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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019142103321

Titolo

Colloids and colloid assemblies : synthesis, modification, organization, and utilization of colloid particles / / edited by Frank Caruso

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, c2004

ISBN

9786610560783

9781280560781

1280560789

9783527606108

3527606106

9783527602100

3527602100

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (623 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CarusoFrank, Prof

Disciplina

541/.345

Soggetti

Nanostructured materials

Colloids

Nanotechnology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Colloids and Colloid Assemblies; Foreword; Preface; Contents; List of Contributors; 1 Latex Particles; 2 Semiconductor Nanoparticles; 3 Monolayer Protected Clusters of Gold and Silver; 4 Sonochemical Synthesis of Inorganic and Organic Colloids; 5 Colloidal Nanoreactors and Nanocontainers; 6 Miniemulsions for the Convenient Synthesis of Organic and Inorganic Nanoparticles and "Single Molecule" Applications in Materials Chemistry; 7 Metal and Semiconductor Nanoparticle Modification via Chemical Reactions; 8 Nanoscale Particle Modification via Sequential Electrostatic Assembly

9 Colloidal Crystals: Recent Developments and Niche Applications10 Surface-directed Colloid Patterning: Selective Deposition via Electrostatic and Secondary Interactions; 11 Evolving Strategies of Nanomaterials Design; 12 Nanoparticle Organization at the Air-Water Interface and in Langmuir-Blodgett Films; 13 Layer-by-layer Self-assembly of Metal Nanoparticles on Planar Substrates: Fabrication and



Properties; 14 Assembly of Electrically Functional Microstructures from Colloidal Particles; 15 3D Ordered Macroporous Materials

16 Semiconductor Quantum Dots as Multicolor and Ultrasensitive Biological Labels17 Colloids for Encoding Chemical Libraries: Applications in Biological Screening; 18 Polyelectrolyte Microcapsules as Biomimetic Models; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Written by outstanding experts in the colloids field, this book deals with the recent developments in the synthesis, modification, utilization and application of colloids. The types covered range from metal nanoparticles through to inorganic particles and polymer latexes. Strategies for their modification to impart new properties will be outlined and ordered assemblies derived from colloid particles and some applications for colloids are shown.A multidisciplinary audience spread throughout academia and industry alike will certainly appreciate this first concise collection of knowledge in b