Characterization Techniques for Nanomaterials

物質在奈米尺度上的操控是奈米科技的關鍵因素，並被視為當前工業革命背後的重要推動力，因為它為許多問題提供了簡便且可行的解決方案。由於奈米材料具有獨特的特性，它們可以應用於多個領域，如農業與食品科技、催化、生物醫學應用、組織培養工程及肥料。在這方面，奈米材料的特徵表徵在確定其光學、熱學及物理化學性質中扮演著重要角色。許多技術已被用於奈米材料的特徵表徵，本書詳細討論了最重要的技術，包括其原理、基本操作程序及適當的應用範例。總之，本書提供了有關奈米材料最重要的化學和結構特徵表徵技術的廣泛內容。

本書全面涵蓋了最重要的主題，包括以下幾點：
- 提供對奈米材料物理和化學特徵表徵技術的全面理解
- 包含每種特徵表徵技術的基本原理及適當範例的詳細資訊
- 涵蓋大多數重要的特徵表徵技術，這些技術應該是材料化學的本科生/早期職業科學家/初學者所需了解的
- 提供所有基本知識，以理解和進行奈米材料的相應分析
- 滿足對一本涵蓋奈米材料特徵表徵中最重要和有用的特徵表徵技術的書籍的及時需求

截至目前，尚無其他書籍或書章在一個部分中討論這些奈米特徵表徵技術，並提供所有基本儀器細節及奈米材料特徵表徵的敘述範例。簡而言之，本書將成為材料科學本科生/早期職業科學家/初學者的寶貴資產，因為它在短時間內提供了對大多數奈米特徵表徵工具所用技術的全面和完整理解。目標讀者為科學教育背景，特別針對本科生/研究生/早期科學家及化學、材料化學、奈米科技和奈米科學的初學者。

Dr. Imalka Munaweera is a winner of the 2021 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World for her research in Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics especially for her research contribution to the nanotechnology related projects. Currently, she is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Chemistry at University of Sri Jayewardenepura in Sri Lanka. She has over 10+ years of teaching experience in Nanotechnology, Application of Nanotechnology, Inorganic Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, and Instrumental Analysis. She has over 15+ years of research experience in the field of Nanotechnology, Inorganic Chemistry, and Material Sciences, as well as in instrumentation (AFM, SEM-EDX, and TEM-EDX, FTIR, Raman, DLS, SQUID, etc.). She obtained her PhD in Chemistry at The University of Texas at Dallas, USA in 2015. She has served as an Assistant Professor in Chemistry, A&M University, Prairie view, Texas, USA. She was a Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA. She was also a Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Texas at Dallas, Texas, USA during her graduate studies. Further, she was a Scientist at Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology, Sri Lanka in her early career. Her research interests are nanotechnology for drug delivery/ pharmaceutical applications, agricultural applications and water purification applications. Furthermore, she also pursues research towards development of nanomaterials from natural resources for various industrial applications. She has authored over 20 publications in indexed journals and is also an inventor of 4 US granted patents, two Sri Lankan granted patents (licensed and commercialized) and an international patent related to nanoscience and nanotechnology-based research. Further, she is a recipient of many awards related to nanoscience and nanotechnology research. In addition, she is a principal investigator (PI) for a research grant which was awarded by World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and a core PI for two more grants (NRC PPP and TWAS). From being awarded many accolades in both the U.S and Sri Lanka, including scholarships, she has also taken part in paper review and many conference presentations and contributed to abstract awards as well. Some of her awards include the National Science & Technology Award in Sri Lanka in 2010 under the category of innovative advanced technologies with commercial potential that was awarded by the President of Sri Lanka and several graduate competition awards awarded by the American Chemical Society.

Ms. Chamalki Madhusha is a graduate research assistant and she has obtained her BSc degree in Chemistry from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. Currently, she is working towards a sustainable future through green chemistry and nanotechnology-based findings. Her research interests include materials chemistry, food chemistry, green chemistry, and nanotechnology with high-impact journal publications. She is engaged in generating new research ideas and devising feasible solutions to broadly relevant problems. She is an author of eight indexed publications, two local and international patents and four international conference abstracts.

Dr. Imalka Munaweera 是 2021 年 OWSD-Elsevier 基金會發展中國家早期職業女性科學家獎的得主，因其在化學、數學和物理學方面的研究，特別是在納米技術相關項目的研究貢獻。目前，她是斯里蘭卡斯里賈耶瓦登普拉大學化學系的高級講師。她在納米技術、納米技術應用、無機化學、高分子化學和儀器分析方面擁有超過 10 年的教學經驗。在納米技術、無機化學和材料科學領域，她擁有超過 15 年的研究經驗，以及在儀器方面（如 AFM、SEM-EDX、TEM-EDX、FTIR、拉曼、DLS、SQUID 等）的經驗。她於 2015 年在美國德克薩斯州達拉斯的德克薩斯大學獲得化學博士學位。她曾擔任美國德克薩斯州普雷里維尤的 A&M 大學化學助理教授。她曾是美國德克薩斯州達拉斯的德克薩斯大學西南醫學中心的博士後研究員。在研究生學習期間，她還擔任過德克薩斯大學達拉斯校區化學系的研究/教學助理。此外，她在早期職業生涯中曾是斯里蘭卡納米技術研究所的科學家。她的研究興趣包括用於藥物傳遞/製藥應用的納米技術、農業應用和水處理應用。此外，她還致力於從自然資源開發納米材料以用於各種工業應用。她在索引期刊上發表了超過 20 篇論文，並且是 4 項美國授權專利、兩項斯里蘭卡授權專利（已授權並商業化）以及一項與納米科學和納米技術相關的國際專利的發明人。此外，她還獲得了許多與納米科學和納米技術研究相關的獎項。此外，她是由世界科學院（TWAS）頒發的研究補助金的首席研究員（PI），並且是另外兩項補助金（NRC PPP 和 TWAS）的核心 PI。她在美國和斯里蘭卡獲得了許多獎項，包括獎學金，並參與了論文審查和多次會議報告，並對摘要獎項做出了貢獻。她的一些獎項包括 2010 年斯里蘭卡國家科學與技術獎，該獎項在具有商業潛力的創新先進技術類別中由斯里蘭卡總統頒發，以及美國化學學會頒發的幾個研究生競賽獎項。

Ms. Chamalki Madhusha 是一名研究生研究助理，她在斯里蘭卡斯里賈耶瓦登普拉大學獲得化學學士學位。目前，她正通過綠色化學和基於納米技術的研究成果朝著可持續的未來努力。她的研究興趣包括材料化學、食品化學、綠色化學和納米技術，並在高影響力的期刊上發表了多篇論文。她致力於產生新的研究想法並制定可行的解決方案，以應對廣泛相關的問題。她是八篇索引出版物的作者，擁有兩項本地和國際專利以及四篇國際會議摘要。