Advanced Sensor and Detection Materials

Preface xv
 
Part 1: Principals and Prospective 1
 
1 Advances in Sensors? Nanotechnology 3
Ida Tiwari and Manorama Singh
 
1.1 Introduction 3
 
1.2 What is Nanotechnology? 4
 
1.3 Significance of Nanotechnology 5
 
1.4 Synthesis of Nanostructure 5
 
1.5 Advancements in Sensors' Research Based on Nanotechnology 5
 
1.6 Use of Nanoparticles 7
 
1.7 Use of Nanowires and Nanotubes 8
 
1.8 Use of Porous Silicon 11
 
1.9 Use of Self-Assembled Nanostructures 12
 
1.10 Receptor-Ligand Nanoarrays 12
 
1.11 Characterization of Nanostructures and Nanomaterials 13
 
1.12 Commercialization Efforts 14
 
1.13 Future Perspectives 14
 
References 15
 
2 Construction of Nanostructures: A Basic Concept Synthesis and Their Applications 19
Rizwan Wahab, Farheen Khan, Nagendra K. Kaushik, Javed Musarrat and Abdulaziz A.Al-Khedhairy
 
2.1 Introduction 20
 
2.2 Formation of Zinc Oxide Quantum Dots (ZnO-QDs) and Their Applications 24
 
2.3 Needle-Shaped Zinc Oxide Nanostructures and Their Growth Mechanism 30
 
2.4 Flower-Shaped Zinc Oxide Nanostructures and Their Growth Mechanism 37
 
2.5 Construction of Mixed Shaped Zinc Oxide Nanostructures and Their Growth Mechanicsm 47
 
2.6 Summary and Future Directions 56
 
References 57
 
3 The Role of the Shape in the Design of New Nanoparticles 61
G. Mayeli Estrada-Villegas and Emilio Bucio
 
3.1 Introduction 62
 
3.2 The Importance of Shape as Nanocarries 63
 
3.3 Influence of Shape on Biological Process 65
 
3.4 Different Shapes of Polymeric Nanoparticles 67
 
3.5 Different Shapes of Non-Polymeric Nanoparticles 71
 
3.6 Different Shapes of Polymeric Nanoparticles: Examples 74
 
3.7 Another Type of Nanoparticles 76
 
Acknowledgments 80
 
References 80
 
4 Molecularly Imprinted Polymer as Advanced

Ashutosh Tiwari is an Associate Professor at the Biosensors and Bioelectronics Centre, Linköping University, Sweden; Editor-in-Chief, Advanced Materials Letters and Advanced Materials Reviews; Secretary General, International Association of Advanced Materials; a materials chemist and also a docent in applied physics at Linköping University, Sweden. He has published more than 350 articles, patents, and conference proceedings in the field of materials science and technology and has edited/authored about twenty books on the advanced state-of-the-art of materials science. He is a founding member of the Advanced Materials World Congress and the Indian Materials Congress.
 
Mustafa M. Demir received his PhD degree from Sabanci University, Turkey, in 2004. From 2004 to 2007 he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany. He then moved to Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey, where he is now Chairman of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.