This book addresses the fabrication of responsive functional nanomaterials and their use in sustainable energy and environmental applications. Responsive functional nanomaterials can change their physiochemical properties to adapt to their environment. Accordingly, these novel materials are playing an increasingly important role in a diverse range of applications, such as sensors and actuators, self-healing materials, separation, drug delivery, diagnostics, tissue engineering, functional coatings and textiles. This book reports on the latest advances in responsive functional nanomaterials in a wide range of applications and will appeal to a broad readership across the fields of materials, chemistry, sustainable energy, environmental science and nanotechnology.

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Photonic responsive nanomaterials for solar cells.- Microwave responsive nanomaterials for catalysis.- Sodium/Lithium ionic responsive nanomaterials for electrochemical energy storage.- Magnetic responsive nanomaterials for drug delivery.- Hydrogel responsive nanomaterials for chemical sensors.- Responsive nanomaterials for memory devices.- Light-switch responsive nanomaterials for smart windows.- Protonic responsive nanomaterials for fuel cells.- Thermal responsive nanomaterials for thermoelectric generation.