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 lithography (-60 nm) and the molecular level. Nanoparticles possess an array of unique properties associated with their core materials, including distinctive magnetic, photonic and electronic behavior. This behavior can be controlled and applied through monolayer functionalization and assembly strategies, making nanoparticles both scaffolds and building blocks for nanotechnology. The diverse structures and properties of nanoparticles makes them useful tools for both fundamental studies and pragmatic applications in a range of disciplines. This volume is intended to provide an integrated overview of the synthesis and assembly of nanoparticles, and their applications in chemistry, biology, and materials science. The first three chapters focus on the creation and intrinsic properties of nanoparticles, covering some of the myriad core materials and shapes that have been created. The remaining chapters of the book discuss the assembly of nanoparticles, and applications of both discrete particles and particle assemblies in a wide range of fields, including device and sensor fabrication, catalysis, biology, and nanosca1e electronic and magnetic systems.

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University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Vincent Rotello

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Book Title: Nanoparticles
Book Subtitle: Building Blocks for Nanotechnology
Editors: Vincent Rotello
Series Title: Nanostructure Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9042-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2004
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-48287-8Published: 31 December 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-4770-5Published: 23 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-9042-6Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 1571-5744
Series E-ISSN: 2197-7976
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 284
Topics: Chemistry/Food Science, general, Materials Science, general, Nanotechnology, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials, Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology

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