Preface

Smart materials are a family of materials that can significantly change their electrical, catalytic, thermal, optical, mechanical, or magnetic properties in a controllable manner by external factors such as atmospheric pressure, humidity, temperature, biochemical response, stress, pH, electromagnetic waves, electric or magnetic field, light, moisture, etc. These materials help to remove the barriers between functional and structural materials, which can lead to a significant revolution in materials science for modern science and technology development for a wide range of industrial applications, such as energy materials, magnetic energy, sound energy and mechanical energy, transducers, sensors and actuators, artificial muscles, and electrically active polymers (EAP). Smart nanomaterials are the foundation of many advanced applications, and this book outlines the emerging technological advances, innovations, applications, latest synthesis techniques, and factors affecting the properties of these materials. The book covers the most important aspects of chemistry, physics, and biology, as well as the synthesis of smart nanomaterials. The book "Synthesis, Application, and Future Perspectives of Smart Nanomaterials (Volume 1)”, edited by "Laxman Singh and R.N. Rai", addresses the multiple aspects of new smart nanomaterials and various advanced fabrication synthetic methods, which will satisfy the desire and thirst of academicians, researchers, and technologists in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology. This book contains a total of six chapters that have been written by academic research & development experts in their respective fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology to explore the topic of our book. Chapter 1 covers chemocatalytic, electrocatalytic, and photocatalytic use of new nanomaterials for HER reaction. Chapter 2 discusses core-shell metal/carbon nanomaterials for microwave absorption and optical limiting applications. Chapter 3 presents a systematic development in the synthesis of CQDs and their applications. Chapter 4 covers the synthesis of nanomaterials and their wide range of applications. Chapter 5 discusses the various nanostructured metal oxides and their electrochemical behavior for supercapacitor applications. Chapter 6 provides a brief literature review on the synthesis of TiO2 nanostructure by various methods and its applications.