| Nanohybridization of Nanoparticles | |
| Nanohybridized Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles and Their Organization | p. 3 |
| Introduction | p. 3 |
| Design of Nanoparticle-Based Building Blocks | p. 4 |
| Stabilized by Thiol Ligand | p. 5 |
| Stabilized by Amine Ligands | p. 7 |
| Stabilized by Bipyridyl Ligands | p. 8 |
| Stabilized by Phosphine Ligands | p. 8 |
| Controlling Numbers of Functional Group on Nanoparticle Building Blocks | p. 9 |
| Well-Defined Nanoparticle Hybrids with Linear Polymers | p. 10 |
| Polymer-Grafted Metal Nanoparticles | p. 10 |
| ¿-Conjugated Polymer Metal Nanoparticle Hybrids | p. 12 |
| Organization of Metal Nanoparticles | p. 13 |
| Overview of Metal Nanoparticle Organizations | p. 13 |
| Organization of Metal Nanoparticles by Dendritic Molecules | p. 15 |
| Self-Organized Nanocomposites | p. 19 |
| Organic-Metal ID Nanostructures | p. 25 |
| Flocculation of Metal Nanoparticles by Stimuli | p. 27 |
| Photoresponsive Aggregation | p. 27 |
| Metal Nanoparticles Modified with an Ionic Liquid Moiety | p. 28 |
| Conclusion and Outlook | p. 32 |
| References | p. 33 |
| Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Liquid Crystals: Innovation Toward ôSuprahybrid Materialö | p. 41 |
| Materials Innovation Toward ôSuprahybrid Materialö by the Utilization of Organic-Inorganic Hybridization | p. 41 |
| Organic Liquid Crystals and Lyotropic Liquid-Crystalline Inorganic Fine Particles | p. 42 |
| Development of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Liquid Crystals | p. 44 |
| Hybridization of Calamitic Liquid-Crystalline Amines with Monodispersed TiO2 Nanoparticles [4] | p. 44 |
| Hybridization of Calamitic Liquid-Crystalline Phosphates with Monodispersed ¿-Fe2O3 Fine Particles [5] | p. 48 |
| Summary and Prospect | p. 51 |
| References | p. 52 |
| Polymer-Assisted Composites of Trimetallic Nanoparticles with a Three-Layered Core-Shell Structure for Catalyses | p. 55 |
| Introduction | p. 55 |
| Fabrication of a Core/Shell Structure | p. 56 |
| Fabrication of Pd/Ag/Rh Trimetallic Nanoparticles | p. 59 |
| Catalytic Properties of Pd/Ag/Rh Trimetallic Nanoparticles | p. 64 |
| Au/Pt/Rh Trimetallic Nanoparticles | p. 68 |
| Pt/Pd/Rh Trimetallic Nanoparticles | p. 74 |
| Concluding Remarks | p. 76 |
| References | p. 78 |
| Fabrication of Organic Nanocrystals and Novel Nanohybrid Materials | p. 81 |
| Introduction | p. 81 |
| PDA Nanocrystals | p. 83 |
| Fabrication Technique: Reprecipitation Method | p. 83 |
| Optical Properties of PDA Nanocrystals | p. 87 |
| Hybridized PDA Nanocrystals | p. 88 |
| Silver-Deposited PDA Nanocrystals Fabricated Using Surfactants as Binder | p. 88 |
| Silver-Deposited PDA Nanocrystals Produced by Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Reduction | p. 94 |
| Summary and Future Scopes | p. 98 |
| References | p. 99 |
| Nanohybridized Thin Films | |
| Polymer Nanoassemblies and Their Nanohybridization with Metallic Nanoparticles | p. 103 |
| Introduction | p. 103 |
| Hybrid Nanoassemblies via Polymer Nanosheets | p. 106 |
| Spectroscopic Properties of Hybrid-Assemblies | p. 1ll |
| Hybrid Polymer Nanosheet Fabricated from Core-Shell Nanoparticles | p. 114 |
| Synthesis of Magnetic Nanoparticle Covered with Poly(N-Alkylmethacrylamide)s | p. 115 |
| Monolayer Behavior of p(alkylMA)s-Coated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles at the Air-Water Interface | p. 116 |
| Surface Morphology of Nanoparticle Monolayer at Different Deposition Pressures | p. 119 |
| Multilayer Formation | p. 120 |
| Conclusion | p. 121 |
| References | p. 122 |
| Single Molecular Film for Recognizing Biological Molecular Interaction: DNA-Protein Interaction and Enzyme Reaction | p. 125 |
| Introduction | p. 125 |
| Surface Forces Measurement | p. 125 |
| Interaction Between Nucleic Acid Bases | p. 126 |
| Surface Immobilization of Protein Modified with His-Tag | p. 127 |
| pH Dependence of DSIDA Interactions | p. 129 |
| Interactions Between DSIDA Monolayers in the Presence of Cu2+ | p. 130 |
| AFM Imaging of Immobilized His-Tag Sigma A Protein | p. 130 |
| Specific Interactions Between Enzyme-Substrate Complexes: Heptaprenyl Diphosphate Synthase | p. 130 |
| Interaction Between Subunit I and Subunit II upon Approach | p. 131 |
| Interaction Between Subunit I and Subunit II upon Separation | p. 132 |
| Selectivity in Substrate-Enzyme Complexation | p. 134 |
