Elsevier Nanocomposite Structures and Dispersions: 23 (Studies in Interface Science)

Nanocomposite Structures and Dispersions, Second Edition, Volume 23 deals with the polymer, composite and metal nanoparticle nanostructures prepared in disperse (colloid) systems and their non-traditional collective properties and (bio)applications. Written as an introduction to, and survey of, nanomaterials with a careful balance between basics and advanced topics, the book is suitable for both beginners and experts, including graduate and upper-level undergraduate students. Users will find this to be a resource that not only balances the colloidal aspects of nanomaterials with physical principles, but also highlights nanomaterial based architectures, including composite or hybrid conjugates rather than only isolated nanoparticles. Finally, the book provides an in-depth discussion of important examples of reaction mechanisms and potential applications of nanoarchitectures, ranging from physical to chemical and biological systems. Includes discussions of polymer, composite and metal nanoparticles, nanostructures and nanomaterials Covers biodecorated and smart nanostructures Presents the latest on one, two and three dimensional nanostructures Review Deals with the polymer, composite and metal nanoparticle nanostructures prepared in disperse (colloid) systems and their nontraditional collective properties and (bio)applications About the Author Born: February 5th, 1947 in Czechoslovakia (Slovakia). Studied at Commenius University, Faculty of Organic Chemistry, Bratislava, 1965 - 1970 (M.Sc thesis). PhD thesis finished in1975 and D.Sc. thesis in 1996 at Polymer Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Bratislava, Slovakia. Prof. thesis defenced in 2005 at T.Bata University, Zlin, Czech Republic. Head of Department, Member of Commission for Ph.D Defence, Garant of PhD studies, Chairman of 15th Bratislava International Conference on Polymers, IUPAC Sponsored International Microsymposium, “Nonconventional Polymer Dispersions, Smolenice, June 25-28, 2001, Slovakia. Employed at Polymer Institute SAS, Bratislava and in Faculty of industrial technologies Trencin University, Puchov. Principle investigator of ca. 30 (basic) research and industrial projects. Topics studied: Preparation and characterization of conventional and nonconventional polymer and polymer/metal dispersions and metal fluids. Modification, functionalization and decoration of polymer and metal nanoparticles by DNA aptamers and oligomers and peptides. Development of biosensors on the base of metal nanoparticles and DNA and peptides conjugates. Study stays (long) abroad: Waterloo University, Polymer Institute, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, as a post-doc, 1979 (15 months), Stuttgart University, Ins. Tech. Chemie, Stuttgart, Germany, (supported by Humboldt Fellowship), 1988 (15 months), Kagoshima University, Dept. Chem. Eng., Kagoshima, Japan (a post of Old Scientist., supported by the Japan Society for the promotion of Science), 1991 (10months), Prof. M.Akashi, MARAMARA Res. Center, Turkey, 1993, San Sebastian University, Spain, 1994, Prof. J.M.Asua, Mulhouse University, France (1995), Prof. J. P. Fouassier National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan, 1998 and 1999. Prof. I. Capek is author and co-author of several scientific books, many chapters, articles and review articles and patents. Lecturer in the Slovak, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, etc. universities and Principal of MSc, PhD and prof. studies. He spent several long-term visits as visiting professor at foreign universities and scientific institutes in Canada, Germany, Japan, France and Taiwan. Prof. I. Capek is a referee of prestigious international journals in the field of macromolecular and colloidal chemistry, and nano(bio)technology. Literarny fond granted prof. I. Capek several awards in the scientific literature in 1996 - 2018 for the books 1) Radical Polymerization in Disperse Systems, 2) Nanocomposite Structures and Dispersio