Abstract
Chemical methods for the synthesis of nanostructured materials have been found to be most versatile, not only in the range of materials that can be so formed, but also in the variety of morphologies in which they can be obtained without employing lithographic means, and in the variety of methods through which synthesis can be carried out. We present examples of how metal complexes can be used as precursors to nanostructured thin films both by the familiar chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method and by different solution routes. Composite materials—especially carbonaceous composites with interesting and useful characteristics—can also be obtained from metal complexes through different methods of processing. Equilibrium thermodynamics can be employed to analyze the metalorganic CVD (MOCVD) process to arrive predictively at nanocomposite coatings with unexpected components and morphologies.
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The manuscript is based on my work, over the years, with following colleagues: Anjana Devi, Anil Mane, Shalini Kandoor, Sukanya Dhar, Piyush Jaiswal, Gururaj Neelgund, Pallavi Arod, Ranajit Sai, Anirudha Jena, Nagendra Pratap Singh, N. Bhat, N. Munichandraiah, and S. Sampath. Part of the work was carried out under the NPMASS project, “Nanostructured metal oxide particles and coatings prepared by microwave-assisted solution processing for sensor and catalytic applications”, PARC No.1, Project 1.5.
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Shivashankar, S.A. (2014). Chemical Synthesis of Nanomaterials and Structures, Including Nanostructured Thin Films, for Different Applications. In: Vinoy, K., Ananthasuresh, G., Pratap, R., Krupanidhi, S. (eds) Micro and Smart Devices and Systems. Springer Tracts in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1913-2_15
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