Nanostructured Materials: Selected Synthesis Methods, Properties and Applications presents several important recent advances in synthesis methods for nanostructured materials and processing of nano-objects into macroscopic samples, such as nanocrystalline ceramics. This book will not cover the whole spectrum of possible synthesis techniques, which would be limitless, but it presents especially interesting highlights in the domains of research of the editors.

Subjects that are covered include the following:
*"chimie douce" approaches for preparation of a large variety of nanostructured materials, including metals, alloys, semiconductors and oxides;
hydrothermal synthesis with water as solvent and reaction medium can be specifically adapted to nanostructured materials;
"electrospraying" as a powerful new route for the preparation of nanoparticles, especially of oxides for electroceramics;
nanoparticles processed into nanostructured ceramics, by using dynamic compaction techniques;
applications of nanostructured materials.

This book complements the previous volume in this series (P. Knauth, J. Schoonman, eds., Nanocrystalline Metals and Oxides: Selected Properties and Applications , Kluwer, Boston, 2002).

Inhalt
Synthesis and Processing.- Nanomaterials Production by Soft Chemistry.- Hydrothermal Synthesis of Nanomaterials.- EHDA in Particle Production.- Dynamic Compaction of Nano-stuctured Ceramics.- Properties and Applications.- Structural and Electrical Properties of Nanostructured and Coarse Manganese Spinel.- Metal-polymer Nanocomposites: Formation and Properties Near the Percolation Threshold.- Nanocrystalline Layers of CdSe Produced by Means of a Multilayer Approach.- X-Ray Diffraction from Nanostructured Materials.- High Resolution Electron Microscopy of Surfaces and Interfaces.- Nanoelectronics.