The book provides an introduction to nanostructured materials and guides the reader through their different engineering applications. It gives an overview of nanostructured materials applied in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, and materials science. Materials for different applications in engineering such as those used in opto-electronics, energy, tribology, bio-applications, catalysis, reinforcement and many more have been described in this book. The book will be of interest to researchers and students who want to learn about applications of nanostructured materials in engineering.

Autorentext
Dr. Bibhu Pr. Swain received his Ph.D. in the field of semiconductor thin films in 2006 from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He has twenty years of experience in the field of nanotechnology and nanomaterials. Currently, he is working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology Manipur. He has served as Dean (Academic Affair) and IIC President at NIT Manipur. He was a postdoctoral fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, (Govt. Of Japan), Brain Korea 21 (Republic of Korea), National Research Fellow (University of Cape Town). He is an active member of Marquee, Who is Who, IEEE, American Nano Society, International Association of Engineers, International Association open professional, International Association of Advanced Materials and, International Engineering and Technology Institute. He has published papers in more than 100 SCI/SCIE indexed journals and several conference proceedings. He is also a reviewer of 25 SCI-indexed journals and successfully executed four sponsored projects from Government of India.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: 2-D Nanostructures of Advanced Hybridized WO3 Nanocomposites for High Performance of Supercapacitor Application.- Chapter 2: Biomaterials: An Introduction to Materials for Biomedical Applications.- Chapter 3: Effect of surface roughness on titanium medical implants.- Chapter 4: Magnetic Nanomaterials and their Biomedical Applications.- Chapter 5: Iron oxide/reduced graphene oxide composites for the sensing of toxic chemicals.- Chapter 6: Reduced Graphene Oxide for Advanced Energy Applications.- Chapter 7: Nanowires (NWs)/Graphene nanocomposites for photovoltaic applications.- Chapter 8: Physics of Ion Beam Synthesis of Nanomaterials.- Chapter 9: Spectroscopic Characterization of Gallium Nitride Nanowires.- Chapter 10: Investigation of PANI/Graphene for gas sensor applications.- Chapter 11: Investigation of Metal Oxide/Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites for Gas Sensor applications.- Chapter 12: Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Metal incorporated DLC thin film.- Chapter 13: Low temperature sintering of lithium based ferrites.- Chapter 14: Optimization Of The Precipitated Magnetite, Stoichiometry And Composites For Enhanced Stabilization.- Chapter 15: New Insights on MXenes: Synthesis and their uses in Energy Storage and environmental applications.- Chapter 16: ZIFs Recent Development And Its Role In Photocatalysis.- Chapter 17: Influence of Fuel Injection Pressure for Diesel-Waste Cooking Oil Co-Fuel in a Research Engine.- Chapter 18: Characteristics of Jatropha and Moringa Oleifera biodiesel-diesel blends on a CI engine.