Metal Oxide Glass Nanocomposites

Metal Oxide Glass Nanocomposites covers recent developments in metal oxide glass nanocomposites, including a discussion of synthesis methods, properties, characterization methods, and the most promising applications. The book discusses electronic and ionic conduction mechanisms of this materials system with an eye towards device applications. It also provides a comprehensive review of the material's useful properties and structure at a technical level that is appropriate for materials scientists and engineers, physicists and chemists.

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Dr. Sanjib Bhattacharya is currently the Principal Investigator (PI) of the Composite Materials Research Laboratory at the Siliguri Insitute of Technology. He is also the PI of the ongoing major CSIR-funded research project Relaxation Dynamics of Lithium Ion Conducting Glass-Ceramics.” Dr. Bhattacharya's research interests include the study of electrical transport, glass and glass-nanocomposites, and chalcogenide glass alloys. Dr. Bhattacharya has authored 39 papers and has given 29 presentations at international conferences.

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PART 1: FUNDAMENTALS OF METAL OXIDE GLASS COMPOSITES
1. Fundamentals of glasses

2. Metal oxide glass nanocomposites
3. Features of metal oxide glass composite synthesis

4. Experimental tools for characterisations of glass-nanocomposites containing metal oxides

   PART 2: FEATURES OF METAL OXIDE GLASS COMPOSITE PROPERTIES
   5. Mechanical properties of oxide glassy nanocomposites

5. Microhardness of some glassy nanocomposites
6. Features of chemical properties of metal oxide glass nanocomposites
7. Electron and ion transport in metal oxide glass composites
8. Frequency dependent ac conductivity of some vanadate glass-nanocomposites
9. Electrical transport of some ionic glass-nanocomposites
10. Dc and ac conductivity of some lithium ion conducting glassy nanocomposites

11. Dielectric properties of oxide glass composites

    PART 3: APPLICATIONS OF METAL OXIDE GLASS COMPOSITES
    13. Electrodes

12. Photonic glass-ceramics
13. Biomedical applications
14. Metal oxide glass fibers
15. Other applications