapter 19.Nanostructured Oxides in DeNOx Technologies ........ 603
Marcos Fernandez-Garcia, Arturo Martinez-
Arias, and Javier Perez-Ramirez
Chapter 20.Chemistry of SO2 and DeSOx Processes on Oxide
Nanoparticles ...................................... 633
Jose A. Rodriguez
Chapter 21.H2 Production and Fuel Cells ....................... 651
Xianqin Wang and Jose A. Rodriguez
Chapter 22.Oxide Nanomaterials in Ceramics .................... 683
Vicente Rives, Raquel Trujillano, and Miguel
A. Vicente
Index ......................................................... 715
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