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Nanoparticles Building Blocks for Nanotechnology

The integration of top-down lithographic techniques with synthetic organic and inorganic technologies is a key challenge for the development of effective nanosca1e devices. In terms of assembly, nanoparticles provide an excellent tool for bridging the gap between the resolution of electron beam lith...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rotello, Vincent
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2004, 2004
Edition:1st ed. 2004
Series:Nanostructure Science and Technology
Subjects:
Materials Science
Thin Films
Chemistry
Surfaces, Interfaces And Thin Film
Nanotechnology
Materials / Analysis
Surfaces (technology)
Characterization And Analytical Technique
Online Access:
Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 2.6 Summary and Future Outlook
  • 3. Architecture of Nanocrystal Building Blocks
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Recent Developments in the Architectural Control of Nanobuilding Blocks
  • 3.3 Shape-Guiding Growth Mechanisms
  • 3.4 Critical Parameters for Architecture Guiding Processes of Nanocrystals
  • 3.5 Future Direction
  • 4. Nanoparticle Scaffolds for Devices and Sensors
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Nanoparticles Modified with Molecular or Ionic Receptors
  • 4.3 Thin Film Sensors Containing Metal Colloidal Particles
  • 4.4 Organized Nanoparticle Assemblies
  • 4.5 Conclusions and Outlook
  • 5. Nanoparticles in Catalysis
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Fundamental Issues
  • 5.3 Challenges and Opportunities
  • 5.4 Fabrication of Nanoparticles as Catalysts
  • 5.5 Traditional Approaches
  • 5.6 Surface-Capping Approaches
  • 5.7 Surpported Nanoparticle catalysts
  • 5.8 Assembled Nanoparticle Catalysts
  • 5.9 The Nanoparticle Assembly
  • 5.10 The Catalytic Activation
  • 5.11 Conclusions and Prospectus
  • 6. Adventures with Smart Chemical Sensing: Electrooptically Responsive Photonic Crystals
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Diffraction from CCA Photonic Crystals
  • 6.3 CCA Optical Switching and Optical Limiting
  • 6.4 Polymerized Colloidal Array Switching and Optical Limiting
  • 6.5 PCCA Photonic Crystal Chemical Sensing Materials
  • 6.6 Conclusions
  • 7. Plasmonic Nanomaterials: Enhanced Optical Properties from Metal Nanoparticles and Their Ensembles
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Surface Plasmons in Spherical Metal Nanoparticles
  • 7.3 Surface Plasmons: Theoretical Considerations
  • 7.4 Surface Plasmons and the Material function
  • 7.5 Metal Nanoparticle Ensembles
  • 7.6 Conclusion
  • 8. Nanoparticle Polymer Ensembles
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Assembly of Polymer-Nanoparticle Composite Materials
  • 8.3 Nanoparticle Building Blocks and Polymer Scaffolds
  • 8.4 Polymer-Nanoparticle Assemblies for Catalyic Applications
  • 1. Synthesis and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles
  • 1.3 Synthesis of Single Metal MNPs
  • 1.4 Synthesis of Alloyed Metal Nanoparticles
  • 1.5 Synthesis of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles
  • 1.6 Self-assembled monolayers on Iron and Iron Oxide MNPs
  • 1.7 Preparation of Bioconjugate MNPs
  • 1.8 BlOsynthetic routes to MNPs
  • 1.9 Synthesis of Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Nanoparticles
  • 1.10 Synthesis of Transition Metal Coordination Polymer Nanoparticles
  • 1.11 The Limits of Nano: Single Molecule Magnets
  • 1.12 Summary and Outlook
  • 2. Semiconductor Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Properties, and Integration into Polymers for the Generation of Novel Composite Materials
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Nanoparticle Synthesis
  • 2.3 Semiconductor Nanoparticle/Polymer Composites
  • 2.4 Nanoparticle-Polymer Composites Obtained by End-Group Attachment
  • 2.5 Self- and Directed-Assembly of Semiconducting Nanoparticles
  • 8.5 Fabrication of Polymer-Mediated Organized Nanoparticle Assemblies
  • 8.6 Organized Polymer-Nanoparticle Assemblies on Surfaces
  • 8.7 Dendrimers in Catalytic and Assembly
  • 8.8 Conclusion
  • 9. Electrostatic Assembly of Nanoparticles
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 Electrostatic Nanoparticle Assembly in Solution
  • 9.3 Electrostatically Driven Nanoparticle Assembly in Thin Films
  • 10. Biological and Biomimetic Applications of Nanoparticles
  • 10.1 Introduction
  • 10.2 Colloidal Gold Bioconjugates
  • 10.3 Low and High Nuclearity Metal Clusters Conjugates
  • 10.4 Biological Applications of Semiconductors Quantum Dots
  • 10.5 DNA and Nanoparticles
  • 10.6 DNA Recognition
  • 10.7 DNA-Nanoparticle-Based Devices
  • 10.8 Biomimetic Applications: Mimicry of Carbohydrate-Protein and Carbohydrate-Carbohydrate Interactions
  • 10.9 Mimicry of Polyvalency and Cooperativity
  • 10.10 Nanomaterials as Delivery Systems
  • 10.11 Conclusion
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