Because of their unique properties (size, shape, and surface functions),
functional materials are gaining significant attention in the areas of
energy conversion and storage, sensing, electronics, photonics, and
biomedicine. Within the chapters of this book written by well-known
researchers, one will find the range of methods that have been developed
for preparation and functionalization of organic, inorganic and hybrid
structures which are the necessary building blocks for the architecture
of various advanced functional materials. The book discusses these
innovative methodologies and research strategies, as well as provides a
comprehensive and detailed overview of the cutting-edge research on the
processing, properties and technology developments of advanced
functional materials and their applications.
Specifically, Advanced Functional Materials
- Compiles the objectives related to functional materials and provides
detailed reviews of fundamentals, novel production methods, and
frontiers of functional materials, including metalic oxides,
conducting polymers, carbon nanotubes, discotic liquid crystalline
dimers, calixarenes, crown ethers, chitosan and graphene.
- Discusses the production and characterization of these materials,
while mentioning recent approaches developed as well as their uses and
applications for sensitive chemiresistors, optical and electronic
materials, solar hydrogen generation, supercapacitors, display and
organic light-emitting diodes, functional adsorbents, and
antimicrobial and biocompatible layer formation.
This volume in the Advanced Materials Book Series includes twelve
chapters divided into two main areas: Part 1: Functional Metal Oxides:
Architecture, Design and Applications and Part 2: Multifunctional
Hybrid Materials: Fundamentals and Frontiers
