Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology VII [Hardcover]

Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings Volume 34, Issue 7 - Nanostructured Materials and
Nanotechnology VII 

A collection of 15 papers from The American Ceramic Society’s 37th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 27-February 1, 2013. This issue includes papers presented in the 7^th International
Symposium on Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology (Symposium 7) and
Nanomaterials for Sensing Applications symposia (Focused Session 3).

Preface vii

Introduction ix

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

Sol-Gel Approach to the Calcium Phosphate Nanocomposites 3
Aldona Beganskiene, Zivile Stankeviciute, Milda Malakauskaite, Irma Bogdanoviciene, Valdek Mikli, Kaia Tonsuaadu, and Aivaras Kareiva

Reinforcement Mechanisms in Alumina Toughened Zirconia Nanocomposites with Different Stabilizing Agents 15
Sergio Rivera, Luis A. Diaz, Adolfo Fernandez, Ramon Torrecillas, and Jose S. Moya

Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Copper Oxide 23
David Dodoo-Arhin, Matteo Leoni, and Paolo Scardi

X-Ray Diffraction Study on the In-Situ Crystallization Kinetics in Electrospun PVP/Ti02 Nanofibers 35
H. Albetran, A. Alsafwan, H. Haroosh, Y. Dong, and I. M. Low

Metal-Catalyzed Growth of ZnO Nanowires 51
Werner Mader, Heike Simon, Tobias Krekeler, and Gunnar Schaan

Graphene-SnO2 Nanocomposites for Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes 67
R. Muller and S. Mathur

Cobalt-Manganese Spinel Oxides as Visible-Light-Driven Water Oxil#