Sanjay Mathur and Suprakas Sinha Ray are the authors of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology IV, Volume 31, Issue 7, published by Wiley.

• Preface viiIntroduction ixCore-Shell Nanostructures: Scalable, One-Step Aerosol Synthesis and In-Situ Si02 Coating and Functionalization of Ti02 and Fe203 Nanoparticles 1J. T. N. Knijnenburg, A. Teleki, B. Buesser, and S. E. PratsinisSelf-Assembly of Metal Oxides—Liquid Phase Crystal Deposition of Anatase Ti02 Particles and Their Change in Surface Area 13Yoshitake MasudaSingle Step Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Magnetite Nanoparticles 21M. Hoffmann, R. von Hagen, H. Shen, and S. MathurPrintable Silver Nanostructures: Fabrication and Plasma-Chemical Modification 29R. von Hagen, M. Hoffmann, T. Lehnen, L. Xiao, D. Zopes, H. Shen, and S. MathurNanostructured Tin Dioxide and Tungsten Trioxide Gas Sensors Prepared by Glancing Angle Deposition 37Derya Deniz, Aravind Reghu, and Robert J. LadHydrothermal Synthesis of Ti02 Nanotubes: Microwave Heating Versus Conventional Heating 45Lucky M. Sikhwivhilu, Siyasanga Mpelane, Nosipho Moloto, and Suprakas Sinha RayFabrication and Properties of Core-Shell Type SiC/Si02 Nanowires through Low-Cost Production Technique 51Wasana Khongwong, Katsumi Yoshida, and Toyohiko YanoFabrication and Characterization of Multifunctional ZnO-Polymer Nanocomposites 63Hongbin Cheng, Qian Chen, and Qing-Ming WangHybrid Nanostructured Organic/Inorganic Photovoltaic Cells 71S. Antohe, I. Enculescu, Cristina Besleaga, lulia Arghir, V. A. Antohe, V. Covlea, A. Radu, and L. IonEnhanced Photovoltaic Effect Using Nanostructured Multi-Layered Photoelectrode 83M. Ramrakhiani and J.K. DongreEvaluation of Nanoparticles as Contrast Agent for Photoacoustic Imaging in Living Cells 91Yvonne Kohl, Hagen Thielecke, Wolfgang Bost, Robert Lemor, Frank Stracke, Christian Kaiser, Michael Schroeter, Karl Kratz, Andreas Henkel, and Carsten SonnichsenThe Use of CaC03 and Ca3(P04)2 as Supports for Fe-Co Catalysts for Carbon Nanotube Synthesis: A Comparative Study 101Sabelo D. Mhlanga, Suprakas Sinha Ray, and Neil J. CovilleNano-Microcomposite and Combined Coatings on Ti-Si-NAA/C-Co-Cr/Steel and Ti-Si-N/(Cr3C2)75-(NiCr)25 Base: Their Structure and Properties 115A. D. Pogrebnjak, V. V. Uglov, M. V. Il'yashenko, V. M. Beresnev, A. P. Shpak, M. V. Kaverin, N. K. Erdybaeva, Yu A. Kunitskyi, Yu. N. Tyurin, O. V. Kolisnichenko, N. A. Makhmudov, and A. P. ShypylenkoPhase Composition, Thermal Stability, Physical and Mechanical Properties of Superhard On Base Zr-Ti-Si-N Nanocomposite Coatings 127A. D. Pogrebnjak, O. V. Sobol, V. M. Beresnev, P. V. Turbin, G. V. Kirik, N. A. Makhmudov, M. V Il'yashenko, A. P. Shypylenko, M. V. Kaverin, M.Yu. Tashmetov, and A. V. PshykCharacterization of Nanocrystalline Surface Layer in Low Carbon Steel Induced by Surface Rapid Multi-Rolling Treatment 139Chang Sun, Kangning Sun, Jingde Zhang, Pengfei Chuan, Xiaoxin Wang, and Nan WangProperties of Nano-Metal Carbide Contained Mg-TiC (SiC) Composites 147Mustafa Aydin and Rasit KocAuthor Index 157