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Nanoclusters

A Bridge across Disciplines

  • 1st Edition, Volume 1 - December 20, 2010
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Purusottam Jena, A. Welford Castleman Jr.
  • Language: English

This comprehensive book on Nanoclusters comprises sixteen authoritative chapters written by leading researchers in the field. It provides insight into topics that are currently at… Read more

Description

This comprehensive book on Nanoclusters comprises sixteen authoritative chapters written by leading researchers in the field. It provides insight into topics that are currently at the cutting edge of cluster science, with the main focus on metal and metal compound systems that are of particular interest in materials science, and also on aspects related to biology and medicine. While there are numerous books on clusters, the focus on clusters as a bridge across disciplines sets this book apart from others.

Key features

  • Delivers cutting edge coverage of cluster science

  • Covers a broad range of topics in physics, chemistry, and materials science

  • Written by leading researchers in the field

Readership

Advanced undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in nanoscience, biology and biomedical systems

Table of contents

1. Introduction to Atomic Clusters, P. Jena and A. W. Castleman, Jr

2. Clusters: An Embryonic Form of Crystals and Nano-structures, K. Hoang, M. S. Lee, S. D. Mahanti, and P. Jena

3. Applications of the Cluster Method for Biological Systems, R. H. Scheicher, M. Pujari, K. Ramini Lata, N. Sahoo and T. P. Das

4. Cluster Structures: Bridging Experiment and Theory, F. Janetzko, A. Goursot, T. Mineva, P. Calaminici, R. Flores-Morenocd, A.M. Köster, D.R. Salahub

5. Multiple Aromaticity, Multiple Antiaromaticity, and Conflicting Aromaticity in Planar Clusters, D. Yu. Zubarev and A. I. Boldyrev

6. Reactivity and Thermochemistry of Transition Metal Cluster Cations, P. B. Armentrout

7. Hydrogen and Hydrogen Clusters Across Disciplines, I. Cabria, M. Isla, M. J. Lόpez, J. I. Martínez, L. M. Molina and J. A. Alonso

8. Laser Induced Crystallization, A. Fischer, R.M. Pagni, R.N. Compton, and D. Kondepudi

9. Superatoms: From Motifs to Materials, A. C. Reber, S. N. Khanna and A. W. Castleman, Jr

10. Silica as an Exceptionally Versatile Nanoscale Building Material: (SiO2)N Clusters to Bulk, S. T. Bromley

11. Uncovering New Magnetic Phenomena in Metal Clusters , Mark B. Knickelbein

12. Metal clusters, Quantum Dots and Trapped Atoms – From Single-Particle Models to Correlation, M. Manninen and S.M. Reimann

13. Tailoring Functionality of Clusters and Their Complexes with Biomolecules by Size, Structures, and Lasers, V. Bonačić-Koutecký, R. Mitríc, C. Bürgel, and J. Petersen

14.Interfacing Cluster Physics with Biology at the Nanoscale, C. Leung and R. Palmer

15. Dynamics of Biomolecules from Firstprinciples, I. M. Degtyarenko and R. M. Nieminen

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 1
  • Published: December 20, 2010
  • Language: English

About the editors

PJ

Purusottam Jena

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

AC

A. Welford Castleman Jr.

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

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