Ongoing technological advances in diverse fields including portable electronics,
transportation, and green energy are often hindered by the insufficient capability of energy …

Nanotechnology mainly involves the fabrication, manipulation, and utilization of materials in
nano size (materials having size less than a micron to that of individual atoms). However …

Recently, silica nanoparticles (SNPs) have drawn widespread attention due to their
applications in many emerging areas because of their tailorable morphology. During the last …

1.1. Historic Perspective Silica and doped silica materials obtained via the solution− gelation
(“sol− gel”) inorganic polymerization process are functional materials with an impressive …

Solid-state and quasi-solid-state electrolytes have been attracting the scientific community's
attention in the last decade. These electrolytes provide significant advantages, such as the …

Water is one of the essential enablers of life on earth. Beginning with the origin of the
earliest form of life in seawater, it has been central to the evolution of human civilizations …

Energy is the driver of technology, life, and society. Renewable energy (RE) is sustainable
and is expected to be part of the future energy mix. This has created the necessity for low …

The typical physical and chemical properties lead the nanomaterials to breakthrough in the
field of energy storage especially, supercapacitor applications. The optimization of electrical …

The maturation of nanotechnology has revealed it to be a unique and distinct discipline
rather than a specialization within a larger field. Its textbook cannot afford to be a chemistry …

Gold nanoparticles may be used in different domains, one of most important being the
biomedical field. They have suitable properties for controlled drug delivery, cancer …