• Preface

  Preface

  Author(s): Professor Waqar Ahmed

• Chapter 1

  Supramolecular Graphene Nanocomposites and Applications for Chemo- and Biosensors

  Author(s): Gunnar Olsen, Arnab Halder and Qijin Chi

• Chapter 2

  Thermodynamic study of the phase separation mechanisms in nonstoichio-metric Si oxide films during high temperature annealing

  Author(s): Andrey Sarikov

• Chapter 3

  Selective electrodifussion in nano-channels

  Author(s): Katarzyna Tkacz-Śmiech, Bogusław Bożek, Marek Danielewski

• Chapter 4

  Cobalt Doped Nanostructured ZnO/p-Si Heterojunctions for Energy Conversion Devices

  Author(s): P. Hari and A. Kaphle

• Chapter 5

  Flexible Conducting Polymer-Decorated Nanocomposites for Energy Conversion and Storage Devices

  Author(s): Sivaprakasam Radhakrishnan, Danyun Lei, Tae Hoon Ko, Chepuri R.K. Rao, Byoung-Suhk Kim

• Chapter 6

  Edge magnetisms and its application in two-dimensional atom-thin layers: Nanomeshes on graphene and black phosphorus

  Author(s): Junji Haruyama

• Chapter 7

  Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials

  Author(s): R. M. Mohsen, M. M. Selim, Y. M. Abu-Ayana, S. M. M. Morsi, A. A. Ghoneim and S. M. El-Sawy

• Chapter 8

  Carbon nanotubes membranes

  Author(s): Toraj Mohammadi, Maryam Ahmadzadeh Tofighy

• Chapter 9

  Nanostructured thin films and devices based on metallic oxides grown by facile routes

  Author(s): Mostefa Benhaliliba, A. Ayeshamariam

Professor Waqar Ahmed

University of Central Lancashire, UK

Currently Professor Waqar Ahmed, CEng FIMMM FRSC is the head of UCLAN Institute of Nanotechnology and Bioengineering, holds the Chair in Nanotechnology and Advanced Manufacturing and is the Divisional Leader for Nanomedicine in the new School of Medicine and Dentistry. Educated at UK Universities of Salford, Strathclyde and Warwick he has established himself as a leading international authority in the emerging and exciting field of Nanotechnology. He has authored over 500 research papers and articles, over a dozen books and been an invited keynote speaker at international conferences throughout the world. Prof Ahmed has served as founding editor-in-chief of several journals including International Journals of Nanomanufacturing; Nano and Biomaterials; and Nanoparticles and is on the advisory board of the Oxford University Press Book Series on Nanomanufacturing with Prof. Jackson from Purdue University. He has also chaired numerous conferences, committees and sessions in the USA, China, Europe, Russia and Middle East. Professor Ahmed is a Fellow of both learned societies Royal Society of Chemistry and the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. He holds honorary and visiting Professorship worldwide at prestigious Universities including Sichuan University (China), Purdue University (USA), Tenessee Technological University (USA), ManchesterMetropolitan University (UK), University Roma Torvagata (Italy). His research interests include thin films and nanoparticles and their applications in medicine, dentistry, engineering and energy generation.