Sanjay Mathur and Mrityunjay Singh are the authors of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology III, Volume 30, Issue 7, published by Wiley.

• Preface viiIntroduction ixNanowires as Building Blocks of New Devices: Present State and Prospects 1F. Hernandez-Rarnirez, J. D. Prades, R. Rodriguez-Diaz, A. Rornano-Rodriguez, J. R. Morante, and S. MathurMechanistic Studies on Chemical Vapor Deposition Grown Tin Oxide Nanowires 9Jun Pan, Lisong Xiao, Hao Shen and Sanjay MathurMultifunctional Silicon Nitride Ceramic Nanocomposites Using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes 17Erica L. CorralSimulation Based Design of Polymer Clay Nanocomposites Using Multiscale Modeling: An Overview 27Dinesh R. Katti and Kalpana S. KattiPreparation and Characteristic Control of Conducting Polymer/Metal Oxide Nano-Hybrid Films for Solar Energy Conversion 35Yasuhiro Tachibana, Satoshi Makuta, Yasuhide Otsuka, Jun Terao, Susurnu Tsuda, Nobuaki Kambe, and Susurnu Kuwabata Liquid Phase Morphology Control of Metal Oxides – Phase Transformation of Stand-Alone ZnO Films in Aqueous Solutions 51Yoshitake MasudaFabrication of the Finestructured Alumina Porous Materials with Nanoimprint Method 61Hong Dae Kim, Tadachika Nakayarn, Jun Yoshirnura, Kazuyoshi Irnaki, Takeshi Yoshirnura, Hisayuki Suernatsu, Tsuneo Suzuki, and Koichi NiiharaStructure Control of the Nanotube/Nanoparticle Hydrid Materials with Sonochemical Processing 67Masahiro Terauchi, Tadachika Nakayarna, Hisayuki Suernatsu, Tsuneo Suzukiand Koichi NiiharaEfficient Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue with CuO Loaded Nanocrystalline TiOp 77Arun Kurnar Menon and Sarnar Jyoti KalitaConstituent Phases of Nanosized Alumina Powders Synthesized by Pulsed Wire Discharge 89Satoru Ishihara, Yoshinori Tokoi, Yuu. Shikoda, Hisayuki Suematsu, Tsuneo Suzuki, Tadachika Nakayama, and Koichi NiiharaThe Formation of Nanostructure Compound Layer during Sulfur Plasma Nitriding and Its Mechnical Properties 99Kyoung II Moon, Yoon Kee Kim, and Kyung Sub LeeAdhesion Improvement of Hard Boron Nitride Films by Insertion of Various lnterlayers 111Tetsutaro Ohori, Hiroki Asarni, Jun Shirahata, Tsuneo Suzuki, Tadachika Nakayarna, Hisayuki Suematsu, and Koichi NiiharaProduction of Alumina Matrix Nanocomposite by Solid State Precipitation 119Arnartya Mukhopadhyay and R. I. ToddNanostructured Alumina Coatings Formed by a Dissolution/Precipitation Process Using AIN Powder Hydrolysis 133Andraz Kocjan, Kristoffer Krnel, Peter Jevnikar, Tornaz KosmacSynthesis of Aluminum Nitride Nanosized Powder by Pulsed Wire Discharge without Ammonia 143Yoshinori Tokoi, Tsuneo Suzuki, Tadachika Nakayarna, Hisayuki Suematsu, Futao Kaneko, and Koichi NiiharaDuctile Deformation in AlumindSilicon Carbide Nanocomposites 155Houzheng Wu, Steve Roberts, and Brian DerbyAuthor Index 165

Sanjay Mathur and Mrityunjay Singh are the authors of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology III, Volume 30, Issue 7, published by Wiley.

