Self-Assembled Nanostructures

✍ Scribed by Jin Z. Zhang, Zhong-lin Wang, Jun Liu, Shaowei Chen, Gang-yu Liu (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 326
• Series: Nanostructure Science and Technology
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Nanostructures refer to materials that have relevant dimensions on the nanometer length scales and reside in the mesoscopic regime between isolated atoms and molecules in bulk matter. These materials have unique physical properties that are distinctly different from bulk materials. Self-Assembled Nanostructures provides systematic coverage of basic nanomaterials science including materials assembly and synthesis, characterization, and application. Suitable for both beginners and experts, it balances the chemistry aspects of nanomaterials with physical principles. It also highlights nanomaterial-based architectures including assembled or self-assembled systems. Filled with in-depth discussion of important applications of nano-architectures as well as potential applications ranging from physical to chemical and biological systems, Self-Assembled Nanostructures is the essential reference or text for scientists involved with nanostructures.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Synthetic Self-Assembled Materials: Principles and Practice....Pages 7-52
Examples of Nanoscale Materials in Nature....Pages 53-75
Nanocrystal Self-Assembly....Pages 77-117
Structural Characterization of Nanoarchitectures....Pages 119-156
Fabrication of Nanoarchitectures Using Lithographic Techniques....Pages 157-176
Chemical and Photochemical Reactivities of Nanoarchitectures....Pages 177-199
Optical, Electronic, and Dynamic Properties of Semiconductor Nanomaterials....Pages 201-255
Optical, Electronic, and Dynamic Properties of Metal Nanomaterials....Pages 257-270
Electrochemical Properties of Nanoparticle Assemblies....Pages 271-307
Back Matter....Pages 309-316

✦ Subjects

Condensed Matter Physics; Physical Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials