Preface vii Introduction ix NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY Sol-Gel Approach to the Calcium Phosphate Nanocomposites 3 Aldona Beganskiene, Zivile Stankeviciute, Milda Malakauskaite, Irma Bogdanoviciene, Valdek Mikli, Kaia Tonsuaadu, and Aivaras Kareiva Reinforcement Mechanisms in Alumina Toughened Zirconia Nanocomposites with Different Stabilizing Agents 15 Sergio Rivera, Luis A. Diaz, Adolfo Fernandez, Ramon Torrecillas, and Jose S. Moya Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Copper Oxide 23 David Dodoo-Arhin, Matteo Leoni, and Paolo Scardi X-Ray Diffraction Study on the In-Situ Crystallization Kinetics in Electrospun PVP/Ti02 Nanofibers 35 H. Albetran, A. Alsafwan, H. Haroosh, Y. Dong, and I. M.
Low Metal-Catalyzed Growth of ZnO Nanowires 51 Werner Mader, Heike Simon, Tobias Krekeler, and Gunnar Schaan Graphene-SnO2 Nanocomposites for Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes 67 R. Muller and S. Mathur Cobalt-Manganese Spinel Oxides as Visible-Light-Driven Water Oxidation Catalysts 75 Hongfei Liu, and Greta R. Patzke Eclipse Transparent Electrode and Applications 87 Hulya Demiryont, Kenneth C. Shannon III, and Matthew Bratcher Plasma Enhanced CVD of Transparent and Conductive Tin Oxide Thin Films 99 Trilok Singh, Thomas Fischer, Jai Singh, Sanjeev Kumar Gurram, and Sanjay Mathur Chemically Bonded Phosphate Ceramics Reinforced with Carbon Nanotubes 107 James Wade, Jingjing Liu, and Houzheng Wu Hardness of Alumina/Silicon Carbide Nanocomposites at Various Silicon Carbide Volume Percentages 119 James Wade and Houzheng Wu NANOMATERIALS FOR SENSING APPLICATIONS Self-Sustained NO2 GAS Sensor Operating at Room Temperatures Based on Solar Light activated p-NiO/n-Si Diode 133 Alaa Eldin Gad and Sanjay Mathur Synthesis, Structural Studies of Some Lanthanide Complexes of the Mesogenic Schiff-Base, N,N"-di-(4'-Octadecyloxybenzoate)Salicylidene-I", 3"-Diamino-2"-Propanol 139 Sanyucta Kumari Development of Single-, Few- and Multiple-Nanowire Gas-Sensor Two-Terminal Devices on Ceramic Substrates and Characterization by Impedance Spectroscopy 149 Bonex Mwakikunga, Trilok Singh, Irina Giebelhaus, Thomas Fischer, Ashish Lepcha, Alaa Eldin Gad, Guido Faglia, and Sanjay Mathur Synthesis and Dispersion of Silica Nanowires for Biosensing Applications 157 Praveen Kumar Sekhar and Kumar Subramaniyam Author Index 165.