| Sequence-Dependent Interaction Between a Transcription Factor and DNA | p. 136 |
| Conclusion | p. 136 |
| References | p. 136 |
| Nanohybridized Fine Porous Materials | |
| Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Mesoporous Silica | p. 141 |
| Introduction | p. 141 |
| Postsynthetic Grafting Methods | p. 142 |
| Direct Synthesis from Monosilylated Organic Precursors | p. 143 |
| Direct Synthesis from Polysilylated Organic Precursors | p. 146 |
| Synthesis of PMOs from 100% Polysilylated Organic Precursors | p. 147 |
| Synthesis of PMOs by Cocondensation | p. 152 |
| PMOs with Crystal-Like Pore Walls | p. 157 |
| Synthesis of Various PMOs with Crystal-Like Pore Walls | p. 158 |
| Synthesis of PMO with Crystal-Like Pore Walls Obtained from Allyl Precursors | p. 161 |
| Functionalization of PMO with Crystal-Like Pore Walls | p. 163 |
| Summary | p. 164 |
| References | p. 165 |
| Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Zeolites Containing Organic Frameworks | p. 171 |
| Introduction | p. 171 |
| Synthesis and Physical Properties of ZOL | p. 172 |
| Crystallization Scheme | p. 180 |
| Proof of Organic Framework | p. 183 |
| Applications and Prospects | p. 188 |
| References | p. 189 |
| Characterization and Process of Nanohybridized Materials | |
| Characterization of Metal Proteins | p. 193 |
| Introduction | p. 193 |
| Proteins and Metals | p. 193 |
| Metals in Biology | p. 195 |
| Iron (Fe) | p. 196 |
| Copper (Cu) | p. 197 |
| Zinc (Zn) | p. 197 |
| Calcium (Ca) | p. 198 |
| Special Metal Cofactors | p. 199 |
| Iron-Sulfur Cofactor | p. 199 |
| Hemes | p. 201 |
| Functions of Metalloproteins | p. 202 |
| O2 Transport | p. 202 |
| Electron Transfer | p. 202 |
| Structural Roles for Metal Ions | p. 203 |
| Function of Metalloenzymes | p. 203 |
| Physical Methods in Characterizing Metalloproteins | p. 204 |
| X-Ray Crystallography | p. 204 |
| Optical Absorption Spectroscopy | p. 207 |
| X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy | p. 209 |
| Vibrational Spectroscopy | p. 210 |
| Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy | p. 211 |
| Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy | p. 212 |
| Mössbauer Spectroscopy | p. 213 |
| General References | p. 215 |
| References | p. 216 |
| Electron Microscopy Characterization of Hybrid Metallic Nanomaterials | p. 219 |
| Introduction | p. 219 |
| Principles of Electron Microscopy | p. 219 |
| Transmission Electron Microscopy | p. 219 |
| High-Angle Annular Dark-Field STEM | p. 223 |
| Analytical Electron Microscopy | p. 224 |
| Electron Holography | p. 227 |
| Specimen Preparation | p. 230 |
| Ultramicrotomy | p. 230 |
| Ion Milling | p. 231 |
| Focused Ion Beam | p. 232 |
| Applications | p. 233 |
| Carbon-Metal System (Carbon-Encapsulated Metal Nanoparticles) | p. 233 |
| Oxide-Oxide System (YBa2Cu3Oy High-Tc Superconductor) | p. 236 |
| Metal-Based Compound System (Nd-Fe-B Nanocomposite Magnet) | p. 238 |
| Metal-Oxide System (Co-CoO Recording Tape) | p. 239 |
| Polymer-Metal System (Silver-Epoxy Paste) | p. 242 |
| References | p. 245 |
| Supercritical Hydrothermal Synthesis of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Nanoparticles | p. 247 |
| Introduction | p. 247 |
| Supercritical Hydrothermal Technique | p. 249 |
| Apparatus | p. 251 |
| Basic Principles of Supercritical Hydrothermal Synthesis | p. 253 |
| Supercritical Hydrothermal Synthesis of Metal Oxides | p. 258 |
| Supercritical Hydrothermal Synthesis of Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Nanoparticles | p. 262 |
| Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Nanoparticles | p. 262 |
| Supercritical Hydrothermal Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Nanoparticles | p. 263 |
| Mechanism of Formation of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Nanoparticles | p. 265 |
| Experimental Study of the Supercritical Hydrothermal Synthesis of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Nanoparticles with Size and Shape Control | p. 268 |
| Dispersibility of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Nanoparticles | p. 271 |
| Evaluation Techniques for Organic Ligand Molecules in Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Nanoparticles | p. 273 |
| Self-Assembly of Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Nanoparticle | p. 274 |
| Conclusion | p. 276 |
| References | p. 277 |
| Index | p. 281 |
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