Contents
Preface
Editors
Contributors
Section I Polymers (Organic/Inorganic)
Chapter 1 Polyelectrolyte-Templated Langmuir/Langmuir-Blodgett Films
Lasya Maganti, Sonika Sharma, and T. P. Radhakrishnan
Chapter 2 Porphyrin-Based Functional Nanomaterials and Their Functionalities
Sadananda Mandal and Amitava Patra
Chapter 3 Solubility of Conjugated Polymers: Current Status and Future Prospects and Strategies
Crystal A. Young, Andrew C. Jamison, and T. Randall Lee
Section II Self-Assembly of Nanocrystals/Supramolecular Architectures
Chapter 4 Geometry and Entropy: New Tools for Assembling Hierarchical Mesoscale Structures from Nanoscale Assemblies of Molecules
Timothy S. Gehan and D. Venkataraman
Chapter 5 Assemblies of Organic and Inorganic Molecular Systems on Solid Substrates
K. Chakrapani and S. Sampath
Chapter 6 Nanoparticles of Organic Conductors
Dominique de Caro, Christophe Faulmann, and Lydie Valade
Section III Nanostructures/Metal Oxides
Chapter 7 Metal Silicate and Phosphate Nanomaterials
Pratap Vishnoi and Ramaswamy Murugavel
Chapter 8 Molecular Tools for Controlling Nanoparticle Size/Morphologies
Puspanjali Sahu, Jayesh Shimpi, and B. L. V. Prasad
Chapter 9 Synthesis of Nano- and Microcrystallites of Metals Using Metal-Organic Precursors
Giridhar U. Kulkarni, Gangaiah Mettela, and S. Kiruthika
Section IV Devices
Chapter 10 Molecular Materials for Organic Field-Effect Transistors
Takehiko Mori
Chapter 11 Biomedical Microdevices
Sharon Y. Wong, Mario Cabodi, and Catherine M. Klapperich
Chapter 12 Nanotemplated Materials for Advanced Drug Delivery Systems
Erica Schlesinger, Daniel A. Bernards, Rachel Gamson, and Tejal A. Desai
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