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 …

Nanoscience and nanotechnology are recent revolutionary developments of science and
engineering that are evolving at a very fast pace. They are driven by the desire to fabricate …

Nanoparticles are the focus of much attention due to their astonishing properties and
numerous possibilities for applications in nanotechnology. For realising versatile functions …

Uniform, close-packed monolayer and bilayer arrays of alkanethiol-coated gold
nanoparticles have been used as “ink” for microcontact printing (μCP) following the …

Langmuir− Blodgett (LB) films of monodisperse iron oxide nanoparticles have been
successfully deposited onto patterned poly (dimethylsiloxane) surfaces. These patterned LB …

Although a few nanosized metal carbonyl clusters were already obtained in the seventies,
these structurally and compositionally well-defined molecules attracted the interest of …

Indiscriminate adsorption of nanoparticles (NPs) significantly complicates the preparation of
mesoscale NP patterns considered as enabling technology for many devices and …

Time-lapse studies of a film of passivated gold nanoparticles under electron beam
irradiation have been performed using a transmission electron microscope, revealing the …

Patterned arrays of gold nanoparticles in two dimensions were prepared by the electron
beam reduction and subsequent thermolysis of gold (I)− thiolate complexes on silicon …

Metal nanowire thin films have been obtained by electrodeposition into mesoporous silica
thin‐film templates, resulting in nanowire arrays that reflect the pore structure of the …