Handbook of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials and Nanocomposites

Handbook of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials
and Nanocomposites

			Edited by Hari Singh Nalwa Formerly of Hitachi Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd., JAPAN
			May 2003 ca. 810 pages, Hardcover ISBN: 1-58883-011-X US$695.00

DESCRIPTION

Handbook of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials and Nanocomposites is a major reference work that provides coverage on various emerging aspects of organic-inorganic hybrid materials and nanocomposites. These two-volume cover topics on molecular building blocks for preparing hybrid materials and nanocomposites, different synthetic routes allowing multifunctionality with a wide range of composition, sol-gel chemistry, processing and fabrication into ultrathin films, fibers, xerogels, spectroscopic characterization, mechanical, thermal, electronic, optical, catalytic and biological properties, polymer/metal interfaces, and their potential commercial applications. The handbook contains about 20 state-of-the-art chapters written by over 40 international experts from 11 countries. The handbook has been divided into two thematic volumes:

SELECTED CONTENTS

Volume 1. Hybrid Materials
Volume 2. Nanocomposites

Building Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Materials using Silsesquioxanes, Douglas A. Loy
and Kamyar Rahimian, USA
Silica-Organic Hybrid Materials, Sebastian Polarz, Germany
Crosslinked Heteropolysiloxanes as Inorganic-Organic Polymers, Karl-Heinz Haas, Germany
Ring Opening Polymerization of Poly(siloxane) Materials, C. J. Embery, S. J. Clarke,
and Jani G. Matisons, Australia
The Multiple Role of Silicon in Dendritic Chemistry, Daniel Neumann and Jani G. Matisons, Australia
Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials from Sonogels, Nicolas de la Rosa-Fox, Manuel Pinero, and Luis Esquivias, Spain
Molecular Tectonics in Sol-Gel Chemistry, Marc Henry, France
Optical Properties of Funcionalized Sol-Gel Derived Hybrid Materials, P. Prosposito
and Mauro Casalboni, Italy
Light Emission From Organic-Inorganic Hybrids Materials Lacking Activator Centers, L.D. Carlos,
R.A. Sá Ferreira and V. de Zea Bermudez, Portugal
Design and Development of Functional Biocompatible Hybrid Materials for Medical Applications,
Masao Tanihara, Toshiki Miyazaki, Shin-ichi Ogata and Chikara Ohtsuki, Japan
Processing and Properties of Non-layerd Nanoparticle Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites,
Ming Qiu Zhang, Ming Zhi Rong and Klaus Friedrich, Germany
Relationships between Microstructural Aspects and Mechanical Properties in Polymer based Nanocomposites, L. Chazeau, C. Gauthier, G. Vigier, J. Y. Cavaillé, France
Superhard Nanocomposite Coatings, Gregory M. Demyashev, Alexander L. Taube,
and Elias Siores, Australia
Carbon Nanotube-Based Nanocomposites, H. C. Zeng, Singapore
Conducting Polymer Nanocomposites, Rupali Gangopadhyay and Amitabha De, India
Luminescence and Photovoltaic Effects in Polymer-Based Nanocomposites, L. Bakueva, S. Musikhin,
E. H. Sargent, H. Ruda, and A. Shik, Canada
Nano/Microstructure in Metal Oxides Prepared by MeV ions, Lasers and Synchroton Radiation,
Koichi Awazu
Magnetic Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials: Synthesis, Structure and Properties, Pierre Rabu
and Marc Drillion, France
Organic-Inorganic Hybrid >From Ionomer, Yan Gao and Namita Roy Chaudhury, Australia

KEY FEATURES

Most up-to-date reference work summarizing pioneering research on organic-inorganic hybrid materials and nanocomposites.
A unique source of in-depth knowledge of many aspects of synthesis, character.
Contains 19 state-of-the-art chapters written by over 40 international experts from 11 countries.
Over 5,000 bibliographic citations and thousands of illustrations, figures, tables, chemical structures and equations.
An essential resource for scientists, researchers, upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, college and university professors working in the field of organic-inorganic hybrid materials, nanocomposites, organic synthetic chemistry, materials science, sol-gel chemistry, silicon chemistry, ceramic engineering, solid-state physics, electronic and optical engineering, biomedical engineering, supramolecular chemistry, polymer science and engineering, nanotechnology, etc.