Global energy demands are projected to grow 36% over the current level by the year 2030.
1 Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are among the most promising …

Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are of great scientific interest because of the size effect
associated with their magnetic properties and, even more so, because of their wide-ranging …

Nanostructured transition-metal oxides exhibit excellent properties, such as ferromagnetic,
ferroelectric, photoluminescence and semiconductive behaviors, etc. The band gap and …

Concomitant with the development of metal-based spintronics in the late 1980s and 1990s,
important advances were made on the growth of high-quality oxide thin films and …

Lithium ion battery (LIB) is potentially one of the most attractive energy storage devices. To
meet the demands of future high-power and high-energy density requirements in both thin …

The nanostructures considered in this book are magnetic and characterized by structural
length scales ranging from a few interatomic distances to about one micrometer. The basic …

Iron oxide nanotubes of 50− 150 nm outer diameter and 2− 20 nm wall thickness are
prepared in ordered arrays. Atomic layer deposition (ALD) of Fe2O3 from the precursor iron …

Uniform single-crystal Fe3O4 nanorods with an average diameter of 25nm and length of
200nm have been synthesized via a soft-template-assisted hydrothermal route at 120° C for …

Multiferroic heterostructures comprising ferroelectric and ferro (ferri) magnetic constituents
have recently attracted considerable interest due to the strong coupling between magnetic …

Magnetic properties (phase diagram and magnetization) of a cylindrical Ising nanowire or
nanotube are investigated by the use of the effective‐field theory with correlations. Particular …