Nanoscopic Materials

Size-Dependent Phenomena

By: Emil Roduner

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Hardcover | 29 August 2006

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Nanotechnology has been hailed as a key technology of the 21st century. The scope of this field is huge and could have a wide influence on many aspects of life. Nanoscience; the manipulation of matter at the atomic and molecular level, and nanomaterials; materials so small that their behaviour and characteristics deviate from those of macroscopic specimens and may be predicted by scaling laws or by quantum confinement effects, are discussed in Nanoscopic Materials: Size - Dependent Phenomena.

The book focuses on a qualitative and quantitative approach discussing all areas of nanotechnology with particular emphasis on the underlying physico-chemical and physical principles of nanoscience. Topics include electronic structure, magnetic properties, thermodynamics of size dependence and catalysis. There is also a section discussing the future potential of the field and the ethical implications of nanotechnology.

The book is ideal for graduate students of chemistry and materials science and researchers new to the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology.

The book focuses on a qualitative and quantitative approach discussing all areas of nanotechnology with particular emphasis on the underlying physico-chemical and physical principles of nanoscience. Topics include electronic structure, magnetic properties, thermodynamics of size dependence and catalysis. There is also a section discussing the future potential of the field and the ethical implications of nanotechnology. The book is ideal for graduate students of chemistry and materials science and researchers new to the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology.

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Lots of helpful illustrations and some of them in full colour....each of the eleven chapters includes a summary box at the end where the 'key points' are reiterated in clear and concise language, complete with bullet points.A timely reminder of how much every-thing we think we know about matter can change when the packaging unit of that matter becomes very small.

* Chemistry & Industry, 10 December 2007, 34 (Michael Gross) *

This book provides an overview of the size-related changes that underlie much of the current interest in nanoscience.

* Nanotoday, June 2007, Vol.2, No.3 *

Excellent as an introductory text to inorganic nanoscopic materials.......a very useful primer on inorganic nanoscopic materials.

* Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.129, No.13, 2007 (Thomas P Russell) *

