Nanostructured materials : clusters, composites, and thin films ; developed from a symposium sponsored by the Division of Physical Chemistry at the 213th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, April 13-17, 1997

Content: Parallel processing of nanocrystal colloids : light-directed assembly and simple devices / J.R. Heath, T. Vossmeyer, E. DeIonno, and G. Markovich -- Nanometer-scale architecture using colloidal gold / Christine D. Keating, Michael D. Musick, L. Andrew Lyon, Kenneth R. Brown, Bonnie E. Baker, David J. Pena, Daniel L. Feldheim, Thomas E. Mallouk, and Michael J. Natan -- Heterosupramolecular chemistry : the self-assembly and self-organization of nanoscale devices and materials in solution / Lucy Cusack, S. Nagaraja Rao, and Donald Fitzmaurice -- Self-organization of spherical nanoparticles in two- and three-dimensinal superlattices : interconnected network of nanomaterial / M.P. Pileni -- Microstructured particles for electrorheological applications / Ping Sheng, Wing Yim Tam, Weijia Wen, Hongru Ma, and M.M.T. Loy -- Composite materials with field-induced anisotropy / James E. Martin, Robert A. Anderson, and Chris P. Tigges -- The impact of dielectric confinement on electron dynamics and optical nonlinearities in metal nanocrystals in glasses / Fabrice Vallée, Natalia Del Fatti, and Christos Flytzanis -- Fractal-surface-enhanced optical nonlinearities / V.M. Shalaev, V.P. Safonov, E.Y. Poliakov, V.A. Markel, and A.K. Sarychev -- Third-order nonlinear optical properties of selected composites / George L. Fischer and Robert W. Boyd -- Size-dependent electron dynamics of gold nanoparticles / Temer S. Ahmadi, Stephan L. Logunov, and Mostafa A. El-Sayed -- Time-resolved carrier dynamics near the insulator-metal transition / M.J. Feldstein, C.D. Keating, W. Zheng, Y.H. Liau, A.G. MacDiarmid, Michael J. Natan, and N.F. Scherer -- Changes in thin-metal-film nanostructure at near-ambient temperatures / Shane E. Rorak, Alan Lo, Rex T. Skodje, and Kathy L. Rowlen -- Synthesis of doped fullerene clusters and boron-nitrogen tubules using laser ablation / Z. Charles Ying, Jane G. Zhu, R.N. Compton, L.F. Allard, Jr., R.L. Hettich, and R.E. Haufler -- Thin-film formation by laser-assisted molecular beam deposition / Robert L. DeLeon, Paras N. Prasad, and James F. Garvey -- Synthesis and physical properties of semiconductor nanocrystals formed by ion implantation / Jane G. Zhu, C.W. White, S.P. Withrow, J.D. Budai, R. Mu, and D.O. Henderson -- Synthesis and handling of single sheets of a covalent monolayer square grid polymer / Thomas F. Magnera, Jaroslav Pecka, Jaroslav Vacek, and Josef Michl -- Interfacial electron transfer dynamics of photosensitized zinc oxide nanoclusters / Kei Murakoshi, Shozo Yanagida, Malcolm Capel, and Edward W. Castner, Jr. -- Nickel-aluminum alloy clusters : structural and dynamical properties / J. Jellinek and E.B. Krissinel.

this Book Examines The Physics, Chemistry, And Structure-property Relationships Of Nanomaterials, As Well As Nanoscale Electronics And Photonics Devices. It Also Discusses Metal And Semiconductor Clusters, Composites, Thin Films, And Molecular Engineering.

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contains 18 Papers Based On A 1997 Symposium Of The Same Title, Held At The Acs Meeting In San Francisco. Topics Include Nanometer-scale Architecture Using Colloidal Gold; The Self-assembly And Self-organization Of Nanoscale Devices And Materials In Solution; Microstructured Particles For Electrorheological Applications; Fractal-surface-enhanced Optical Nonlinearities; Changes In Thin-metal-film Nanostructure At Near-ambient Temperatures; Thin-film Formation By Laser-assisted Molecular Beam Deposition; And Synthesis And Physical Properties Of Semiconductor Nanocrystals Formed By Ion Implantation. Annotation C. By Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.