Sanjay Mathur & Suprakas Sinha Ray 
Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology V, Volume 32, Issue 7 [PDF ebook] 

A collection of papers from The American Ceramic Society’s 35th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 23-28, 2011. This issue includes papers presented in the 5th International Symposium on Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology on topics such as Nanotubes, Nanorods, Nanowires and other One-dimensional Structures; Nanostructured Membranes, Thin Films, and Functional Coatings; Synthesis, Functionalization and Processing of Nanostructured Materials; and Advanced Applications.

Daftar Isi

Preface ix

Introduction xi

NANOMATERIALS FOR PHOTOCATALYSIS, SOLAR, HYDROGEN, AND
THERMOELECTRICS

Morphology Controlled Electrospinning of V205 Nanofibers and
Their Gas Sensing Behavior 3

R. Von Hagen, A. Lepcha, M. Hoffmann, M. Di Biase, and S.
Mathur

Fabrication of Nanostructured a-Fe2O3 Films for Solar-Driven
Hydrogen Generation using Hybrid Heating 11

Bala Vaidhyanathan, Sina Saremi-Yarahmadi, and K. G. Upul
Wijayantha

NANOSTRUCTURED MEMBRANES, THIN FILMS, AND FUNCTIONAL
COATINGS

Synthesis and Characterization of Bimetal Decorated Carbon
Spheres for Sensing Applications 23

Innocentia V. Sibiya and S. Sinha Ray

NANOTUBES AND POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY

Microwave Irradiation of Ruthenium on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon
Nanotubes 33

Letlhogonolo F. Mabena, Suprakas Sinha Ray, and Neil J.
Coville

Amine Functionaiization of Carbon Nanotubes for the Preparation
of CNT Based Polylactide Composites-A Comparative Study 43

Sreejarani K. Pillai, James Ramontja, and Suprakas Sinha
Ray

The Effect of Surface Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes on the
Morphology, As Well As Thermal, Thermomechanical, and
Crystallization Properties of Polylactide 53

James Ramontja, Suprakas Sinha Ray, Sreejarani K. Pillai, and
Adriaan S. Luyt

Structure and Properties Multilayered Micro- and Nanocomposite
Coatings of Ti-N-Al/Ti-N/Al2O3 69

A. D. Pogrebnjak, V. M. Beresnev, M. VJI’yashenko, D. A.
Kolesnikov, A. P. Shypylenko, A. Sh. Kaverina, N. K. Erdybaeva, V.
V. Kosyak, P.V. Zukovski, F. F. Komarov, and V. V.
Grudnitskii

Formation of Nanostructured Carbonitride Layers during
Implantation of Ni Ti 79

Alexander Pogrebnjak, Sergey Bratushka, and Nela
Levintant

Design and Construction of Complex Nanostructed
Al203 Coating for Protective Applications 91

P. Manivasakan, V. Rajendran, P. R. Rauta, B. B. Sahu, and B. K.
Panda

Microwave Assisted Synthesis and Characterization of Silver/Gold
Nanoparticles Loaded Carbon Nanotubes 103

Charity Maepa, Sreejarani K. Pillai, Suprakas Sinha Ray, and
Leskey Cele

The Comparison in the Efficiency in Nitrogen Doped Carbon
Nanotubes and Undoped Carbon Nanotubes in the Anchoring of Silver
Nanoparticles 113

K. Mphahlele, S. Sinha Ray, M. S. Onyango, and S. D.
Mhlanga

SYNTHESIS, FUNCTIONALIZATION, AND PROCESSING OF
NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIAL

Synthesis of Submicron-Size Ca B6 Powders using Various
Boron Sources 127

A. Akkoyunlu, R. Koc, J. Mawdsley, and D. Carter

Synthesis of Submicron/Nano Sized Ca B6 from Carbon Coated
Precursors 137

Naved Siddiqui, Rasit Koc, Jennifer Mawdsley, and David
Carter

An Easy Two-Step Microwave Assisted Synthesis of Sn O2/CNT
Hybrids 151

Sarah C. Motshekga, Sreejarani K. Pillai, Suprakas Sinha Ray,
Kalala Jalama, and Rui W. M Krause

Grain Size Reduction and Surface Modification Effect in
Polycrystalline Y2O3 Subject to High Pressure Processing 157

Jafar F. Al-Sharab, Bernard H. Kear, S. Deutsch, and Stephen D.
Tse

Synthesis of Nano-Size Ti B2 Powders Using Carbon Coated
Precursors 165

Pi. Duddukuri, R. Koc, J. Mawdsley, and D. Carter

High Temperature Diffraction Study of In-Situ Crystallization of
Ti O2 Photocatalysts 177

I. M. Low, W. K. Pang, V. De La Prida, V. Vega, J. A. Kimpton,
and M. lonescu

Author Index 187

Tentang Penulis

Sanjay Mathur, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Suprakas Sinha Ray, National Centre for Nano Structured Materials, CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa.