**Meet the editor**

Dr. Abbass A. Hashim is currently working as Head Director of Education Scheme for Training and Developments (ES4TD) British Company. The company is establishing itself in the market of supporting the scientific research and university education programs development. The company has been set up a few years ago. It is well known in the UK and Middle East and has a lot of

university and company partners. Within his duties and commitments in this company, Dr. Hashim is in charge of running the research programs of Environmental Pollution Research Group (EPRG), Nanotechnology Research Group (NTRG) and Materials for Engineering Applications Research Group (MEARG). In these fields of research Dr. Hashim published many papers and research reports. He is the editor of more than six books published by InTech Open Access Publisher and a member of many journal editorial boards.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

**Part 1 Metallic Nanoparticles 1** 

Chapter 1 **Metallic Nanoparticles Coupled** 

Sebastian Mackowski

Chapter 2 **Hollow Nano Silica: Synthesis,** 

Kazutaka Hirakawa

N. Venkatathri

**with Photosynthetic Complexes 3** 

**Characterization and Applications 29** 

Mitsunori Yada and Yuko Inoue

Chapter 6 **Experimental and Theoretical Study of** 

**Part 2 Testing Technology 147** 

Shengyong Wu

Chapter 3 **Synthesis of Titanate and Titanium Dioxide Nanotube** 

Chapter 4 **Self-Organization of Silver-Core Bimetallic Nanoparticles and Their Application for Catalytic Reaction 67** 

Chapter 5 **Utilization of Nanoparticles Produced by Aqueous-Solution Methods – Formation of Acid Sites on CeO2-TiO2** 

> Motonari Adachi, Keizo Nakagawa, Yusuke Murata, Masahiro Kishida, Masahiko Hiro, Kenzo Susa, Jun Adachi, Jinting Jiu and Fumio Uchida

**Low-Dimensional Iron Oxide Nanostructures 119** 

Chapter 7 **Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Imaging Tracking by MR** 

**Composite and 1-D TiO2 for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells 93** 

Jeffrey Yue, Xuchuan Jiang, Yusuf Valentino Kaneti and Aibing Yu

**Advanced Techniques: Dual-Contrast Approaches 149** 

**Thin Films and Their Applications to Biomaterials 41** 

## Contents

## **Preface XIII**

**Part 1 Metallic Nanoparticles 1** 

	- **Part 2 Testing Technology 147**

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Chapter 18 **Nanoparticle Dynamics in Polymer Melts 387**  Giovanni Filippone and Domenico Acierno

> **of Thin Films Deposited from Sols with Silicon Nanoparticles 407**

**at Solid and Liquid Surfaces 441** Peter Siffalovic, Eva Majkova, Matej Jergel, Karol Vegso, Martin Weis and Stefan Luby

Chapter 21 **View on the Magnetic Properties of Nanoparticles** 

Jelena Tamulienė, Rimas Vaišnoras,

Wei Yu, Huaqing Xie and Lifei Chen

Chapter 24 **Magnetic Properties and Size Effects**

Xinjun Xu and Lidong Li

Chapter 25 **Organic Semiconductor Nanoparticle Film: Preparation and Application 561**

**Com (m=6,8,10,12,14) and Co6On (n=1-9) 467** 

Chapter 23 **Thermal Conductivity of Nanoparticles Filled Polymers 519**  Hassan Ebadi-Dehaghani and Monireh Nazempour

**Surface Nanoparticles in Different Type Lattices 541** 

Goncal Badenes and Mindaugas L. Balevičius

**of Spin-1/2 and Spin-1 Models of Core-**

Orhan Yalçın, Rıza Erdem and Zafer Demir

Nickolay N. Kononov and Sergey G. Dorofeev

Chapter 19 **Dielectric and Transport Properties**

Chapter 20 **Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles** 

Chapter 22 **Nanofluids 497** 

	- **Part 3 Properties and Applications 333**

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Chapter 8 **Nanoscale Electrodeposition of Copper** 

and Conxita Solans

Chapter 11 **Phase Separations in Mixtures**

Akihiko Matsuyama

**on an AFM Tip and Its Morphological Investigations 173** 

**Using Microemulsions as Confined Reaction Media 195** 

Udit Surya Mohanty, S. Y. Chen and Kwang-Lung Lin

Chapter 9 **New Trends on the Synthesis of Inorganic Nanoparticles** 

Margarita Sanchez-Dominguez, Carolina Aubery

**of a Nanoparticle and a Liquid Crystal 241** 

**for the Analysis of Nanoparticles/Clusters 269**

**Directionality Effects and Optical Forces 287** Braulio García-Cámara, Francisco González, Fernando Moreno, Raquel Gómez-Medina, Juan José Sáenz and Manuel Nieto-Vesperinas

