Nanotechnology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-v

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2. Historical Background, Development and Preparation of Nanomaterials

   • Umair Riaz, Tariq Mehmood, Shazia Iqbal, Muhammad Asad, Rashid Iqbal, Umair Nisar et al.

   Pages 1-13

3. Types and Classification of Nanomaterials

   • Diana Sannino

   Pages 15-38

4. An Insight into Properties and Characterization of Nanostructures

   • Aleena Shoukat, Muhammad Rafique, Asma Ayub, Bakhtawar Razzaq, M. Bilal Tahir, Muhammad Sagir

   Pages 39-81

5. Nanostructures: A Solution to Quantum Computation and Energy Problems

   • Asma Ayub, Aleena Shoukat, Muhammad Bilal Tahir, Hajra Kanwal, Muhammad Sagir, Muhammad Rafique

   Pages 83-107

6. Production of Bioplastics by Different Methods—A Step Toward Green Economy: A Review

   • Mujahid Farid, Kashaf Ul Khair, Sana Bakht, Warda Azhar, Muhammad Bilal Shakoor, Muhammad Zubair et al.

   Pages 109-139

7. Challenges and Future of Nanotechnology

   • Muhammad Bilal Tahir, Muhammad Sagir, Muhammad Rafique

   Pages 141-142

This book presents the basic and fundamental aspects of nanomaterials, its types, and classifications with respect to different factors. It contains methods of preparation and characterization of unique nanostructured materials. Consisting of six chapters, this book appeals to a wide readership from academia and industry professionals and is also useful to undergraduate and graduate students focusing on nanotechnology and nanomaterials, sustainable chemistry, energy conversion and storage, environmental protection, opto-electronics, sensors, and surface and interface science. It also appeals to readers who wish to know about the design of new types of materials with controlled nanostructures.

• Nanostructures
• Bioplastics
• Green Economy
• Composite materials
• Nanosensors
• Nano-optics
• Surface science
• Energy storage
• Nanoscience
• Controlled nanostructures

• Department of Physics, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan

  Muhammad Bilal Tahir

• Dept of Physics, University of Sahiwal, Sahiwal, Pakistan

  Muhammad Rafique

• Department of Chemical Engineering, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan

  Muhammad Sagir

Dr. Muhammad Bilal Tahir is a Researcher at the University of Gujrat, Gujrat, and currently working on nanotechnology for material processing, photocatalysis, energy and environmental applications, colloids & surfactants. His initial work was on photocatalysis-based processes for decontamination of pollutants, adsorption of heavy metals in water and oil, and energy production.  

Muhammad Rafique received his Ph.D. from the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. Currently, he is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, University of Sahiwal, Sahiwal. His research interests include energy storage and conversion devices, supercapacitors, fuel cells, hybrid energy storage materials, nano-composite as energy storage and photocatalytic materials, laser–matter interactions, photocatalysis, water splitting and water purification, dye degradation, industrial wastewater treatment, antibacterial activities, anti-cancer nanomaterials, heterojunction solar cells, etc.

Dr. Muhammad Sagir has over 10 years of research experience in the field of oil and gas, enhanced oil recovery, surfactants, and photocatalysis. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Gujrat, and is involved in 4 different research projects as PI, Co-PI, and collaborator. He has also been part of a number of research projects completed in various capacities.

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