Xiong Y., Lu X. (Eds.) Metallic Nanostructures: From Controlled Synthesis to Applications

Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, 2015. – 304 p. – ISBN: 9783319113036Nanoscience is an intersection of chemistry, physics, materials science, biology, electrical engineering, and many other disciplines to study matters at nanometer scale. More specifically, this multidisciplinary field is focused on matters with at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nm. In parallel to quantum dots that were invented earlier, metallic nanostructures have attracted tremendous attention from the research community, and their research has become a fast-growing subfield of the nanoscience. Metals possess a range of wonderful properties, leading to extensive use in industrial applications including catalysis, electronics, photography, and magnetic information storage. As the dimensions of metallic materials shrink down to the nanoscale, they give birth to numerous new applications such as photonics, imaging, and medicine. Undoubtedly, a majority of these promising applications require the use of metals in a finely divided state, which not only brings about grand challenges to materials synthesis, but creates opportunities for chemists to collaborate with the scientists of various academic backgrounds.
This is the first book to address the fundamentals in the controlled synthesis of metallic nanostructures toward fulfilling specific functions, and is intended for the scientists and engineers making efforts in the fields related to nanotechnology. Here we just name a few examples: materials science, chemistry, physics, electronics, magnetic information storage, catalysis, biotechnology, optics, and photonics.Metallic Nanostructures: Fundamentals
Controlled Synthesis: Nucleation and Growth in Solution
Bimetallic Nanocrystals: Growth Models and Controlled Synthesis
Interactions of Metallic Nanocrystals with Small Molecules
Plasmonic Nanostructures for Biomedical and Sensing Applications
Magnetic-Metallic Nanostructures for Biological Applications
Metallic Nanostructures for Electrocatalysis
Metallic Nanostructures for Catalytic Applications
Metallic Nanostructures for Electronics and Optoelectronics