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 …

Driven by the search for new materials with interesting and unique properties and also by
the fundamental question of how atomic and molecular physical behaviour develops with …

Current research into semiconductor clusters is focused on the properties of quantum dots—
fragments of semiconductor consisting of hundreds to many thousands of atoms—with the …

Highly luminescent semiconductor quantum dots (zinc sulfide–capped cadmium selenide)
have been covalently coupled to biomolecules for use in ultrasensitive biological detection …

The field of nanoparticle research has drawn much attention in the past decade as a result of
the search for new materials. Size confinement results in new electronic and optical …

This important book focuses on the synthesis and fabrication of nanostructures and
nanomaterials, but also includes properties and applications of nanostructures and …

The size and temperature dependence of the plasmon absorption is studied for 9, 15, 22, 48,
and 99 nm gold nanoparticles in aqueous solution. The plasmon bandwidth is found to …

The synthesis of epitaxially grown, wurtzite CdSe/CdS core/shell nanocrystals is reported.
Shells of up to three monolayers in thickness were grown on cores ranging in diameter from …

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

Nanomaterials, such as metal or semiconductor nanoparticles and nanorods, exhibit similar
dimensions to those of biomolecules, such as proteins (enzymes, antigens, antibodies) or …