This book is based on the lectures and contributions of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Security and Protection Against CBRN Threats held in Sozopol, Bulgaria, September 2019. It gives a broad overview on this topic as it combines articles addressing the preparation and characterization of different nanoscaled materials (metals, oxides, glasses, polymers, carbon-based, etc.) in the form of nanowires, nanoparticles, nanocomposites, nanodots, thin films, etc. and contributions on their applications in diverse security and safety related fields. In addition, it presents an interdisciplinary approach drawing on the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology know-how of authors from Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, Materials Science and Biology. A further plus-point of the book, which represents the knowledge of experts from over 20 countries, is the combination of longer papers introducing the background on a certain topic, and brief contributions highlighting specific applications in different security areas.
Part I General Topics.- Cyber-Physical Systems to Counter CBRN Threats
Sensing Payload Capabilities in Aerial Platforms for Real-Time Monitoring
and Analysis.- Part II Material Preparation and Processing.- Application of
Ionizing Irradiation for Structure Modification of Nanomaterials.- The Corona
Triode Charging/Polarization System.- Transparent Organic-Inorganic Hybrids
Obtained from Covalently Bonded Ureasilicate Monomers: Optical and Mechanical
Properties.- Sol-Gel Technique to Design Hybrid Materials and Their
Application in Water Purification.- BaTiO3 Structure as a Function of the
Preparation Method.- Part III Characterization.- Impedance Spectroscopy:
Concepts and Applications.- Undesirable Aspects of Fatigue on Stretchable
Elastomer Sensors.- Dielectric Characterization of (Bi1-xFex)NbO4 Ceramics
Prepared by Wet-Chemical Route.- Part IV Thin Films.- Study of In2O3 Thin
Films Doped with As as Active Layer in Position Sensitive Structures.- Design
of Mesoscopic Ordered Titania and Silica Hybrid Sol-Gel Films as Planar
Waveguide.- Part V Carbon-based Materials.- CVD Diamond and Nanodiamond:
Versatile Materials for Countering a Wide Range of CBRN Threats.- Fabrication
of Diamond AFM Tips for Quantum Sensing.- Nanostructured Biochar: Production
Pathways and Applications.- Part VI Nanowires and Nanoparticles.- Nanowires
for NEMS Switches.- Modification of TiO2 and ZnO Particles Under Mechanical
Stress with Polypropylene.- Use of Magnetic Susceptibility Measurement for
Analysis of Self-organized Magnetic Nanoparticles in Biological Systems.-
Part VII Nanocomposites.- Solvent Dispersible Nanocomposite Based on RGO
Surface Decorated with Au Nanoparticles for Electrochemical Genosensors.-
Electrical Properties in PMMA/Carbon-Dots Nanocomposite Films Below the
Percolation Threshold.- Microwave Characteristics (Reflection Losses) of
Composite Materials Consisting of Magnetic Nanoparticles.- Dielectric
Properties of PMMA/PPy Composite Materials.- Part VIII Polymer-based
Materials.- Recent Advances of Electrospinning and Multifunctional
Electrospun Textile Materials for Chemical and Biological Protection.-
Temperature Effect on Dielectric Properties of Heterogeneous Material Based
on Carbon Black Loaded Copolymer Nanocomposite.- Novel Photocross-Linked
Polymers for Construction of Laccase-Based Amperometric Biosensors.- Part IX
Oxide and Non-oxide glasses.- Surface Phenomena in Glassy Chalcogenides by
Gas Sensing.- Phase Composition and Spectroscopic Characterization of Barium
Titanate Containing Glass Ceramics.- Near Infrared Photoluminescence of
Nd-Doped ZBP glasses.- Determination of the Surface Properties of Combined
Metal-Oxide Layers, Obtained by AC-Incorporation of Ni and Cu in Preliminary
Formed AAO Matrices.- Part X Applications: Sensors and Detectors.- Testing of
pH Nanosensors Based on Polyaniline/Carbon Nanostructures Coated Screen
Printed Electrode.- WO3-Based Glass-Crystalline Sensor for Selective
Detection of Ammonia Gas.- PartXI Applications: Water Treatment, Environment
and Energy- Optimizing Bacterial Cellulose Production Towards Materials for
Water Remediation.- Sodium Ferrites: New Materials to be Applied in Energy
Storage Devices in a Wide Frequency Range.- Fluorescent Thin Film Probe for
Nitro Compounds: Si Containing Poly[ Diphenylacetylene] Case Study.-
Determination of Surface Groups of Activated Carbons from Different Sources
and Their Application for Heavy Metals Treatment.- Recent Trends of the Use
of Rare Earth Elements for Efficient Environmentally Compliant Corrosion
Protection of Aluminum and Its Alloys.- Part XII Applications: Health and
Biological Threats.- Synthesis of PLGA-PEG-PLGA Polymer Nano-Micelles
Carriers of Combretastatin-Like Antitumor Agent 16Z.-
Poly(-caprolactone)/Chitosan Nanostructures for Cell Cultivation.-
Preparation and Characterization of Zinc and Magnesium Doped Bioglasses.-
Polarized Light for Detection of Pathological Changes within Biological
Tissues.- Melanoma Cells Uptake and Hyperthermia Tests of Iron-Based Magnetic
Nanoparticles.- Index.
Plamen Petkov received his degree in Physics from the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria in 1981 and his PhD in Physics in 1994. He has worked at postdoc positions in I. Physicalisches Institut, RWTH, Aachen, Germany, University of Odense, Denmark, University of Bonn, Germany. Actually, he is a full professor of applied physics at the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy and head of Physics Department and Thin Film Technology Laboratory. His research activity is mainly devoted to electrical and optical properties of semiconductor materials for various technological applications. He is author of more than 170 archival refereed journal papers, co-author and co-editor of 5 books, 10 patents and inventions on topics of solid state physics.
Mohammed Essaid Achour received "Thčse de 3čme cycle" from the Bordeaux University, France, and Thčse détat from the Moulay Ismail University of Meknes, Morocco, degrees in field of Physics in 1983 and 1991, respectively. From 1983 to 1992 he was Maitre assistant at Sciences Faculty of Meknes, Morocco, Maitre de Conférence (1992-1996) and Professor. He joined the Sciences Faculty at Kenitra in 1999. From 1997 to 2011 he was also teacher at the Royal Military Academy at Meknes. His research interests include electromagnetic and electrical properties, microwave characterization and dielectric responses of the composite materials including carbon dots, graphene, carbon nanotubes, carbon black, and natural fibers in the natural or synthetic polymers. He has co-authored more than 90 peer-reviewed scientific papers published in leading refereed journals, 13 book chapters and 6 guest editorials. He was founder and Chair of several editions of the International Symposium on Dielectric Materials and Applications (ISyDMA) and the Moroccan Spring School on Advanced Materials (MoSSAM), and Chair of the Fourth International Meeting on Dielectric Materials (IMDM4; Marrakech,Morocco, May 2013).
Cyril Popov received his MSc in Chemical Engineering in 1990 and PhD in 1994 from the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria. In the period 1995-1997 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan and at the Central Laboratory of Photoprocesses, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, working on preparation and investigation of novel materials in the ternary system B-C-N. In 1998 he joined the Institute of Nanostructure Technologies and Analytics (INA), University of Kassel, Germany, where at the present he is a Group leader. His current research interests cover deposition, characterization, nanostructuring and applications of nano- and ultrananocrystalline diamond films and monocrystalline diamond. He is co-author of more than 120 publications, 25 contributions to conference proceedings and 18 book chapters, co-editor of 5 books.
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