The ability to manipulate the structure and function of promising nanosystems via energy
input and external stimuli is emerging as an attractive paradigm for developing …

Nanoscience includes the study of objects and systems in which at least one dimension is 1-
100 nm. The objects studied in this range of sizes are larger than atoms and small …

Although gold is the subject of one of the most ancient themes of investigation in science, its
renaissance now leads to an exponentially increasing number of publications, especially in …

Small organic molecules, capable of undergoing efficient and reversible photochemical
reactions to switch them between (at least) two (meta) stable isomers associated with …

Azobenzene photochemistry is a fascinating area of investigation, on one hand, because it
is fairly wellknown, 1 and on the other hand because it has produced and continues to …

In this paper, we explore the optical properties of Ag nanoparticles chemically modified with
alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) by measuring the localized surface plasmon …

Nanoparticles (NPs) and molecular/supramolecular switches have attracted considerable
interest during the past decade on account of their unique properties and prominent roles in …

The change in shape inducible in some photo-reversible molecules using light can effect
powerful changes to a variety of properties of a host material. The most ubiquitous natural …

Gold nanoparticles and their arrays are some of the most studied nanomaterials, with
promising applications in many fields such as electronics, optoelectronics, catalysis and …

This volume chronicles the proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Contact
Angle, Wettability and Adhesion held in Providence, Rhode Island, May 20a 23, 2002. This …