Handbook of nanophysics. Nanoparticles and quantum dots / editor, Klaus D. Sattler.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Types of Nanoparticles -- Amorphous Nanoparticles, Vo Van Hoang -- Magnetic Nanoparticles, Gunter Reiss and Andreas Hutten -- Ferroelectric Nanoparticles, Julia M. Wesselinowa, Thomas Michael, and Steffen Trimper -- Helium Nanodroplets, Carlo Callegari, Wolfgang Jager, and Frank Stienkemeier -- Silicon Nanocrystals, Hartmut Wiggers and Axel Lorke -- ZnO Nanoparticles, Raj K. Thareja and Antaryami Mohanta -- Tetrapod-Shaped Semiconductor Nanocrystals, Roman Krahne and Liberato Manna -- Fullerene-Like CdSe Nanoparticles, Silvana Botti -- Magnetic Ion–Doped Semiconductor Nanocrystals, Shun-Jen Cheng Nanocrystals from Natural Polysaccharides, Youssef Habibi and Alain Dufresne -- Nanoparticle Properties -- Acoustic Vibrations in Nanoparticles, Lucien -- Saviot, Alain Mermet, and Eugene Duval -- Superheating in Nanoparticles, Shaun C. Hendy and Nicola Gaston -- Spin Accumulation in Metallic Nanoparticles, Seiji Mitani, Kay Yakushiji, and Koki Takanashi -- Photoinduced Magnetism in Nanoparticles, Vassilios Yannopapas -- Optical Detection of a Single Nanoparticle, Taras Plakhotnik -- Second-Order Ferromagnetic Resonance in Nanoparticles, Derek Walton -- Catalytically Active Gold Particles, Ming-Shu Chen Isoelectric Point of Nanoparticles, Rongjun Pan and Kongyong Liew -- Nanoparticles in Cosmic Environments, Ingrid Mann.

Ordered Nanoparticle Assemblies, Aaron E. Saunders and Brian A. Korgel -- Biomolecule-Induced Nanoparticle Aggregation, Soumen Basu and Tarasankar Pal -- Magnetic Nanoparticle Assemblies, Dimitris Kechrakos -- Embedded Nanoparticles, Leandro L. Araujo and Mark C. Ridgway -- Coupling in Metallic Nanoparticles: Approaches to Optical Nanoantennas, Javier Aizpurua and Garnett W. Bryant -- Metal-Insulator Transition in Molecularly Linked Nanoparticle Films, Amir Zabet-Khosousi and Al-Amin Dhirani -- Tribology of Nanoparticles, Lucile Joly-Pottuz -- Plasmonic Nanoparticle Networks, Erik Dujardin and Christian Girard -- Nanofluids -- Stability of Nanodispersions, Nikola Kallay, Tajana Preočanin, and Davor Kovačević -- Liquid Slip at the Molecular Scale, Tom B. Sisan, Taeil Yi, Alex Roxin, and Seth Lichter -- Newtonian Nanofluids in Convection, Stephane Fohanno, Cong Tam Nguyen, and Guillaume Polidori -- Theory of Thermal Conduction in Nanofluids, Jacob Eapen -- Thermophysical Properties of Nanofluids, S.M. Sohel Murshed, Kai Choong Leong, and Chun Yang Heat Conduction in Nanofluids, Liqiu Wang and Xiaohao Wei -- Nanofluids for Heat Transfer, Sanjeeva Witharana, Haisheng Chen, and Yulong Ding -- Quantum Dots -- Core-Shell Quantum Dots, Gil de Aquino Farias and Jeanlex Soares de Sousa -- Polymer-Coated Quantum Dots, Anna F.E. Hezinger, Achim M. Goepferich, and Joerg K. Tessmar -- Kondo Effect in Quantum Dots, Silvano De Franceschi and Wilfred G. van der Wiel -- Theory of Two-Electron Quantum Dots, Jan Petter Hansen and Eva Lindroth -- Thermodynamic Theory of Quantum Dots Self-Assembly, Xinlei L. Li and Guowei W. Yang -- Quantum Teleportation in Quantum Dots System, Hefeng Wang and Sabre Kais -- Index

This volume provides an overview of the major categories of nanoparticles, including amorphous, magnetic, ferroelectric, and zinc oxide nanoparticles; helium nanodroplets; and silicon, tetrapod-shaped semiconductor, magnetic ion-doped semiconductor, and natural polysaccharide nanocrystals. It also describes their properties and interactions. In the group of chapters on nanofluids, the expert contributors discuss the stability of nanodispersions, liquid slip at the molecular scale, thermophysical properties, and heat transfer. They go on to examine the theory, self-assembly, and teleportation of quantum dots.

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