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Title Metallic nanoparticles / volume editor, John A. Blackman.

Imprint Amsterdam : Elsevier Science, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 385 pages)
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Series Handbook of metal physics, 1570-002X
Handbook of metal physics.
Summary Metallic nanoparticles display fascinating properties that are quite different from those of individual atoms, surfaces or bulk rmaterials. They are a focus of interest for fundamental science and, because of their huge potential in nanotechnology, they are the subject of intense research effort in a range of disciplines. Applications, or potential applications, are diverse and interdisciplinary. They include, for example, use in biochemistry, in catalysis and as chemical and biological sensors, as systems for nanoelectronics and nanostructured magnetism (e.g. data storage devices), where the drive for further miniaturization provides tremendous technological challenges and, in medicine, there is interest in their potential as agents for drug delivery. The book describes the structure of metallic nanoparticles, the experimental and theoretical techniques by which this is determined, and the models employed to facilitate understanding. The various methods for the production of nanoparticles are outlined. It surveys the properties of clusters and the methods of characterisation, such as photoionization, optical spectroscopy, chemical reactivity and magnetic behaviour, and discusses element-specific information that can be extracted by synchrotron-based techniques such as EXAFS, XMCD and XMLD. The properties of clusters can vary depending on whether they are free, deposited on a surface or embedded in a matrix of another material; these issues are explored. Clusters on a surface can be formed by the diffusion and aggregation of atoms; ways of modelling these processes are described. Finally we look at nanotechnology and examine the science behind the potential of metallic nanoparticles in chemical synthesis, catalysis, the magnetic separation of biomolecules, the detection of DNA, the controlled release of molecules and their relevance to data storage. The book addresses a wide audience. There was a huge development of the subject beginning in the mid-1980s where researchers began to study the properties of free nanoparticle and models were developed to describe the observations. The newcomer is introduced to the established models and techniques of the field without the need to refer to other sources to make the material accessible. It then takes the reader through to the latest research and provides a comprehensive list of references for those who wish to pursue particular aspects in more detail. It will also be an invaluable handbook for the expert in a particular aspect of nanoscale research who wishes to acquire knowledge of other areas. The authors are specialists in different aspects of the subject with expertise in physics and chemistry, experimental techniques and computational modelling, and in interdisciplinary research. They have collaborated in research. They have also collaborated in writing this book, with the aim from the outset of making it is a coherent whole rather than a series of independent loosely connected articles. * Appeals to a wide audience * Provides an introduction to established models and techniques in the field * Comprehensive list of references.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Print version record.
Contents Shell models of isolated clusters / J.A. Blackman -- Production of nanoparticles on supports using gas-phase deposition and MBE / C. Binns -- Theory of cluster growth on surfaces / P.A. Mulheran -- Chemical methods for preparation of nanoparticles in solution / C.-H. Yu, Kin Tam, Edman S.C. Tsang -- Structure of isolated clusters / J.A. Blackman -- Photoexcitation and optical absorption / J.A. Blackman -- Magnetism in isolated clusters / C. Binns, J.A. Blackman -- Magnetism in supported and embedded clusters / C. Binns, J.A. Blackman -- Some applications of nanoparticles / C.-H. Yu [and others].
Language English.
Subject Nanostructured materials.
Metals.
Nanoparticles.
Metal clusters.
Nanostructures
Metals
Nanoparticles
Nanoparticules.
Agrégats métalliques.
Nanomatériaux.
Métaux.
metal.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Material Science.
Metal clusters
Metals
Nanoparticles
Nanostructured materials
Metallcluster
Nanostrukturiertes Material
Added Author Blackman, J. A. (John Arthur), 1942-
Other Form: Print version: Metallic nanoparticles. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier, 2009 9780444512406 (OCoLC)261123173
ISBN 9780444512406
0444512403
9780080559698 (ebook)
0080559697 (ebook)
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9781281964823
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9781282167278
9786611964825
6611964827
9786612167270
6612167270
Standard No. AU@ 000047499908
CHDSB 005986175
DEBBG BV039835192
DEBBG BV042307208
DEBSZ 305730835
DEBSZ 48235822X
NZ1 14676240
NZ1 15190291

 
    
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