CONTRIBUTORS .................................................. vii
PREFACE ........................................................ ix
SECTION I OVERVIEW .............................................. 1
1 Key Attributes of Nanoscale Materials and Special
Functionalities Emerging From Them ........................... 3
Sharmila M. Mukhopadhyay
2 Societal Impact and Future Trends in Nanomaterials .......... 33
Sharmila M. Mukhopadhyay
SECTION II PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS ............................. 61
3 Fabrication Techniques for Growing Carbon Nanotubes ......... 63
I.T. Barney
4 Nanoparticles and Polymer Nanocomposites .................... 87
Guillermo A. Jimenez, Byoung J. Lee, and Sadhan C. Jana
5 Laser-Assisted Fabrication Techniques ...................... 125
P.T. Murray
6 Experimental Characterization of Nanomaterials ............. 153
A.G. Jackson
7 Modeling and Simulation of Nanoscale Materials ............. 175
Soumya S. Patnaik and Mesfin Tsige
SECTION III APPLICATIONS ...................................... 199
8 Nanomaterials for Alternative Energy ....................... 201
Hong Huang and Bor Z. Jang
9 Enhancement of Through-Thickness Thermal Conductivity in
Adhesively Bonded Joints Using Aligned Carbon Nanotubes .... 247
Sangwook Sihn, Sabyasachi Ganguli, Ajit K. Roy, Liangti
Qu, and Liming Dai
10 Use of Metal Nanoparticles in Environmental Cleanup ........ 271
Sushil R. Kanel, Chunming Su, Upendra Patel, and Abinash
Agrawal
11 Use of Carbon Nanotubes in Water Treatment ................. 321
Venkata К.K. Upadhyayula, Jayesh P. Ruparelia, and
Abinash Agrawal
12 Peptide Nanotubes in Biomedical and Environmental
Applications ............................................... 369
Byung-Wook Park and Dong-Shik Kim
INDEX ......................................................... 393
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