Advanced Nanotechnologies for Detection and Defence against CBRN Agents (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics)

This volume gives a broad overview of advanced technologies for detection and defence against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) agents. It provides chapters addressing the preparation and characterization of different nanoscale materials (metals, oxides, glasses, polymers, carbon-based, etc.) and their applications in fields related to security and safety. In addition, it presents an interdisciplinary approach as the contributors come from different areas of research, such as physics, chemistry, engineering, materials science and biology. A major feature of the book is the combination of longer chapters introducing the basic knowledge on a certain topic, and shorter contributions highlighting specific applications in different security areas. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Roadmapping the Future in Defense and Security: Innovations in Technology Using Multidisciplinary Convergence (Ashok Vaseashta)....Pages 3-14 Front Matter ....Pages 15-15 Crystalline Thin Layers of BaTiO3 for Gas Sensors Prepared by PLD (Tomáš Kocourek, Miroslav Jelínek, Václav Studnička, Jan Drahokoupil)....Pages 17-30 A Comparative Study of the Morphology of Y-Type Hexaferrite Powders Obtained by Sol-Gel Auto-Combustion and Ultrasonic Co-precipitation (Borislava Georgieva, Svetoslav Kolev, Chavdar Ghelev, Tatyana Koutzarova, Daniela Kovacheva, Benedicte Vertruyen et al.)....Pages 31-36 2D Hybrid Si-, Ti-Nanocomposites for Optoelectronic Devices Manufactured by the Sol-Gel Method (G. M. Telbiz, E. Leonenko, G. Gulbinas, P. Manoryk)....Pages 37-42 Surface Plasmon Resonance Band of Ion-Synthesized Ag Nanoparticles in High Dose Ag:PMMA Nanocomposite Films (T. S. Kavetskyy, M. M. Kravtsiv, G. M. Telbiz, V. I. Nuzhdin, V. F. Valeev, A. L. Stepanov)....Pages 43-47 Formation of a Periodic Structure in a Chalcogenide Film Substrate by Silver Ion Implantation (T. S. Kavetskyy, K. V. Zubrytska, A. V. Stronski, L. I. Pan’kiv, P. Petkov, V. I. Nuzhdin et al.)....Pages 49-54 Optical Band Gap and Carbon Clusters in PMMA Nanocomposite Films Formed by Ion Implantation: Boron, Helium, and Xenon Ions (M. Trzciński, T. S. Kavetskyy, A. L. Stepanov)....Pages 55-59 Front Matter ....Pages 61-61 Preparation and Characterization of SERS Substrates of Different Morphology (I. Rigó, M. Veres, L. Himics, T. Váczi, P. Fürjes)....Pages 63-68 Synthesis of UV Sensitive Rare Earth Doped Materials (Irena Kostova, Dan Tonchev)....Pages 69-78 Characterization of Nickel-Cobaltite Spinel Prepared by Different Methods (D. Nicheva, V. Boev, P. Petkov, G. Avdeev, T. Petkova)....Pages 79-86 Structure and Thermal Behaviour of Lithium Sodium Sulphate (Z. Slavkova, O. Kostadinova, G. Avdeev, T. Petkova)....Pages 87-93 Influence of Modification on the Structure and Physical Properties of Arsenic Trisulfide. A Short Review (Oleksandr Paiuk)....Pages 95-101 Front Matter ....Pages 103-103 Time Domain Versus Frequency Domain in the Characterization of Materials (L. C. Costa)....Pages 105-120 The Measurement of Thermally Stimulated Depolarization and Polarization Currents (M. P. F. Graça, P. R. Prezas)....Pages 121-137 Iron Concentration