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 NiTi 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 CaB6 Powders using Various Boron Sources 127 A. Akkoyunlu, R. Koc, J. Mawdsley, and D. Carter Synthesis of Submicron/Nano Sized CaB6 from Carbon Coated Precursors 137 Naved Siddiqui, Rasit Koc, Jennifer Mawdsley, and David Carter An Easy Two-Step Microwave Assisted Synthesis of SnO2/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 TiB2 Powders Using Carbon Coated Precursors 165 Pi. Duddukuri, R. Koc, J.
Mawdsley, and D. Carter High Temperature Diffraction Study of In-Situ Crystallization of TiO2 Photocatalysts 177 I. M. Low, W. K. Pang, V. De La Prida, V. Vega, J.
A. Kimpton, and M. lonescu Author Index 187.