Complex-Shaped Metal Nanoparticles: Bottom-Up Syntheses and Applications

Tapan K. Sau; Andrey L. Rogach

ISBN 10: 3527330771 / ISBN 13: 9783527330775

Published by Wiley-VCH, 2012

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Oversized hardcover, xxiii + 558 pages. Weight 1215g. Missing the title page. A couple of blank labels inside the front board. Book is clean and bright throughout with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps. Binding gently loosened, remains secure and stable. Issued without a dust jacket. -- Metal nanoparticles exhibit unique properties diverging from their bulk counterparts due to large surface area-to-volume ratios and quantum size effects. Their characteristics are highly sensitive to composition, size, and morphology, with the latter offering features difficult to achieve through simple size tuning. Recent advances have enabled precise control over nanoparticle morphology, yielding complex shapes such as polyhedrons, plates, prisms, rods, wires, hollow/porous structures, heterodimers, and branched multipods. This book compiles state-of-the-art reviews on the bottom-up synthesis of metal nanoparticles with complex morphologies, emphasizing principles underlying chemical, electrochemical, template-directed, and biosynthetic methods. Detailed discussions cover thermodynamic and kinetic factors governing morphology evolution, including nucleation, growth mechanisms, and the role of defects, additives, and reaction parameters. Theoretical models and simulations elucidate symmetry-breaking mechanisms in metals like silver, gold, and platinum, which crystallize in face-centered cubic structures. The text also explores morphology-dependent properties and applications: catalysis and electrocatalysis exploiting high-energy facets; localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPR) and their enhancements in sensing, spectroscopy, and biomedical applications; shape-anisotropic magnetic nanoparticles for data storage and biomedicine; thermoelectric efficiencies of low-dimensional nanoparticles; and ordered/nonordered superstructures for nanophotonics, membranes, and advanced devices. Bridging experimental breakthroughs with theoretical descriptions, the book addresses the physicochemical basis of morphology control, nanoparticle assemblies, and their transformative impact on catalysis, photonics, optoelectronics, sensing, and information storage.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Complex-Shaped Metal Nanoparticles: Bottom-Up Syntheses and Applications
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3527330771
• ISBN 13: 9783527330775
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

The past few years have witnessed the development of non-spherical metal nanoparticles with complex morphologies, which offer tremendous potential in materials science, chemistry, physics and medicine.
Covering all important aspects and techniques of preparation and characterization of metal nanoparticles with controlled morphology and architecture, this book provides a sound overview - from the basics right up to recent developments. Renowned research scientists from all over the world present the existing knowledge in the field, covering theory and modeling, synthesis and properties of these nanomaterials.
By emphasizing the underlying concepts and principles in detail, this book enables researchers to fully recognize the future research scope and the application potential of the complex-shaped metal nanoparticles, inspiring further research in this field.

About the Author

Tapan K. Sau is an associate professor at the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India. After his PhD in chemistry, obtained from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur, he had worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of South Carolina-Columbia and Clarkson University, USA, and as an assistant professor at the Panjab University in Chandigarh, India. From 2007 to 2009 he was an Alexander-von-Humboldt Research Fellow at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat, Munchen, Germany. His research interests are in synthesis, spectroscopy and applications of colloidal metal nanocrystals. He has authored over 50 publications including patents and book chapters.

Andrey L. Rogach is chair professor at the Department of Physics and Materials Science of City University of Hong Kong. After his PhD in chemistry, obtained from the Belarusian State University in Minsk, he had worked as a research scientist at the University of Hamburg, Germany (1995-2002), and as a lead staff scientist at the Photonics and Optoelectronics group of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munich, Germany (2002-2009), where he completed his habilitation in experimental physics. His research is focused on synthesis, assembly, optical spectroscopy and applications of colloidal semiconductor and metal nanocrystals, which has been extensively (over 12,000) times cited.