Smart Thin Films and Nanomaterials for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Beyond overviews various smart thin films and nanomaterials, offering information on their synthesis, properties, and applications that utilize their electrical, magnetic, and optical properties. By providing insights into these functional materials, the book presents potential pathways for exploring novel phases, optimizing their properties, and tailoring them to suitable forms prior to prototype testing for a range of applications. It focuses on different classes of smart nanomaterials targeting a broad spectrum of disciplines and applications - including engineering, medicine, biotechnology and materials science - that are all aligned with the evolution of Industry 4.0.
Smart nanomaterials are notable for their advantages over other materials in the areas of cost, ease of processing, and tunable magnetic, electrical, and optical properties, and they show great promise for the development of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and beyond.
Smart nanomaterials are notable for their advantages over other materials in the areas of cost, ease of processing, and tunable magnetic, electrical, and optical properties, and they show great promise for the development of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and beyond.
Table of Contents
SECTION I1. Introduction to smart thin film and nanomaterials: The Fourth Industrial Revolution and beyond
2. Smart Organic Thin Films: Synthesis and Applications
3. Thin-film electronics on active substrates: Review of materials, technologies and applications
4. Lignin-based smart materials: a roadmap to processing and synthesis for current and future applications
SECTION II
5. Developments in 4D-printing: A review on current smart materials, technologies, and applications
6. Physical methods of synthesizing smart nanomaterials, characterizations and applications
7. Chemical methods of synthesizing smart nanomaterials, characterizations and applications
8. Smart thin films deposited by matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation
9. Biological methods of synthesizing smart nanomaterials, characterizations and applications
SECTION III
10. Synthesis of smart nanomaterials for electronic applications
11. 2D materials inks toward smart flexible electronics
12. Synthesis of smart nanomaterials for electromagnetic applications
13. ZnSe/FTO thin films: Towards smart multifunctional optoelectronic materials
SECTION IV
14. Recent advances in binary oxides for chromogenics and beyond: Fundamentals, progress, and perspectives
15. Wide-bandgap materials for gas sensors
16. Smart tungsten oxide thin films for eye-readable sensor: Intuitive hydrogen monitoring
17. Thin-film switchable mirror coatings for smart windows via gasochromic technology
SECTION V
18. Recent Advances in Layered MX2-Based Materials (M = Mo, W and X = S, Se, Te) for Emerging Optoelectronic and Photo(electro)catalytic Applications
19. Synthesis of smart nanomaterials for optical applications
20. Synthesis of smart nanomaterials for photonic applications
21. Smart triboelectric nanogenerators
22. Synthesis of smart nanomaterials for solar and photovoltaic applications
SECTION VI
23. Application of smart nanomaterials in biomedical research
24. Titanium dioxide nanoparticles to enable photocatalytically active antimicrobial surfaces for biomedical devices
25. Zinc oxide-based devices for tunable and multifaceted biomedical applications
26. Promising two-dimensional rhenium diselenide nanosheets: Facile preparation, characterization, in vivo tumor photoacoustic imaging and photothermal therapy
SECTION VII
27. Characterization of smart oxide thin films: Image-driven machine learning
28. Shape morphing smart 3D actuator materials for micro soft robot
29. Nanotechnology and its influences on manufacturing sector prospects and challenges
30. Current Challenges and Future Directions of Smart Nanomaterials and Thin Films
Authors
Velumani Subramaniam Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA.Velumani Subramaniam is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, United States. He is presently working on novel micro- and nano-structured materials for harvesting renewable energy and for biomedical applications.
Ruthramurthy Balachandran Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Adama Science and Technology University, Ethiopia.Ruthramurthy Balachandran is a Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Adama Science and Technology University, Ethiopia. His research focuses on electronic materials, nanomaterials, and nanoelectronics.
H. C. Ananda Murthy Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Applied Chemistry, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea.H. C. Ananda Murthy is a Professor of Inorganic Chemistry in the Department of Applied Chemistry at the Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea. His areas of research interest covers the synthesis and application of composite materials and nanomaterials for biomedical, sensor, and environmental applications.
Kar Ban Tan Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Universiti Putra Malaysia.Kar Ban Tan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Universiti Putra Malaysia. His research interests focus on the synthesis and characterization of functional electroceramics using different spectroscopic and microscopic techniques.
Selvakumar Periyasamy Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Adama Science and Technology University, Ethiopia. Dr. Selvakumar Periyasamy is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Adama Science and Technology University. He earned his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India. His academic profile combines teaching, graduate supervision, and research in bioenergy, nanotechnology, biochemical engineering, and environmental biotechnology. He has supervised numerous undergraduate and postgraduate projects, published in high-impact journals, and contributed book chapters, patents, and international conference proceedings. He has also served as an editorial board member, reviewer, and organizer of academic events. His interdisciplinary experience strengthens the methodological and application-oriented dimensions of this proposal, particularly at the interface of materials design, process engineering, and environmental sustainability.
