José A. Rodriguez & Marcos Fernández-García 
Synthesis, Properties, and Applications of Oxide Nanomaterials 

Current oxide nanomaterials knowledge to draw from and build
on

Synthesis, Properties, and Applications of Oxide Nanomaterials
summarizes the existing knowledge in oxide-based materials
research. It gives researchers one comprehensive resource that
consolidates general theoretical knowledge alongside practical
applications. Organized by topic for easy access, this
reference:

* Covers the fundamental science, synthesis, characterization,
physicochemical properties, and applications of oxide
nanomaterials

* Explains the fundamental aspects (quantum-mechanical and
thermodynamic) that determine the behavior and growth mode of
nanostructured oxides

* Examines synthetic procedures using top-down and bottom-up
fabrication technologies involving liquid-solid or gas-solid
transformations

* Discusses the sophisticated experimental techniques and
state-of-the-art theory used to characterize the structural and
electronic properties of nanostructured oxides

* Describes applications such as sorbents, sensors, ceramic
materials, electrochemical and photochemical devices, and catalysts
for reducing environmental pollution, transforming hydrocarbons,
and producing hydrogen

With its combination of theory and real-world applications plus
extensive bibliographic references, Synthesis, Properties, and
Applications of Oxide Nanomaterials consolidates a wealth of
current, complex information in one volume for practicing chemists,
physicists, and materials scientists, and for engineers and
researchers in government, industry, and academia. It’s also an
outstanding reference for graduate students in chemistry, chemical
engineering, physics, and materials science.

Table of Content

CONTRIBUTORS.

INTRODUCTION THE WORLD OF OXIDE NANOMATERIALS
(José A. Rodríguez and Marcos
Fernández-García).

PART I BASIC CONCEPTS.

Chapter 1. Theory of Size, Confinement, and Oxidation Effects
(Chang Q. Sun).

Chapter 2. On Aqueous Interfacial Thermodynamics and the Design
of Metal-Oxide Nanostructures (Lionel Vayssieres).

PART II SYNTHESIS AND PREPARATION OF NANOSTRUCTURED
OXIDES.

Chapter 3. Synthesis of Metal-Oxide Nanoparticles:
Liquid-Solid Transformations (Lawrence D’Souza and
Ryan Richards).

Chapter 4. Synthesis of Metal-Oxide Nanoparticles:
Gas-Solid Transformations (S. Buzby, S. Franklin, and S.
Ismat Shah).

PART III STUDY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOSTRUCTURED
OXIDES.

Chapter 5. Techniques for the Study of the Structural Properties
(José A. Rodriguez, Marcos
Fernández-García, Arturo Martínez-Arias, and Jonathan
C. Hanson).

Chapter 6. Techniques for the Study of the Electronic Properties
(Marcos Fernández-García and José A.
Rodriguez).

Chapter 7. Post Hartree-Fock and Density Functional Theory
Formalisms (Francesc Illas and Gianfranco Pacchioni).

Chapter 8. Parametric Quantum Methods in Modeling Metal Oxide
Nanoclusters and Surfaces (F. Ruette and M.
Sánchez).

Chapter 9. Atomistic Models and Molecular Dynamics (D.C.
Sayle and T.X.T. Sayle).

PART IV PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF OXIDE
NANOMATERIALS.

Chapter 10. Theoretical Aspects of Oxide Particle Stability and
Chemical Reactivity (Ye Xu, William A. Shelton, and William F.
Schneider).

Chapter 11. Adsorption of Probe Molecules on Nanostructured
Oxides (James A. Anderson and Russell F. Howe).

Chapter 12. Chemical Properties of Oxide Nanoparticles: Surface
Adsorption Studies from Gas- and Liquid-Phase Environments (John
M. Pettibone, Jonas Baltrusaitis, and Vicki H. Grassian).

Chapter 13. Transport Properties and Oxygen Handling (Glenn
C. Mather and Arturo Martínez-Arias).

PART V INDUSTRIAL/TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF
OXIDE NANOMATERIALS.

Chapter 14. Adsorbents (Pethaiyan Jeevanandam and Kenneth J.
Klabunde).

Chapter 15. Gas Sensors (Doina Lutic, Mehri Sanati, and Anita
Lloyd Spetz).

Chapter 16. Photovoltaic, Photoelectronic, and Electrochemical
Devices Based on Metal-Oxide Nanoparticles and Nanostructures
(Juan Bisquert).

Chapter 17. Nanostructured Oxides in Photo-Catalysis (Gerardo
Colón-Ibáñez, Carolina Belver-Coldeira, and Marcos
Fernández-García).

Chapter 18. Oxide Nanomaterials for the Catalytic Combustion of
Hydrocarbons (Ilenia Rossetti and Lucio Forni).

Chapter 19. Nanostructured Oxides in De NOx
Technologies (Marcos Fernández-García, Arturo
Martínez-Arias, and Javier Pérez-Ramírez).

Chapter 20. Chemistry of SO2 and
De SOx Processes on Oxide Nanoparticles
(José A. Rodriguez).

Chapter 21. H2 Production and Fuel Cells (Xianqin
Wang and José A. Rodriguez).

Chapter 22. Oxide Nanomaterials in Ceramics (Vicente Rives,
Raquel Trujillano, and Miguel A. Vicente).

Index.

About the author

JOSÉ A. RODRÍGUEZ is a tenured Senior Chemist at
Brookhaven National Laboratory and an Adjunct Professor in the
Department of Chemistry at SUNY Stony Brook. He has moderated
sessions for meetings of the North American Catalysis Society, the
American Chemical Society, the San Luis International Symposium on
Surfaces, Interfaces and Catalysis, and the DOE National Laboratory
Catalysis Conference. Additionally, he serves on the editorial
board of Surface Science, has been a guest editor for the
Journal of Molecular Catalysis, and frequently reviews
articles for other journals such as Science, Angewandte
Chemie, the Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Physical Review Letters, the Journal of Physical
Chemistry, Physical Review B, and Catalysis
Letters.

MARCOS FERNÁNDEZ-GARCÍA has served on the
research staff at the Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemicals in
Madrid since 1999. He coedited a book entitled Supported Metals
in Catalysis in 2004 with Prof. J. A. Anderson and has written
12 chapters in scientific books. He is a regular referee for the
Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of
Physical Chemistry, Journal of Catalysis, Applied
Catalysis B, Green Chemistry, and Physical Chemistry
– Chemical Physics.