Protected metal clusters from fundamentals to applications /

Protected Metal Clusters: From Fundamentals to Applications surveys the fundamental concepts and potential applications of atomically precise metal clusters protected by organic ligands. As this class of materials is now emerging as a result of breakthroughs in synthesis and characterization that ha...

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Other Authors: Tsukuda, Tatsuya,, Häkkinen, Hannu,, ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Amsterdam : Elsevier, [2015]
Physical Description: 1 online resource : color illustrations.
Series: Frontiers of nanoscience ; volume 9.
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Summary: Protected Metal Clusters: From Fundamentals to Applications surveys the fundamental concepts and potential applications of atomically precise metal clusters protected by organic ligands. As this class of materials is now emerging as a result of breakthroughs in synthesis and characterization that have taken place over the last few years, the book provides the first reference with a focus on these exciting novel nanomaterials, explaining their formation, and how, and why, they play an important role in the future of molecular electronics, catalysis, sensing, biological imaging, and medical diagnosis and therapy.
Item Description: Protected Metal Clusters: From Fundamentals to Applications surveys the fundamental concepts and potential applications of atomically precise metal clusters protected by organic ligands. As this class of materials is now emerging as a result of breakthroughs in synthesis and characterization that have taken place over the last few years, the book provides the first reference with a focus on these exciting novel nanomaterials, explaining their formation, and how, and why, they play an important role in the future of molecular electronics, catalysis, sensing, biological imaging, and medical diagnosis and therapy.
Elsevier ScienceDirect All Books.
Physical Description: 1 online resource : color illustrations.
ISBN: 9780444635020
0444635025