[eBook Code] Processing of Nanoparticle Materials and Nanostructured Films (eBook Code, 1st)

Preface vii

Graphene Encapsulated Gold Nanoparticles and Their Characterization 1
Junchi Wu and Nitin Chopra

A Surfactant-Assisted Solid-State Synthesis of BaTi03 from BaC03 and Ti02 9
Yu-Lun Chang, and Hsing-I Hsiang

Morphological Stability of Gold Nanoparticles on Titania Nanoparticles 23
M. Nahar and D. Kovar

Synthesis of Nanostructured Mesoporous Ordered Silica Supported Fe203 Nanoparticles for Water Purification 31
Sawsan A. Mahmoud and Heba M. Gobara

Patterning by Focused Ion Beam Assisted Anodization 47
J. Zhao, K. Lu, B. Chen, and Z. Tian

Agricultural-Waste Nano-Particle Synthesis Templates for Hydrogen Storage 57
William L Bradbury and Eugene A. Olevsky

Synthesis, Structural and Mechanical Characterization of Artificial Nanocomposites 69
Yong Sun, Zaiwang Huang, and Xiaodong Li

Properties of Freeze-Casted Composites of Silica and Kaoiinite 79
J. Walz and K. Lu

Controlled Processing of Bulk Assembling of Nanoparticles of Titania 87
M. Jitianu, J. K. Ko, S. Miller, C. Rohn, and Ft. A. Haber

Phase Transition and Consolidation of Colloidal Nanoparticles 101
Yoshihiro Hirata, Naoki Matsunaga, and Soichiro Sameshima

Thin Film Nanocomposites for Thermoelectric Applications 113
Otto J. Gregory, Ximing Chen, Matin Amani, Brian Monteiro, and Andrew Carracia

Indium Tin Oxide Nanosized Transparent Conductive Thin Films Obtained by Sputtering from Large Size Planar and Rotary Targets 125
E. Medvedovski, C.J. Szepesi, O. Yankov, and P. Lippens

Engineered Oxide Nanofilms Prepared from Solutions at Relatively Low Temperatures 147
Arvid Pasto, Michael Pozvonkov, Morgan Spears, Evan Hyde, and Mark Deininger

Experimental Study of Structural Zone Model for Composite Thin Films in Magnetic Recording Media Application 161
Hua Yuan and David E. Laughlin

Process Optimization of Ion Plating Nickel-Copper-Silver Thin Film Deposition 169
Mike Danyluk

Author Index 187