Contents



Preface

Advanced functional materials are used in sensors, health, concrete, textile, glasses, and pharmacy applications due to their high surface area and surfactant functional groups. Advanced functional materials with different morphologies help to adapt their application-specific properties. Researchers focus on effective platforms (reaction time, sensitivity, selectivity, stability, etc.) for different applications by varying morphological structures of advanced functional materials. Many types of advanced functional materials such as metal nanomaterials, metal/core shell nanomaterials, metal oxide semiconductors, carbon-based nanomaterials, graphene/graphene-based nanomaterials, and metal-organic frameworks have been investigated for many applications. Besides these, because biopolymers enhance homogeneous dispersion of inorganic nanoparticles into an organic matrix, they are used as stabilizers in the structure of advanced functional materials. Furthermore, in order to enhance the polymer strength, inorganic nanomaterials are used as additives. Biopolymers and additives in the same matrix play a critical role for agglomeration of the bio-nanocomposites. In recent years, due to their low cost, various morphologies, high surface area, electron transfer reactions, biodegradable bio-nanocomposites have attracted attention to the structure of advanced functional materials in much more applications.

The book *Advanced Functional Materials* has sixteen chapters that provide an overview of the detailed definition of preparation and applications of advanced functional materials. We sincerely thank our authors who have contributed with experience and knowledge to this book. Especially, our thanks go to the editorial team from IntechOpen

> **Nevin Taşaltın** Associate Professor,

> Institute of Science, Maltepe University,

Maltepe University,

**Dr. Safaa Saud**

Selangor, Malaysia

**Dr. Paul Sunday Nnamchi**

University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

Turkey

Turkey

Faculty of Engineering and Science,

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,

Faculty of Information Sciences and Engineering,

Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering,

Management and Science University,

Department of Renewable Energy Technologies and Management,

Publishing for their assistance in preparing this book.
