... Applications 23 2. 4.1 Titanium Dioxide 25 2. 4 .2 Zero -Valent I ron 25 2. 4.3 Silver 26 2. 4.4 Carbon Black 27 2. 4.5 Carbon Nanotubes 28 2. 4.6 Fullerenes 29 2. 5 Summary 30References 31© 20 09 by Taylor ... nanomateri-alstoillustratevariousaspectsofnanotechnology.Unlessotherwisenoted,productinformationinthischapteroriginatedfromtheNanotechnologyConsumerProductsInventorymaintainedbytheWoodrowWilsonInstitute[1].CONTENTS 2. 1 Denitions 12 2 .2 Classication of Nanosca le Mater ials 13 2. 2.1 Origin 13 2. 2 .2 Composition and Structure 13 2. 2.3 Free versus Fixed Nanoparticles 15 2. 3 Properties of Nanoscale Materials ... EnvironmentoffullerenesmeritedaNobelPrizeawardtoDr.RichardSmalley,Dr.RobertCurl,andDr.HaroldKrotoin1996 [28 ].MuchofthisworkoccurredatRiceUniversityin Texas, leading the legislature of the State of Texas to designate, in 1997, that the buckminsterfullereneistheofcialStateMoleculeofTexas [29 ].TheC60fullereneisthemostcommonform,followedbyC70;higherfullerenesincludeC74,C76,C78,C80,C 82, C84,andC86throughC96.Variationsonthefullerene...