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Molecular Building Blocks
for Nanotechnology
From Diamondoids to Nanoscale Materials
and Applications
Edited by
G. Ali Mansoori
UniversityofIllinoisatChicago
Thomas F. George
UniversityofMissouri–St.Louis
Lahsen Assoufid
ArgonneNationalLaboratory
Guoping Zhang
IndianaStateUniversity
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UniversityofIllinoisatChicago UniversityofMissouri–St.Louis
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ArgonneNationalLab IndianaStateUniversity
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Preface
MolecularBuildingBlocksforNanotechnology:FromDiamondoidstoNanoscale
Materials and Applications is a result of the research and educational activities
of a group of outstanding scientists worldwide who have authored the chapters
of this book dealing with the behavior of nanoscale building blocks. It contains
a variety of subjects covering computational, dry and wet nanotechnology. The
state-of-the-artsubjectmattersarepresentedinthisbookwhichcanprovidethe
reader with the latest developments on the ongoing bottom-up nanoscience and
nanotechnologyresearch.
The editors would like to thank all the chapter authors whose scholarly con-
tributions have made publication of this book possible. We would like to thank
SpringerforagreeingtopublishthisbookaspartofitsTopicsinAppliedPhysics
Series.WealsoacknowledgethesupportoftheU.S.ArmyResearchOfficeunder
contractW911NF-04-1-0383.
G.AliMansoori
ThomasF.George
GuopingZhang
LahsenAssoufid
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Contents
Preface.................................................................................... v
ListofContributors.................................................................... ix
Introduction........................................................................ 1
1. ThermodynamicPropertiesofDiamondoids................................. 7
G.R.Vakili-Nezhaad
2. DevelopmentofCompositeMaterialsBased
onImprovedNanodiamonds.................................................... 29
P.Y.Detkov,V.A.Popov,V.G.Kulichikhin,andS.I.Chukhaeva
3. DiamondoidsasMolecularBuildingBlocksfor
Nanotechnology................................................................... 44
HamidRamezaniandG.AliMansoori
4. SurfaceModificationandApplicationofFunctionalized
PolymerNanofibers............................................................... 72
RenugaGopal,MaZuwei,SatinderpalKaur,andSeeram
Ramakrishna
5. ZincOxideNanorodArrays:Properties
andHydrothermalSynthesis.................................................... 92
KianPingLohandSooJinChua
6. Nanoparticles,Nanorods,andOtherNanostructuresAssembled
onInertSubstrates................................................................ 118
Xue-SenWang
7. ThermalPropertiesofCarbonNanotubes.................................... 154
Mohamed.A.Osman,AronW.Cummings,andDeepakSrivastava
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8. ChemicalVaporDepositionofOrganizedArchitectures
ofCarbonNanotubesforApplications........................................ 188
RobertVajtai,BinqingWei,ThomasF.George,
andPulickelM.Ajayan
9. OnlineSizeCharacterizationofNanofibersandNanotubes.............. 212
C.J.Unrau,R.L.Axelbaum,P.Biswas,andP.Fraundorf
10. TheoreticalInvestigationsinRetinalandCubane........................... 246
G.P.ZhangandThomasF.George
11. PolyhedralHeteroboraneClustersforNanotechnology.................... 256
FabioPichierri
12. SqueezingGermaniumNanostructures....................................... 275
K.L.TeoandZ.X.Shen
13. NanoengineeredBiomimeticBone-BuildingBlocks....................... 301
R.MuruganandS.Ramakrishna
14. UseofNanoparticlesasBuildingBlocksforBioapplications............ 353
YongZhangandFengWang
15. PolymerNanofibersforBiosensorApplications............................ 377
S.Ramakrishna,NeetaL.Lala,HotaGarudadhwaj,Ramakrishnan
Ramaseshan,andV.K.Ganesh
16. High-PressureSynthesisofCarbonNanostructuredSuperhardMaterials 393
V.D.Blank,S.G.Buga,G.A.Dubitsky,K.V.Gogolinsky,
V.M.Prokhorov,N.R.Serebryanaya,andV.A.Popov
Index...................................................................................... 419
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List of Contributors
PulickelM.Ajayan SooJinChua
RensselaerNanotechnologyCenter DepartmentofElectricalandComputer
andDepartmentofMaterialsScience Engineering
andEngineering NationalUniversityofSingapore
RensselaerPolytechnicInstitute Singapore.
Troy,NY,USA.
S.I.Chukhaeva
R.L.Axelbaum
RussianFederalNuclearCenter
DepartmentofMechanical ZababakhinAll-RussianResearch
Engineering InstituteofTechnicalPhysics
CenterforMaterialsInnovation Snezhinsk,ChelyabinskRegion,
WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis Russia.
St.Louis,MO,USA.
AronW.Cummings
P.Biswas
DepartmentofElectricalEngineering
EnvironmentalEngineeringScience
ArizonaStateUniversity
Program
Tempe,AZ,USA.
DepartmentofChemicalEngineering
CenterforMaterialsInnovation
P.Ya.Detkov
WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis
St.Louis,MO,USA. RussianFederalNuclearCenter–
Zababakhin
V.D.Blank All-RussianResearchInstituteof
TechnologicalInstituteforSuperhard TechnicalPhysics
andNovelCarbonMaterials Snezhinsk,ChelyabinskRegion,
Troitsk,MoscowRegion,Russia. Russia.
S.G.Buga G.A.Dubitsky
TechnologicalInstituteforSuperhard TechnologicalInstituteforSuperhard
andNovelCarbonMaterials andNovelCarbonMaterials
Troitsk,MoscowRegion,Russia. Troitsk,MoscowRegion,Russia.
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P.Fraundorf RussianAcademyofSciences
DepartmentofPhysics&Astronomy Moscow,Russia.
CenterforMolecularElectronics
UniversityofMissouri-St.Louis NeetaL.Lala
St.Louis,MO,USA. NanoscienceandNanotechnology
Initiative
V.K.Ganesh
NationalUniversityofSingapore
FacultyofDentistry Singapore.
NationalUniversityofSingapore
Singapore.
KianPingLoh
DepartmentofChemistry,National
HotaGarudadhwaj
UniversityofSingapore
DepartmentofMechanicalEngineering
Singapore.
NationalUniversityofSingapore
Singapore.
G.AliMansoori
ThomasF.George DepartmentsofBio&Chemical
OfficeoftheChancellorandCenter Engineering
forMolecularElectronics UniversityofIllinoisatChicago
DepartmentsofChemistry& Chicago,IL,USA.
BiochemistryandPhysics&
Astronomy R.Murugan
UniversityofMissouri-St.Louis NationalUniversityofSingapore
St.Louis,MO,USA. Singapore.
K.V.Gogolinsky Mohamed.A.Osman
TechnologicalInstituteforSuperhard SchoolofElectricalEngineeringand
andNovelCarbonMaterials ComputerScience
Troitsk,MoscowRegion,Russia. WashingtonStateUniversity
Pullman,WA,USA.
RenugaGopal
NanoscienceandNanotechnology
FabioPichierri
Initiative
COELaboratory
NationalUniversityofSingapore
TohokuUniversity
Singapore.
Sendai,Japan.
SatinderpalKaur
V.A.Popov
NanoscienceandNanotechnology
Initiative MoscowInstituteofSteelandAlloys
NationalUniversityofSingapore Moscow,Russia.
Singapore.
V.M.Prokhorov
V.G.Kulichikhin TechnologicalInstituteforSuperhard
TopchievInstituteofPetrochemical andNovelCarbonMaterials
Synthesis Troitsk,Moscow,Russia.
