Ebook: Metal Clusters and Nanoalloys: From Modeling to Applications
- Tags: Nanotechnology, Metallic Materials, Catalysis, Energy Storage
- Series: Nanostructure Science and Technology
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Metallic nanoparticles hold promise for their potential applications in a wide array of disciplines ranging from materials science to medicine. This book brings the power of theoretical methods to an audience of experimentalists, and explicates the simulation of metallic clusters and nanoparticles. It begins with a summary of the current state of research on metallic nanoparticles, then moves on to the current state of the art in theory of metallic nanoparticldes, and then explains why and how these tools help experimentalists. Contributions are provided by renowned experts in the field from across the world.
Metallic nanoparticles are promising materials due to their potential applications to a wide array of disciplines ranging from novel building materials to medicine. This book is the first of its kind, focusing solely on the most advanced theoretical techniques to model and simulate metallic clusters and nanoparticles. It includes a summary of the current state of research on metallic nanoparticles, detailed explanations of why and how these tools help experimentalists, and cutting edge contributions from renowned experts in the field from around the globe.
Metallic nanoparticles are promising materials due to their potential applications to a wide array of disciplines ranging from novel building materials to medicine. This book is the first of its kind, focusing solely on the most advanced theoretical techniques to model and simulate metallic clusters and nanoparticles. It includes a summary of the current state of research on metallic nanoparticles, detailed explanations of why and how these tools help experimentalists, and cutting edge contributions from renowned experts in the field from around the globe.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Experimental and Simulated Electron Microscopy in the Study of Metal Nanostructures....Pages 3-26
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Density-Functional Theory of Free and Supported Metal Nanoclusters and Nanoalloys....Pages 29-79
Closed-Shell Metal Clusters....Pages 81-103
Optical Properties of Metal Nanoclusters from an Atomistic Point of View....Pages 105-157
Spin-Fluctuation Theory of Cluster Magnetism....Pages 159-191
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Global Optimization of Free and Supported Clusters....Pages 195-214
Structure and Chemical Ordering in Nanoalloys: Toward Nanoalloy Phase Diagrams....Pages 215-241
Modelling Janus Nanoparticles....Pages 243-273
Modeling of Protected Nanoparticles....Pages 275-304
Thermodynamic Modeling of Metallic Nanoclusters....Pages 305-350
Back Matter....Pages 351-358
Metallic nanoparticles are promising materials due to their potential applications to a wide array of disciplines ranging from novel building materials to medicine. This book is the first of its kind, focusing solely on the most advanced theoretical techniques to model and simulate metallic clusters and nanoparticles. It includes a summary of the current state of research on metallic nanoparticles, detailed explanations of why and how these tools help experimentalists, and cutting edge contributions from renowned experts in the field from around the globe.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Experimental and Simulated Electron Microscopy in the Study of Metal Nanostructures....Pages 3-26
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Density-Functional Theory of Free and Supported Metal Nanoclusters and Nanoalloys....Pages 29-79
Closed-Shell Metal Clusters....Pages 81-103
Optical Properties of Metal Nanoclusters from an Atomistic Point of View....Pages 105-157
Spin-Fluctuation Theory of Cluster Magnetism....Pages 159-191
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Global Optimization of Free and Supported Clusters....Pages 195-214
Structure and Chemical Ordering in Nanoalloys: Toward Nanoalloy Phase Diagrams....Pages 215-241
Modelling Janus Nanoparticles....Pages 243-273
Modeling of Protected Nanoparticles....Pages 275-304
Thermodynamic Modeling of Metallic Nanoclusters....Pages 305-350
Back Matter....Pages 351-358
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