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.
Table of Content
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
About the author
Sanjay Mathur, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Suprakas Sinha Ray, National Centre for Nano Structured Materials, CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa.
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