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| Contributors | |
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| Preface | |
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| Engineered Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials and Catalysts | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Properties and Reactivities of Nanostructured Materials | |
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| Structure and Electronic Properties of Nanostructured Materials | |
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| Catalytic Properties of Nanostructured Materials | |
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| Progress in Synthesis Processes of Nanostructured Materials | |
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| Sol--Gel and Precipitation Technologies | |
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| Combustion Flame--Chemical Vapor Condensation Process | |
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| Gas Phase Condensation Synthesis | |
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| Reverse Micelle Synthesis | |
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| Polymer-Mediated Synthesis | |
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| Protein Microtube--Mediated Synthesis | |
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| Sonochemical Synthesis | |
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| Engineered Synthesis of Nanostructured Catalysts | |
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| Hydrodynamic Cavitation | |
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| Experimental | |
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| Characterization of Reynolds and Throat Cavitation Numbers | |
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| Synthesis of Metal Oxide Catalysts and Supported Metals by Hydrodynamic Cavitation | |
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| Estimation of the in Situ Calcination Temperature in MoO[subscript 3] Synthesis | |
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| Hydrodynamic Cavitation Synthesis of Nanostructured Catalysts in High-Phase Purities and Varying Grain Sizes | |
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| The Introduction of Crystallographic Strain in Catalysts by Hydrodynamic Cavitation | |
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| Synthesis under Variable Fluid-Flow Conditions | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Supported Nanostructured Catalysts: Metal Complexes and Metal Clusters | |
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| Introduction: Supported Nanostructures as Catalysts | |
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| Supported Metal Complexes--Molecular Analogues Bonded to Surfaces | |
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| Preparation | |
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| Determination of Composition | |
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| Determination of Metal Oxidation State | |
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| Spectroscopic and Theoretical Characterization of Structure | |
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| Examples | |
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| Generalizations about Structure and Bonding | |
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| Generalizations about Reactivity and Catalysis | |
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| Metal Pair Sites and Triplet Sites on Supports | |
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| Supported Metal Nanoclusters | |
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| Preparation | |
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| Structural Characterization | |
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| Examples | |
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| Catalytic Properties | |
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| Generalizations about Structure, Bonding, Reactivity, and Catalysis | |
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| Supported Metal Nanoparticles | |
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| Nanostructured Adsorbents | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Fundamental Factors for Designing Adsorbents | |
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| Potential Energies for Adsorption | |
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| Heat of Adsorption | |
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| Effects of Adsorbate Properties on Adsorption: Polarizability ([alpha]), Dipole Moment ([mu]), and Quadrupole Moment (Q) | |
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| Basic Considerations for Sorbent Design | |
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| Activated Carbon, Activated Alumina, and Silica Gel | |
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| Recent Developments on Activated Carbon | |
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| Activated Alumina and Silica Gel | |
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| MCM-41 | |
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| Zeolites | |
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| Structures and Cation Sites | |
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| Unique Adsorption Properties: Anionic Oxygens and Isolated Cations | |
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| Interactions with Cations: Effects of Site, Charge, and Ionic Radius | |
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| [pi]-Complexation Sorbents | |
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| [pi]-Complexation Sorbents for Olefin--Paraffin Separations | |
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| Effects of Cation, Anion, and Substrate | |
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| Nature of the [pi]-Complexation Bond | |
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| Olefin--Diene Separation and Purification, Aromatic and Aliphatics Separation, and Acetylene Separation | |
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| Other Sorbents and Their Unique Adsorption Properties: Carbon Nanotubes, Heteropoly Compounds, and Pillared Clays | |
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| Carbon Nanotubes | |
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| Heteropoly Compounds | |
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| Pillared Clays | |
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| References | |
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| Nanophase Ceramics: The Future Orthopedic and Dental Implant Material | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Mechanical Properties of Bone | |
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| Bone Physiology | |
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| Microarchitecture | |
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| Structural Organization of the Bone Microarchitecture | |
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| Chemical Composition of the Bone Matrix | |
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| Cells of the Bone Tissue | |
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| Bone Remodeling | |
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| The Tissue--Implant Interface | |
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| Wound-Healing Response of Bone | |
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| Protein Interactions with Biomaterial Surfaces | |
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| Protein-Mediated Cell Adhesion on Biomaterial Surfaces | |
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| Materials Currently Used as Orthopedic and Dental Implants | |
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| Novel Surface Modifications of Conventional Orthopedic and Dental Implants | |
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| Next Generation of Orthopedic and Dental Implants: Nanophase Ceramics | |
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| Surface Properties of Nanophase Ceramics for Enhanced Orthopedic and Dental Implant Efficacy | |
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| Mechanical Properties of Nanophase Ceramics for Enhanced Orthopedic/Dental Implant Efficacy | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Fabrication, Structure, and Transport Properties of Nanowires | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Fabrication and Structural Characteristics of Nanowires | |
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| Template-Assisted Synthesis | |
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| Laser-Assisted Synthesis | |
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| Other Synthesis Methods | |
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| Theoretical Modeling of Nanowire Band Structures | |
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| Band Structures of One-Dimensional Systems | |
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| The Semimetal--Semiconductor Transition in Semimetallic Nanowires | |
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| Transport Properties | |
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| Semiclassical Model | |
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| Temperature-Dependent Resistivity of Nanowires | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |
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| Contents of Volumes in this Serial | |