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Introduction	p. 1
Clusters and Nanoparticles	p. 1
Feynman's Vision	p. 2
Bulk and Interface	p. 5
Gradients Near Surfaces	p. 5
The Coordination Number Rules the Game	p. 6
Surface Science, a Source of Information for Nanoscience	p. 8
Particle Size and Microstrain	p. 11
Biomimetics: Nature as a Source of Inspiration for Strategies in Nanotechnology	p. 17
Geometric Structure, Magic Numbers, and Coordination Numbers of Small Clusters	p. 21
The Consequences of the Range of the Radial Potential Energy Function	p. 21
Magic Numbers by Geometric Shells Closing	p. 26
Magic Numbers by Electronic Shells Closing	p. 29
Cohesive Energy and Coordination Number	p. 34
Electronic Structure	p. 41
Discrete States Versus Band Structure	p. 41
The Effects of Dimensionality and Symmetry in Quantum Structures	p. 42
The Nonmetal-to-Metal Transition	p. 47
General Criteria	p. 47
The Special Case of Divalent Elements	p. 49
Experimental Criteria of Metallic Behaviour	p. 51
Work Function, Ionisation Potential and Electron Affinity	p. 55
Electronic Structure of Semiconductor and Metal Clusters	p. 60
Optical Transitions in Semiconductor Nanoclusters	p. 60
Photochemical and Photophysical Processes of Semiconductor Nanoparticles	p. 65
Optical Properties of Metal Nanoclusters	p. 69
A Semiconductor Quantum Dot Electronic Device	p. 74
Magnetic Properties	p. 81
A Brief Primer on Magnetism	p. 81
The Basic Parameters	p. 81
Curie Paramagnetism	p. 82
Curie-Weiss Paramagnetism	p. 83
Antiferromagnetism	p. 84
Ferromagnetism and Ferrimagnetism	p. 84
Molecular Magnets	p. 86
Superparamagnetism	p. 88
Other Forms of Magnetism	p. 90
The Concept of Frustration	p. 91
Magnetic Properties of Small Clusters	p. 95
Theoretical Predictions	p. 95
Experimental Observations of Magnetism in Clusters	p. 100
Ferromagnetic Order in Thin Films and Monoatomic Chains	p. 106
Finite Size Effects in Magnetic Resonance Detection	p. 109
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance	p. 109
Electron Spin Resonance	p. 111
Thermodynamics for Finite Size Systems	p. 119
Limitations of Macroscopic Thermodynamics	p. 119
A Formal Approach	p. 119
Systems Beyond the Thermodynamic Limit	p. 120
The Breakdown of the Concept of Phases	p. 122
The Basics of Capillarity	p. 124
Phase Transitions of Free Liquid Droplets	p. 128
The Lotus Effect	p. 129
Classical Nucleation Theory	p. 136
Shape Control of Nanocrystals	p. 141
Size Effects on Ion Conduction in Solids	p. 148
Principles of Self-Assembly	p. 152
Adsorption, Phase Behaviour and Dynamics of Surface Layers and in Pores	p. 163
Surface Adsorption and Pore Condensation	p. 163
The Langmuir Adsorption Isotherm	p. 163
The Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) Equation	p. 163
Adsorption in Micropores	p. 166
Adsorption and Condensation in Mesopores	p. 168
Determination of Mesopore Volumes and Mean Pore Size	p. 169
Adsorption Hysteresis and Pore Criticality	p. 170
The Melting Point of Pore-confined Matter	p. 178
Layering Transitions	p. 185
Layering of Solids and Liquids Adsorbed on Smooth Surfaces	p. 185
Layering Transitions of Confined Fluids in Smooth Pores	p. 187
Liquid Coexistence and Ionic Solutions in Pores	p. 191
The Effect of Pressure	p. 193
Dynamics in Pores	p. 194
Dielectric Properties	p. 194
Diffusion and Viscosity Under Confinement	p. 198
Nucleation, Phase Transitions and Dynamics of Clusters	p. 209
Melting Point and Melting Enthalpy	p. 209
Introduction	p. 209
Supported Tin Clusters	p. 210
Melting of Cadmium Sulfide Nanocrystals	p. 214
Free Sodium Clusters	p. 214
Isolated Silver Clusters	p. 219
Simulated Melting Behaviour of Further Metal Clusters	p. 221
Discrete Periodic Melting of Indium Clusters	p. 221
Hydrogen-Induced Melting of Palladium Clusters	p. 222
Dynamics of Metal Clusters	p. 223
Phase Transitions of Two-Dimensional Systems	p. 233
Melting of Thin Layers	p. 233
Structural Phase Transitions in Thin Layers	p. 233
Glass Transition of a Polymer Thin Film	p. 235
Surface Alloy Phases	p. 236
Catalysis by Metallic Nanoparticles	p. 239
Some General Principles of Catalysis by Nanoparticles	p. 239
Size-Controlled Catalytic Clusters	p. 241
Shape-Dependent Catalytic Activity	p. 246
The Effect of Strain	p. 248
The Effect of Alloying	p. 252
Metal-Support Interaction	p. 255
The Influence of External Bias Voltage	p. 257
Applications: Facts and Fictions	p. 263
Nanomaterials	p. 263
General Considerations	p. 263
Applications in Medicine	p. 263
Intelligent Surfaces	p. 265
Applications in Catalysis	p. 265
Applications in Environmental Technologies	p. 265
Nanotechnology	p. 266
Applications to Nanomechanics	p. 267
Applications in Nanoelectronics	p. 269
Applications of Single Spin- and Nanomagnetism	p. 272
Applications of Optical Properties	p. 273
Hopes, Hazards and Hype	p. 275
Is Nanotechnology Useful?	p. 275
Potential Health and Environmental Hazards	p. 276
Ethical and Social Threats from Nanotechnology	p. 276
Is Nanotechnology but Hype?	p. 278
Subject Index	p. 281
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