Introduction to Functional Nanomaterials

This book provides a comprehensive review of nanomaterials, including essential foundational examples of nanosensors, smart nanomaterials, nanopolymers, and nanotubes. Chapters cover their synthesis and characteristics, production methods, and applications, with specific sections exploring nanoelectronics and electro-optic nanotechnology, nanostructures, and nanodevices. This book is a valuable resource for interdisciplinary researchers who want to learn more about the synthesis of nanomaterials and how they are used in different types of energy storage devices, including supercapacitors, batteries, fuel cells solar cells in addition to electrical, chemical, and biomedical engineering.Key Features:Comprehensive overview of how nanomaterials can be utilised in a variety of interdisciplinary applicationsExplores the fundamental theories, alongside their electrochemical mechanisms and computationDiscusses recent developments in electrode designing based on nanomaterials, separators, and the fabrication of advanced devices and their performances

Dr. M.Anusuya, M.Sc., M.Phil., B.Ed.,Ph.D. is a specialist in material science, thin-film technology, nanoscience, and crystallography. She works as a registrar of Indra Ganesan Group of Institutions, Trichy, Tamil Nadu. As an administrator and teacher, with more than 25 years’ experience, for her perpetual excellence in academics, she has been recognised with many awards. She has received over 45 awards in academic and social activity. She has published more than 30 research papers in national and international journals, 16 chapters in edited books, been granted 15 patents, presented 50 papers in the conferences, and organised more than 200 webinars, both nationally and internationally.Fabian I. Ezema is a professor at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He earned a PhD in physics and astronomy from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. His research focused on several areas of materials science, from synthesis and characterisations of particles and thin-film materials through chemical routes with emphasis on energy applications. For the last 15 years, he has been working on energy conversion and storage (cathodes, anodes, supercapacitors, and solar cells, among others), including novel methods of synthesis, characterisation, and evaluation of the electrochemical and optical properties. He has published about 180 papers in various international journals and given over 50 talks at various conferences. His h-index is 21 with over 1,500 citations, and he has served as reviewer for several high-impact journals and as an editorial board member.