**Two-Level Atom near (Inside) a Body 309** 

Chapter 10 **Polymeric Nanoparticles Stabilized by Surfactants: Controlled Phase Separation Approach 221** Sergey K. Filippov, Jiri Panek and Petr Stepanek

Chapter 12 **Laser-Combined STM and Related Techniques** 

Hidemi Shigekawa, Shoji Yoshida, Masamichi Yoshimura and Yutaka Mera

Chapter 13 **On the Optical Response of Nanoparticles:**

Chapter 14 **Deexcitation Dynamics of a Degenerate** 

**Part 3 Properties and Applications 333**

**of Al2O3-Water Nanofluids 335**

**Its Effect on Cellular Behaviour and Potential Applications 357**  Hon-Man Liu and Jong-Kai Hsiao

**Resonance in Polymer Composites with Magnetic Nanoparticles Fillers 373** 

Mirosław R. Dudek, Nikos Guskos and Marcin Kośmider

Chapter 17 **Thermal Effects on the Ferromagnetic** 

Gennady Nikolaev

Chapter 15 **Thermal Property Measurement** 

Fei Duan

Chapter 16 **Magnetic Nanoparticles:** 


Preface

same material.

useless for memory storage.

In the last few years, Nanoparticles and their applications dramatically diverted

The properties of many conventional materials changed when formed from nanoparticles. because nanoparticles have a greater surface area per weight than larger particles which causes them to be more reactive and effective than other molecules.

Currently, Nanoparticle research is a very promising scientific research due to the wide range of potential and promising applications especially in biomedical, optical and electronic fields. Nanoparticles are building the bridge of the scientific knowledge

This new field of science converts the previous science theories and principles to prove that the properties of materials change as their size approaches the nanoscale and, as a result, the percentage of atoms at the surface of a material becomes significantly smaller. This new concept changes the use of such material in microscale size to be used in absolutely new and advanced applications by using a nanoscale size of the

For instance, the mechanical properties of bulk Copper are in advantage of this material for its use in manufacturing. Copper nanoparticles smaller than 50 nm show a super hard mechanical property that does not exhibit the same malleability and ductility as bulk copper. On the other hand, Ferroelectric materials which are widely used in memory storage applications smaller than 10 nm can switch their magnetisation direction using room temperature thermal energy, thus making them

In this book, we (InTech publisher, editor and authors) have invested a lot of effort to include 25 most advanced technology chapters. The book is organised into three wellheeled parts. Part one contains 6 chapters discussing the metallic Nanoparticle and reviewing some of the advantages, synthesisation, organization and functioning of a selective metallic Nanoparticle as well as the development of preparation technology. The second part focuses on the Nanoparticle testing technology. Testing techniques are extremely important for the particle within the size of few nm. Experts presented their own experience in this field to be shared, considered and improved by other

science in the direction of brand new philosophy.

connecting bulk materials to atomic or molecular structures.

## Preface

In the last few years, Nanoparticles and their applications dramatically diverted science in the direction of brand new philosophy.

The properties of many conventional materials changed when formed from nanoparticles. because nanoparticles have a greater surface area per weight than larger particles which causes them to be more reactive and effective than other molecules.

Currently, Nanoparticle research is a very promising scientific research due to the wide range of potential and promising applications especially in biomedical, optical and electronic fields. Nanoparticles are building the bridge of the scientific knowledge connecting bulk materials to atomic or molecular structures.

This new field of science converts the previous science theories and principles to prove that the properties of materials change as their size approaches the nanoscale and, as a result, the percentage of atoms at the surface of a material becomes significantly smaller. This new concept changes the use of such material in microscale size to be used in absolutely new and advanced applications by using a nanoscale size of the same material.

For instance, the mechanical properties of bulk Copper are in advantage of this material for its use in manufacturing. Copper nanoparticles smaller than 50 nm show a super hard mechanical property that does not exhibit the same malleability and ductility as bulk copper. On the other hand, Ferroelectric materials which are widely used in memory storage applications smaller than 10 nm can switch their magnetisation direction using room temperature thermal energy, thus making them useless for memory storage.

In this book, we (InTech publisher, editor and authors) have invested a lot of effort to include 25 most advanced technology chapters. The book is organised into three wellheeled parts. Part one contains 6 chapters discussing the metallic Nanoparticle and reviewing some of the advantages, synthesisation, organization and functioning of a selective metallic Nanoparticle as well as the development of preparation technology. The second part focuses on the Nanoparticle testing technology. Testing techniques are extremely important for the particle within the size of few nm. Experts presented their own experience in this field to be shared, considered and improved by other

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ambitious scientists. Eight chapters describe different techniques with emphasis on the updating knowledge. Preparation and application are also described in part three which contains eleven chapters.

We would like to invite all Nanotechnology scientists to read and share the knowledge and contents of this book.

> **Dr. Abbass A. Hashim**  Head Director of ES**4**TD Education Scheme for Training and Developments UK
