Functional Properties of Advanced Engineering Materials and Biomolecules [Hardcover]

This book shows how a small toolbox of experimental techniques, physical chemistry concepts as well as quantum/classical mechanics and statistical methods can be used to understand, explain and even predict extraordinary applications of these advanced engineering materials and biomolecules. It highlights how improving the material foresight by design, including the fundamental understanding of their physical and chemical properties, can provide new technological levels in the future.

1. ZnO/bentonite hybrids obtained by a simple method of synthesis and applied as catalyst for biodiesel production.- 2. Review: Simulation models for materials and biomolecules.- 3. Perovskite-like quantum dots designed for advanced optoelectronic applications.- 4. Fundamentals and Advances of the Oxidant Peroxide Method (OPM) for the Synthesis of Transition Metal Oxides.- 5. Photoluminescence in alkaline earth stannate thin films grown by physical and chemical methods.- 6. DFT Simulations for Heterogeneous Photocatalysis from ZnO and CuO Semiconductors.- 7. Atomically controlled two-dimensional heterostructures: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications.- 8. Overall insights into sustainable utilization of methane and carbon dioxide in heterogeneous catalysis.- 9. Recent advances in the fabrication of BiVO4 photoanodes and CuBi2O4 photocathodes for the photoelectrochemical water splitting.- 10. Photodynamic Therapy: use of nanocarrier systems to improve its effectiveness.

Felipe A. La Porta (was born October 1988, in S?o Paulo, Brazil) received his undergraduate degree in Chemistry 2010 from the Federal University of Lavras (UFLA) and his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2014 from the S?o Paulo State University (UNESP) in Araraquara, Brazil. Since 2015, he is currently an Adjunct Professor of chemistry and materials science at the Federal Technological University of Paran? (UTFPR). His research interests are in the field of the malÓ,