Nanoparticle Assemblies and Superstructures

Nanoparticle Assemblies and Superstructures

Publisher: CRC | 648 pages | August 12, 2005 | ISBN 0824725247 | PDF | 28 MB

Cubes, Triangular prisms, nano-acorn, nano-centipedes, nanoshells, nano-whiskers. . . .

Now that we can create nanoparticles in a wide variety of shapes and morphologies, comes the next challenge: finding ways to organize this collection of particles into larger and more complex systems.

Nanoparticle Assemblies and Superstructures, edited by pioneer of nanoparticle self-organization Nicholas A. Kotov, employs three critical questions to provide a framework of open-ended inquiry:

1. What are the methods of organization of nanocolloids in more complex structures?

2. What kind of structures do we need?

3. What are the new properties appearing in nanocolloid superstructures?