SMART NANOPARTICLES TECHNOLOGY

SMART NANOPARTICLES TECHNOLOGY Edited by Abbass A. Hashim Smart Nanoparticles Technology Edited by Abbass A. Hashim Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2012 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. As for readers, this license allows users to download, copy and build upon published chapters even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials, instructions, methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Sandra Bakic Technical Editor Teodora Smiljanic Cover Designer InTech Design Team First published April, 2012 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@intechopen.com Smart Nanoparticles Technology, Edited by Abbass A. Hashim p. cm. ISBN 978-953-51-0500-8 Contents Preface IX Part 1 Metallic Nanoparticles 1 Chapter 1 Metallic Nanoparticles Coupled with Photosynthetic Complexes 3 Sebastian Mackowski Chapter 2 Hollow Nano Silica: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications 29 N. Venkatathri Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Synthesis of Titanate and Titanium Dioxide Nanotube Thin Films and Their Applications to Biomaterials 41 Mitsunori Yada and Yuko Inoue Self-Organization of Silver-Core Bimetallic Nanoparticles and Their Application for Catalytic Reaction 67 Kazutaka Hirakawa Utilization of Nanoparticles Produced by Aqueous-Solution Methods – Formation of Acid Sites on CeO2-TiO2 Composite and 1-D TiO2 for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells 93 Motonari Adachi, Keizo Nakagawa, Yusuke Murata, Masahiro Kishida, Masahiko Hiro, Kenzo Susa, Jun Adachi, Jinting Jiu and Fumio Uchida Experimental and Theoretical Study of Low-Dimensional Iron Oxide Nanostructures 119 Jeffrey Yue, Xuchuan Jiang, Yusuf Valentino Kaneti and Aibing Yu Part 2 Testing Technology 147 Chapter 7 Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Imaging Tracking by MR Advanced Techniques: Dual-Contrast Approaches 149 Shengyong Wu ... - tailieumienphi.vn