Effect on the Microwave Dielectric Properties of BiNbO4 Ceramics (S. Devesa, M. P. Graça, L. C. Costa)....Pages 139-152 Dielectric Analysis of Phosphate-Borate Glass-Ceramics Doped with Alkali Oxides (B. M. G. Melo, M. A. Valente, M. P. F. Graça)....Pages 153-163 Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Yttrium Ferrites (S. Soreto Teixeira, A. J. M. Sales, M. P. F. Graça, M. A. Valente, L. C. Costa)....Pages 165-174 Front Matter ....Pages 175-175 Nanostructured Carbon Materials: Synthesis and Applications (Alejandro Ansón-Casaos, Enrique Garcia-Bordeje, Ana M. Benito, Wolfgang K. Maser)....Pages 177-191 Quantum Information Technology and Sensing Based on Color Centers in Diamond (Nina Felgen, Alexander Schmidt, Boris Naydenov, Fedor Jelezko, Johann Peter Reithmaier, Cyril Popov)....Pages 193-214 Experimental Study of Spectral Parameters of Silicon-Vacancy Centers in MWCVD Nanodiamond Films Important for Sensing Applications (L. Himics, M. Veres, S. Tóth, I. Rigó, M. Koós)....Pages 215-220 Electrochemical Synthesis of PANI/Graphene Nanocomposites Aimed for Sensors (Aleksandar Petrovski, Perica Paunović, Anita Grozdanov, Aleksandar T. Dimitrov, Gennaro Gentile, Maurizio Avella)....Pages 221-227 Preparation of Metallic and Semiconducting SWCNT Inks by a Simple Chromatographic Method: A Two-Parameter Study (Ana Santidrian, Nekane Lozano, Ana M. Benito, Wolfgang K. Maser, Alejandro Ansón-Casaos)....Pages 229-238 Front Matter ....Pages 239-239 Loaded Nanofibers: Force Protection, Filtration, Decontamination (Ashok Vaseashta, Nimet Karagülle-Bölgen)....Pages 241-252 Nanocomposites of Electrospun Polymeric Materials As Protective Textiles Against Chemical and Biological Hazards (Nimet Bölgen, Ashok Vaseashta)....Pages 253-258 Front Matter ....Pages 259-259 Temperature Effect on the Dielectric Response of Carbon Nanotubes Particles Filled Polyester Polymer Composites (Z. Samir, S. Boukheir, Y. El Merabet, M. P. F. Graça, M. E. Achour, L. C. Costa)....Pages 261-272 Nanosized Ferrite Materials for Absorption of and Protection from MW Radiation (Svetoslav Kolev, Tatyana Koutzarova)....Pages 273-283 Dielectric Relaxation in Biocomposites Based on Olive Pomace Grains (L. Kreit, Z. Samir, I. Bouknaitir, A. Triki, M. E. Achour, L. C. Costa et al.)....Pages 285-292 Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles and Their Application in Thin Polymer Films (Zhana Petkova, Irena Kostova, Ginka Antova)....Pages 293-298 Synthesis of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Modified with Silanes and Their Heating Ability in Alternating Magnetic Fields (L. Storozhuk, N. Iukhymenko)....Pages 299-306 Front Matter ....Pages 307-307 Ureasil-Based Polymer Matrices As Sensitive Layers for the Construction of Amperometric Biosensors (T. S. Kavetskyy, O. Smutok, M. Gonchar, O. Šauša, Y. Kukhazh, H. Švajdlenková et al.)....Pages 309-316 Impedance Characterization of Gas Sensitive Chalcogenide Films (Dumitru Tsiulyanu, Marina Ciobanu, Olga Mocreac)....Pages 317-332 Swelling Behavior of Organic-Inorganic Ureasil-Based Polymers (T. S. Kavetskyy, H. Švajdlenková, Y. Kukhazh, O. Šauša, K. Čechová, I. Mat’ko et al.)....Pages 333-338 Synthesis and Characterization of Organically Modified Silicates Obtained by Co-condensation of Two Organic – Inorganic Ureasilicate Monomers (V. Ilcheva, V. Boev, D. Tatchev, G. Avdeev, G. Zamfirova, V. Gaydarov et al.)