Tailored Functional Oxide Nanomaterials: From Design to Multi-Purpose Application

The present book offers a unique combination of fundamentalsand selected key applications for metal oxide nanomaterials, ranging from theirpreparation up to the mastering of their characteristics in an interdisciplinary view.The volume provides basic concepts related to material design through vaporandliquid-phase approaches, addressing various issues currently under way frompreparation, to theoretical research, up to a broad scenario of advanced technologicalutilizations. Throughout the text, the authors illustrate various aspects forthe understanding and real-world end uses of the most important class of inorganicmaterials, elucidating the interplay between fabrication, chemico-physicalcharacterization, and functional behavior in selected fields. The latter comprise thefollowing:- Photo-activated pollutant degradation.- (Photo)electrochemical systems and devices for sustainable energy productionand storage.- Current trends regarding ferromagnetic/ferroelectric and spintronic heterostructures,batteries, electrochromics, andminiaturized gas sensors for day-to-day life.