Solution Synthesis of Inorganic Films and Nanostructured Materials: Volume 1449 MRS Proceedings Series

Symposium BB, 'Solution Synthesis of Inorganic Films and Nanostructured Materials', was held during the 2012 MRS Spring Meeting in San Francisco, California, on April 9?13, 2012. It focused on solution synthesis approaches for the growth of a wide-range of advanced functional inorganic thin film and nanostructured materials. Recent results were presented on the growth of: (i) highly crystalline, nanopatterned and composite functional oxide films, (ii) nanoparticles and nanocrystals, and (iii) self-assembled nanostructures by various chemical solution methods. A strong increased interest in low-cost and high throughput synthesis of functional and multifunctional inorganic materials indicates the worldwide importance of such synthetic methods. The symposium promoted information exchange between worldwide researchers from universities and national labs and engineers from industry. The papers in this proceedings volume provide a glimpse of the recent developments in the chemical solution growth of nanoparticles, nanocrystals, films, and nanostructured materials for various applications.

Part I. Solution Synthesis of Metal-Oxide Films: 1. Pulsed laser assisted polycrystalline growth of oxide thin films for efficient processing; 2. Can we trust on the thermal analysis of metal organic powders for thin film preparation?; 3. Synthesis and magnetic properties of manganite thin films on Si by polymer assisted (PAD) and pulsed laser deposition (PLD); 4. Ink-jet printing of YBa2Cu3O7 superconducting coatings and patterns from aqueous solutions; 5. Growth of epitaxial CeO2 buffer layers by polymer assisted deposition; 6. Preparation and characterization of Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 films prepared by a modified sol-gel route; 7. Annealing temperature, time and thickness dependencies in (TCO) SnO2 thin films grown by spray pyrolysis technique; 8. Fabrication and electrical properties of 0.7BiFeO3-0.3PbTiO3 films on stainless steel by the sol-gel method; Part II. Nanostructures, Nanorods, and Solar or Gas Sensing Applications: 9. Mg-induced enhancement of ZnO optical properties via electrochemical processing; 10. Gold-doped oxide nanocomposites prepared by two solution methods and their gas-sensing response; 11. A study of anodization time and voltage effect on the fabrication of self-ordered nano porous aluminum oxide films: a gas sensor application; 12. PbS nanoparticles: synthesis, supercritical fluid deposition, and optical studies; 13. Controlled synthesis of Si nanopillar arrays for photovoltaic and plasmonic applications; 14. Solution growth and optical characterization of thin films with ZnO1-xSx and ZnO nanorods in core-shell like nanostructure for solar cell application; Part III. Nanostructures and Nanocomposite Films: 15. Morphological studies of bismuth nanostructures prepared by hydrothermal microwave heating; 16. Transparent film heaters based on silver nanowire random networks; 17. Synthesis, characterization and water vapor sensitivities of nanocrystalline SnO2 thin films; 18. Synthesis of crystalline ZnO nanosheets on graphene and other substrates at ambient conditions; 19. Au and NiO nanoparticles dispersed inside porous SiO2 sol-gel film: correlation between localized surface plasmon resonance and structure upon thermal annealing; Part IV. Thin Films, Ceramics, Nanoparticles, and Applications: 20. Ferromagnetism in nanocrystalline powders and thin films of cobalt-vanadium co-doped zinc oxide; 21. Modification of cordierite honeycomb ceramics matrix for DeNOx catalyst; 22. Microwave synthesis of ZrO2 and yttria stabilized ZrO2 particles from aqueous precursor solutions; 23. Synthesis of water dispersed Fe3O4@ZnO composite nanoparticles by the polyol method; 24. Binding mechanisms of As(III) on activated carbon/titanium dioxide nanocomposites: a potential method for arsenic removal from water; 25. Systematic investigation of the aqueous processing of CdSe quantum dots and CuS nanoparticles for potential bio-medical applications.