Nanoalloys: Synthesis, Structure and Properties

1.Nucleation and growth of bimetallic nanoparticles.- 2.Bimetallic nanoparticles, grown under UHV on insulators, studied by scanning probe microscopy.- 3.Probing nanoalloy structure and morphology by X-ray scattering methods.- 4.Transmission electron microscopy: a multifunctional tool for the atomic-scale characterization of nanoalloys.- 5.Electronic structure of nanoalloys: a guide of useful concepts and tools.- 6.Chemical order and disorder in alloys.- 7.Segregation and phase transitions in reduced dimension: from bulk to clusters via surfaces.- 8.Computational methods for predicting the structures of nanoalloys.- 9.Magnetism of low-dimension alloys.- 10.Optical, structural and magneto-optical properties of metal clusters and nanoparticles.- 11.Surface studies of catalysis by metals: nanosize and alloying effects.