....Pages 339-347 Sr-Substituted Barium Titanate Glass Ceramics from Oxide Glasses As Potential Material for Sensor Preparation (Ruzha Harizanova, Liliya Vladislavova, Christian Bocker, Georgi Avdeev, Christian Rüssel)....Pages 349-359 BaO/SrO/ZnO/SiO2 Glass System: Influence of Different Nucleation Agents: Bulk Versus Surface Crystallisation (Liliya Vladislavova, Christian Thieme, Tilman Zscheckel, Christian Patzig, Thomas Höche, Christian Rüssel)....Pages 361-366 Bismuth-Titanate Bi2Ti2O7 Crystallization in the Bi2O3/TiO2/SiO2/Nd2O3 System (Stanislav Slavov, Zheng Jiao)....Pages 367-372 Front Matter ....Pages 373-373 Application of Sm Oxide Doped Oxyfluoride Glasses for the Development of Extrinsic Fibre Optical X-Ray Sensors (T. Eftimov, D. Tonchev, I. Kostova, G. Patronov, T. Pashova)....Pages 375-387 MWCNT/PANI Screen Printed Electrodes for Gas Sensors (Gorazd Chepishevski, Aleksandar Petrovski, Anita Grozdanov, Perica Paunović, Aleksandar T. Dimitrov, Gennaro Gentile et al.)....Pages 389-396 Synthesis of RGO/SiO2 and Ag/RGO/SiO2 Nanocomposites and Study of Their Sensitivity Towards Humidity (A. S. A. Shalaby, Sh. Safwat-Mansour, Ahmed S. Afify, M. Hassan, A. Staneva)....Pages 397-405 Preparation of Nanoporous Hybrid Materials with Bridged Tetra Sulfide Functional Groups and Determination of Their Sensing Characteristics Towards Relative Humidity (M. Abdallah, N. Velikova, Y. Ivanova, Ahmed S. Afify, M. Ataalla, M. Hassan)....Pages 407-416 Humidity Sensing Properties of Tungsten Based Glass Crystalline Materials in the WO3-ZnO-La2O3-Al2O3 System (M. Ataalla, Ahmed S. Afify, M. Hassan, A. M. Adam, M. Milanova, Iskra Piroeva)....Pages 417-425 Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Lantana Camara Leaf Extract and Their Use as Mercury(II) Ion Sensor (Didem Demir, Nimet Bölgen, Ashok Vaseashta)....Pages 427-433 Highly Ordered AAO Layers for Various Sensor Applications (S. Kozhukharov, Ch. Girginov, O. Kostadinova)....Pages 435-444 Individual Bi2O3-Functionalized ZnO Microwire for Hydrogen Gas Detection (Vasile Postica, Oleg Lupan, Jorit Gröttrup, Rainer Adelung)....Pages 445-450 Front Matter ....Pages 451-451 Improvement of the Catalytic Activity of Pt through Synergetic Interaction with Co (Perica Paunović, Orce Popovski, Prashant Khadke, Ulrike Krewer, Goran Načevski, Anita Grozdanov et al.)....Pages 453-466 Antibacterial Coatings for Biomedical Applications (P. Písařík, M. Jelínek, J. Remsa, J. Mikšovský)....Pages 467-476 Identification and Evolution of Biocatalysts of Interest (Ioannis V. Pavlidis)....Pages 477-485 Self-Organized Magnetic Nanoparticles in Plant Systems: ESR Detection and Perspectives for Biomedical Applications (T. S. Kavetskyy, R. I. Khalilov, O. O. Voloshanska, L. M. Kropyvnytska, T. M. Beyba, V. A. Serezhenkov et al.)....Pages 487-492 Nanoparticle Based Decontamination of Bacteria/Pathogens (N. Enaki, T. Paslari, E. Starodub, S. Bizgan, C. Ristoscu, I. N. Mihailescu et al.)....Pages 493-498 Development of Nanostructured Materials with CBRN Agents Sensing Properties (A. Stoilova, A. Georgiev, D. Nazarova, L. Nedelchev, D. Dimov, P. Petkov)....Pages 499-507 Back Matter ....Pages 509-512