Molten-salt synthesis (MSS) method becomes an excellent bottom-up synthesis technique of
nanomaterials with various chemical compositions and morphologies because of its …

In 1991, Iijima reported on the formation of carbon nanotubes (1) using a simple arc
discharge reaction that led to an arrangement of the material in some micrometer long tubes …

TiO2 is one of the most studied compounds in materials science. Owing to some outstanding
properties it is used for instance in photocatalysis, dye‐sensitized solar cells, and …

Over two decades have passed since the fifth edition of Phosphorus: Chemistry,
Biochemistry and Technology. Major advances in chemistry, materials science, electronics …

Enthused by the fascinating properties of graphene, we have prepared graphene analogues
of BN by a chemical method with a control on the number of layers. The method involves the …

Templated arrays of {alpha}-Fe {sub 2} O {sub 3} nanotubes, produced using an alumina
membrane, exhibit enhanced sensitivity to ethanol and hydrogen as well as enhanced …

The world of nanomaterials provides exciting challenges and opportunities for chemists,
physicists, biologists, and material scientists. The use of nanomaterials as building blocks for …

Chirality of materials are known to affect optical, magnetic and electric properties, causing a
variety of nontrivial phenomena such as circular dichiroism for chiral molecules, magnetic …

In recent years, the green approach of nanoparticle synthesis by biological entities has been
gaining great interest over various other physico-chemical methods, which are laden with …

The tremendous interest in nanoscale structures such as quantum dots (zero-dimension)
and wires (quasi-one-dimension) stems from their size-dependent properties. One …