Woodhead Publishing Graphene, Nanotubes and Quantum Dots-Based Nanotechnology: Fundamentals and Applications (Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials)

A comprehensive look combining experimental and theoretical approaches to graphene, nanotubes, and quantum dots-based nanotechnology evaluation and development are including a review of key applications. Graphene, nanotubes, and quantum dots-based nanotechnology review the fundamentals, processing methods, and applications of this key materials system. The topics addressed are comprehensive including synthesis, preparation, both physical and chemical properties, both accepted and novel processing methods, modeling, and simulation. The book provides fundamental information on key properties that impact performance, such as crystal structure and particle size, followed by different methods to analyze, measure, and evaluate graphene, nanotubes, and quantum dots-based nanotechnology and particles. Finally, important applications are covered, including different applications of biomedical, energy, electronics, etc. Graphene, nanotubes, and quantum dots-based nanotechnology is appropriate for those working in the disciplines of nanotechnology, materials science, chemistry, physics, biology, and medicine. Review Important resource that combines fundamental definitions and concepts of three vital materials systems with an overview of advances in research and applications From the Back Cover <p><i>Graphene, Nanotubes and Quantum dots-based Nanotechnology: Fundamentals and Applications </i>reviews the preparation or synthesis, characterization, analysis, fundamentals and applications of these important materials systems. Fundamentals reviewed include their chemical, physical, morphology, and mechanical properties. Strategies to optimize each material system’s performance are discussed including functionalization and integration of other materials.</p> <p>A wide range of applications of these materials are touched on including in the biomedical, industrial, and optoelectronics fields. Some emerging applications touched on in the book include nanotube-based single molecule electronics, nanocatalysis and nanobiosensors. Graphene has received great interest since its discovery at end of the twentieth century and has been considered for a wide range of technologies, an example of one application is graphene-based technologies that can reduce toxic effects on the environment. Nanoparticle-based quantum dots are being considered for drug delivery applications.</p> <p><i>Graphene, Nanotubes and Quantum dots-based Nanotechnology: Fundamentals and Applications </i>is a key reference to bring researchers up-to-speed on the latest advances of three important nanotechnology applications and it is also a useful guide for engineers to aid materials selection.</p> About the Author Dr. Yarub Al-Douri is a Professor of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at the University of Malaya in Malaysia and is a Visiting Professor at Cihan University Sulaimaniya, Sulaimaniya, Iraq and an Adjunct Professor at Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey. He is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of Experimental and Theoretical Nanotechnology and the Editor-in-Chief of World Journal of Nano Science and Engineering.