Self-assembly of various building blocks has been considered as a powerful approach to
generate novel materials with tailorable structures and optimal properties. Understanding …

The field of nanocatalysis (in which nanoparticles are used to catalyze reactions) has
undergone an exponential growth during the past decade. Two types of studies have been …

Clusters or nanoparticles are aggregates of between a few and many millions of atoms or
molecules. They may consist of identical atoms, or molecules, or two or more different …

Particles in the nanometer size range are attracting increasing attention with the growth of
interest in nanotechnological disciplines. Nanoparticles display fascinating electronic and …

▪ Abstract Noble metal particles have long fascinated scientists because of their intense
color, which led to their application in stained glass windows as early as the Middle Ages …

Cytotoxicity of CdSe and CdSe/ZnS nanoparticles has been investigated for different surface
modifications such as coating with mercaptopropionic acid, silanization, and polymer …

The chemistry, material processing and fundamental understanding of colloidal
semiconductor nanocrystals (quantum dots) are advancing at an astounding rate, bringing …

Conventional and novel syntheses of silver nanoparticles are considered, their advantages
and shortcomings are analysed. Attention is focused on the shape-controlled methods of …

Metal nanoclusters have physical properties differing significantly from their bulk
counterparts. Metallic properties such as delocalization of electrons in bulk metals which …

Nanostructured materials may be defined as those materials whose structural elements-
clusters, crystallites or molecules-have dimensions in the 1 to 100 nm range. The explosion …