Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Stabilization, Passivation, and Functionalization

Content: Preface; Introduction; 1. Nanoparticles: Building Blocks for Nanotechnology; Metal Nanoparticles; 2. Synthesis and Stabilization of Colloidal Gold Nanoparticle Suspensions for SERS; 3. Controlled Chemical Functionalization of Gold Nanoparticles; 4. Synthesis of Thiol Surfactant with Tunable Length as a Stabilizer of Gold Nanoparticles; 5. "Rippled" Mixed Monolayer Protected Nanoparticles with Charged Ligands; 6. Synthesis and Optical Properties of 1-D Metal and Core/Shell Colloidal Nanostructures; 7. Functional Nanostructures by Wet Chemistry: A Tool to Ordered 1D and 3D Nanostructures; 8. Synthesis and Characterization of Tannic Acid Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles; 9. Time-dependent Density Functional Theory Examination of the Effects of Ligand Adsorption on Metal Nanoparticles; Metal Oxide Nanoparticles; 10. Surfactant Effects on the Particle Size and Formation of Iron Oxides via a Sol-gel Process; 11. Reactivity Screening of Anatase TiO2 Nanotubes Array and Anatase Thin Films: A Surface Chemistry Point of View; 12. The Facile Preparation of Partially Reduced V2O5 Nanowire Sheets; Semiconductor and Inorganic Nanoparticles; 13. Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Quantum Dots; 14. Synthesis and Application of Fluoroalkyl End-capped Oligomers/Silica; 15. Conduction in Colloidal Systems: A Kinetic Study of Ag2S Semiconductor Nanoparticle Formation; 16. Ultra-bright Fluorescent Silica Particles: Physical Entrapment of Fluorescent Dye Rhodamine 640 in Nanochannels; 17. Synthesis, Passivation and Stabilization of Nanoparticles, Nanorods and Nanowires by Microwave Irradiation; 18. Ion Transport in Sulfonated Nanoporous Opal Films; 19. Convectional, Sedimentation and Drying Dissipative Patterns of Colloidal Dispersions and Solutions; Polymer Nanoparticles; 20. Synthesis, Assembly and Functionalization of Polymer Coated Ferromagnetic Nanoparticles; 21. Structural Characterization of Glassy and Rubbery Model Anionic Amphiphilic Polymer Conetworks; 22. Polymer-Inorganic Nanocomposites from Si-Based Substrates: Applications of Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP); 23. Preparation of Polysaccharide-Covered Polymeric Nanoparticles by Several Processes Involving Amphiphilic Polysaccharides; 24. "Frozen" Micelles: Polymer Nanoparticles of Controlled Size by Self-assembly; Organic and Bio Nanoparticles; 25. Nanoparticles as Seeds for Organic Crystallization; 26. Synthesis and Characterization of Tobacco Mosaic Virus Templated Polymeric Nanomaterials; 27. Sensitivity and Selectivity Limits of Multiplex NanoSPR Biosensor Assays; 28. Investigation of Colloidal Suspension of SWCNT and ?-Cyclodextrin Using AFM and Molecular Dynamics Simulation