• Preface viiIntroduction ixNanowires as Building Blocks of New Devices: Present State and Prospects 1F. Hernandez-Rarnirez, J. D. Prades, R. Rodriguez-Diaz, A. Rornano-Rodriguez, J. R. Morante, and S. MathurMechanistic Studies on Chemical Vapor Deposition Grown Tin Oxide Nanowires 9Jun Pan, Lisong Xiao, Hao Shen and Sanjay MathurMultifunctional Silicon Nitride Ceramic Nanocomposites Using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes 17Erica L. CorralSimulation Based Design of Polymer Clay Nanocomposites Using Multiscale Modeling: An Overview 27Dinesh R. Katti and Kalpana S. KattiPreparation and Characteristic Control of Conducting Polymer/Metal Oxide Nano-Hybrid Films for Solar Energy Conversion 35Yasuhiro Tachibana, Satoshi Makuta, Yasuhide Otsuka, Jun Terao, Susurnu Tsuda, Nobuaki Kambe, and Susurnu Kuwabata Liquid Phase Morphology Control of Metal Oxides – Phase Transformation of Stand-Alone ZnO Films in Aqueous Solutions 51Yoshitake MasudaFabrication of the Finestructured Alumina Porous Materials with Nanoimprint Method 61Hong Dae Kim, Tadachika Nakayarn, Jun Yoshirnura, Kazuyoshi Irnaki, Takeshi Yoshirnura, Hisayuki Suernatsu, Tsuneo Suzuki, and Koichi NiiharaStructure Control of the Nanotube/Nanoparticle Hydrid Materials with Sonochemical Processing 67Masahiro Terauchi, Tadachika Nakayarna, Hisayuki Suernatsu, Tsuneo Suzukiand Koichi NiiharaEfficient Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue with CuO Loaded Nanocrystalline TiOp 77Arun Kurnar Menon and Sarnar Jyoti KalitaConstituent Phases of Nanosized Alumina Powders Synthesized by Pulsed Wire Discharge 89Satoru Ishihara, Yoshinori Tokoi, Yuu. Shikoda, Hisayuki Suematsu, Tsuneo Suzuki, Tadachika Nakayama, and Koichi NiiharaThe Formation of Nanostructure Compound Layer during Sulfur Plasma Nitriding and Its Mechnical Properties 99Kyoung II Moon, Yoon Kee Kim, and Kyung Sub LeeAdhesion Improvement of Hard Boron Nitride Films by Insertion of Various lnterlayers 111Tetsutaro Ohori, Hiroki Asarni, Jun Shirahata, Tsuneo Suzuki, Tadachika Nakayarna, Hisayuki Suematsu, and Koichi NiiharaProduction of Alumina Matrix Nanocomposite by Solid State Precipitation 119Arnartya Mukhopadhyay and R. I. ToddNanostructured Alumina Coatings Formed by a Dissolution/Precipitation Process Using AIN Powder Hydrolysis 133Andraz Kocjan, Kristoffer Krnel, Peter Jevnikar, Tornaz KosmacSynthesis of Aluminum Nitride Nanosized Powder by Pulsed Wire Discharge without Ammonia 143Yoshinori Tokoi, Tsuneo Suzuki, Tadachika Nakayarna, Hisayuki Suematsu, Futao Kaneko, and Koichi NiiharaDuctile Deformation in AlumindSilicon Carbide Nanocomposites 155Houzheng Wu, Steve Roberts, and Brian DerbyAuthor Index 165

Sanjay Mathur and Mrityunjay Singh are the authors of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology III, Volume 30, Issue 7, published by Wiley.

• Preface viiIntroduction ixNanowires as Building Blocks of New Devices: Present State and Prospects 1F. Hernandez-Rarnirez, J. D. Prades, R. Rodriguez-Diaz, A. Rornano-Rodriguez, J. R. Morante, and S. MathurMechanistic Studies on Chemical Vapor Deposition Grown Tin Oxide Nanowires 9Jun Pan, Lisong Xiao, Hao Shen and Sanjay MathurMultifunctional Silicon Nitride Ceramic Nanocomposites Using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes 17Erica L. CorralSimulation Based Design of Polymer Clay Nanocomposites Using Multiscale Modeling: An Overview 27Dinesh R. Katti and Kalpana S. KattiPreparation and Characteristic Control of Conducting Polymer/Metal Oxide Nano-Hybrid Films for Solar Energy Conversion 35Yasuhiro Tachibana, Satoshi Makuta, Yasuhide Otsuka, Jun Terao, Susurnu Tsuda, Nobuaki Kambe, and Susurnu Kuwabata Liquid Phase Morphology Control of Metal Oxides – Phase Transformation of Stand-Alone ZnO Films in Aqueous Solutions 51Yoshitake MasudaFabrication of the Finestructured Alumina Porous Materials with Nanoimprint Method 61Hong Dae Kim, Tadachika Nakayarn, Jun Yoshirnura, Kazuyoshi Irnaki, Takeshi Yoshirnura, Hisayuki Suernatsu, Tsuneo Suzuki, and Koichi NiiharaStructure Control of the Nanotube/Nanoparticle Hydrid Materials with Sonochemical Processing 67Masahiro Terauchi, Tadachika Nakayarna, Hisayuki Suernatsu, Tsuneo Suzukiand Koichi NiiharaEfficient Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue with CuO Loaded Nanocrystalline TiOp 77Arun Kurnar Menon and Sarnar Jyoti KalitaConstituent Phases of Nanosized Alumina Powders Synthesized by Pulsed Wire Discharge 89Satoru Ishihara, Yoshinori Tokoi, Yuu. Shikoda, Hisayuki Suematsu, Tsuneo Suzuki, Tadachika Nakayama, and Koichi NiiharaThe Formation of Nanostructure Compound Layer during Sulfur Plasma Nitriding and Its Mechnical Properties 99Kyoung II Moon, Yoon Kee Kim, and Kyung Sub LeeAdhesion Improvement of Hard Boron Nitride Films by Insertion of Various lnterlayers 111Tetsutaro Ohori, Hiroki Asarni, Jun Shirahata, Tsuneo Suzuki, Tadachika Nakayarna, Hisayuki Suematsu, and Koichi NiiharaProduction of Alumina Matrix Nanocomposite by Solid State Precipitation 119Arnartya Mukhopadhyay and R. I. ToddNanostructured Alumina Coatings Formed by a Dissolution/Precipitation Process Using AIN Powder Hydrolysis 133Andraz Kocjan, Kristoffer Krnel, Peter Jevnikar, Tornaz KosmacSynthesis of Aluminum Nitride Nanosized Powder by Pulsed Wire Discharge without Ammonia 143Yoshinori Tokoi, Tsuneo Suzuki, Tadachika Nakayarna, Hisayuki Suematsu, Futao Kaneko, and Koichi NiiharaDuctile Deformation in AlumindSilicon Carbide Nanocomposites 155Houzheng Wu, Steve Roberts, and Brian DerbyAuthor Index 165