Meet the editors

Dr. Morteza Sasani Ghamsari is a senior researcher in the Photonics & Quantum Technologies Research School of the Iranian Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute. His research focuses on photonic materials including metamaterials, quantum dots and plasmonic nanomaterials that can be used in a wide range of applications. His recent interests lie also in nano-bioimaging, 3D printing, nanostructures for tissue engineering (eg,

ZnO, TiO 2), and biomaterials including carbon, graphene, and diamond quantum dots. He is a member of the editorial board and is a reviewer for different international journals. He collaborated with local and international academics/researchers on the graduation of post-graduate students and research projects. He edited 3 books and published 3 chapter books and over 95 articles in scientific journals as well as in reviewed conference proceedings.

Dr. Soumen Dhara received his PhD in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. Presently, he is associated with the Faculty of Science, Sri Sri University, India as an Assistant Professor in Physics. Prior to joining the current affiliation, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Kobe University Japan, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, India, Cardiff University, United Kingdom, and Lovely Professional University. He

has more than twelve years of research and teaching experience. He was awarded a prestigious JSPS postdoctoral fellowship in 2012 based on his research contribution on semiconducting nanowires. He published more than 30 research articles including 1 review article in high profile international peer-reviewed journals and 3 book chapters. He is also serving as a reviewer in many top-tier international journals on materials science. His research area of interests are semiconductor nanostructures, optoelectronics, solid state lighting and light sensors, spectroscopy of nanomaterials, thinfilm transistors (TFTs) etc.

Contents

**Section 1**

*by Soumen Dhara*

*by Yanmin Wang*

*by Rida Essajai*

**Section 2**

*by Vadim Irzhak*

Graphene-Like Nanocomposites

*and Yun Hin Taufiq-Yap*

ZnO Nanorods for Gas Sensors

**Preface III**

Nanorods **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 11**

**Chapter 3 35**

**Chapter 4 57**

**Chapter 5 69**

**Chapter 6 93**

Nanocomposites **111**

**Chapter 7 113**

**Chapter 8 141**

Prologue: Nanorods – Recent Advances and Future Perspective

Study of Structural and Melting Properties of Gold Nanorods

Nanostructure Technology for EO/IR Detector Applications

*Nibir K. Dhar and Priyalal S. Wijewarnasuriya*

Metallo-Dielectric Colloidal Films as SERS Substrate

Kinetic Features of Synthesis of Epoxy Nanocomposites

*by Zahra Rafiei-Sarmazdeh and Seyed Javad Ahmadi*

*by Ashok K. Sood, John W. Zeller, Gopal G. Pethuraja, Roger E. Welser,* 

*by Ana L. González, Arturo Santos Gómez and Miller Toledo-Solano*

*by Alsultan Abdulkareem Ghassan, Nurul-Asikin Mijan* 

Nanomaterials: An Overview of Nanorods Synthesis and Optimization
