Metal Nanoparticles and Clusters: Advances in Synthesis, Properties and Applications

From Nano- to Angstrom- technology: Introduction to Metal Nanoparticles and Clusters.- Recent Developments in the Synthesis of Metal Nanocrystals.- Structure of Metal Nanoparticles.- Spectroscopic and computational studies of metal nanoparticles and clusters.- Surface enhanced spectroscopies: Optical Techniques and Plasmonic Nanostructures.- Surface Plasmons in Quantum-sized noble-metal clusters-Theoretical Aspects.- Nanoparticles in supported and colloidal catalysis.- Catalytic efficiency of metallic nanoparticles-Theoretical Aspects.- Advanced electron microscopy of nanoalloys.- Imaging clusters under an electron microscope.- Thermodynamics of Metal Nanoparticles.- Gold and silver fluorescent nanoclusters as an emerging probe for chemical and biological sensors.- Plasmonic and NIR light sensitive nanomaterials for photothermal cancer therapy.