Handbook of Nanophysics: Clusters and Fullerenes

The field of nanoscience was pioneered in the 1980s with the groundbreaking research on clusters, which later led to the discovery of fullerenes. Handbook of Nanophysics: Clusters and Fullerenes focuses on the fundamental physics of these nanoscale materials and structures. Each peer-reviewed chapter contains a broad-based introduction and enhances understanding of the state-of-the-art scientific content through fundamental equations and illustrations, some in color.

This volume covers free clusters, including hydrogen, bimetallic, silicon, metal, and atomic clusters, as well as the cluster interactions. The expert contributors examine how carbon fullerenes are produced and how to characterize their stability. They discuss the structure, properties, and behavior of carbon fullerenes, including the smallest possible fullerene: C20. The book also looks at inorganic fullerenes, such as boron fullerenes, silicon fullerenes, nanocones, and onion-like inorganic fullerenes.

Nanophysics brings together multiple disciplines to determine the structural, electronic, optical, and thermal behavior of nanomaterials; electrical and thermal conductivity; the forces between nanoscale objects; and the transition between classical and quantum behavior. Facilitating communication across many disciplines, this landmark publication encourages scientists with disparate interests to collaborate on interdisciplinary projects and incorporate the theory and methodology of other areas into their work.

Klaus D. Sattler is a professor of physics at the University of Hawaii-Manoa in Honolulu. A pioneer in nanophysics, Dr. Sattler built the first atomic cluster source in 1980, which became a cornerstone for nanoscience and nanotechnology. In 1994, his research group at the University of Hawaii produced the first carbon nanocones. His current research focuses on novel nanomaterials, tunneling spectroscopy of quantum dots, and solar photocatalysis with nanoparticles for the purification of water. Dr. Sattler has been a recipient of the Walter Schottky Prize from the German Physical Society

Free ClustersNanocluster Nucleation, Growth, and Size Distributions, Harry Bernas and Roch Espiau de LamaestreStructure and Properties of Hydrogen Clusters, Julio A. Alonso and Jose I. MartinezMercury: From Atoms to Solids, Elke Pahl and Peter SchwerdtfegerBimetallic Clusters, Rene FournierEndohedrally Doped Silicon Clusters, Nele Veldeman, Philipp Gruene, Andre Fielicke, Pieterjan Claes, Vu Thi Ngan, Minh Tho Nguyen, and Peter LievensThe Electronic Structure of Alkali and Noble Metal Clusters, Bernd v. IssendorffPhotoelectron Spectroscopy of Free Clusters, Maxim Tchaplyguine, Gunnar Ohrwall, and Olle BjorneholmPhotoelectron Spectroscopy of Organic Clusters, Masaaki Mitsui and Atsushi NakajimaVibrational Spectroscopy of Strongly Bound Clusters, Philipp Gruene, Jonathan T. Lyon, and Andre FielickeElectric and Magnetic Dipole Moments of Free Nanoclusters, Walt A. de Heer and Vitaly V. KresinQuantum Melting of Hydrogen Clusters, Massimo BoninsegniSuperfluidity of Clusters, Francesco PaesaniIntense Laser–Cluster Interactions, Karl-Heinz Meiwes-Broer, Josef Tiggesbaumker, and Thomas FennelAtomic Clusters in Intense Laser Fields, Ulf Saalmann and Jan-Michael RostCluster Fragmentation, Florent Calvo and Pascal Parneix
Clusters in ContactKinetics of Cluster–Cluster Aggregation, Colm Connaughton, R. Rajesh, and Oleg ZaboronskiSurface Planar Metal Clusters, Chia-Seng Chang, Ya-Ping Chiu, Wei-Bin Su, and Tien-Tzou TsongCluster–Substrate Interaction, Miguel A. San-Miguel, Jaime Oviedo, and Javier F. SanzEnergetic Cluster–Surface Collisions, Vladimir PopokMolecules and Clusters Embedded in Helium Nanodroplets, Olof Echt, Tilmann D. Mark, and Paul Scheier
Production and Stability of Carbon FullerenesPlasma Synthesis of Fullerenes, Keun Su Kim and Gervais SoucyHPLC Separation of Fullerenes, Qiong-Wei Yu and Yu-Qi FengFullerene Growth, Jochen MaulProduction of Carbon Onions, Chunnian He and Naiqin ZhaoStability of Charged Fullerenes, Yang Wang, Manuel Alcami, and Fernando MartinFragmentation of Fullerenes, Victor V. Albert, Ryan T. Chancey, Lene B. Oddershede, Frank E. Harris, and John R. SabinFullerene Fragmentation, Henning Zettergren, Nicole Haag, and Henrik Cederquist
Structure and Properties of Carbon FullerenesSymmetry of Fulleroids, Stanislav Jendrol’ and František KardošC20, the Smallest Fullerene, Fei Lin, Erik S. Sorensen, Catherine Kallin, and A. John BerlinskySolid-State Structures of Small Fullerenes, Gotthard Seifert, Andrey N. Enyashin, and Thomas HeineDefective Fullerenes, Yuta Sato and Kazu SuenagaSilicon-Doped Fullerenes, Masahiko Matsubara and Carlo MassobrioMolecular Orbital Treatment of Endohedrally Doped Fullerenes, Lemi Türker and Selçuk GümüşCarbon Onions, Yuriy V. Butenko, Lidija Šiller, and Michael R.C. HuntPlasmons in Fullerene Molecules, Ronald A. Phaneuf[60]Fullerene-Based Electron Acceptors, Beatriz M. Illescas and Nazario Martin
Carbon Fullerenes in ContactClusters of Fullerenes, Masato NakamuraSupramolecular Assemblies of Fullerenes, Takashi Nakanishi, Yanfei Shen, and Jiaobing WangSupported Fullerenes, Hai-Ping ChengFullerene Suspensions, Nitin C. Shukla and Scott T. HuxtableFullerene Encapsulation, Atsushi IkedaElectronic Structure of Encapsulated Fullerenes, Shojun HinoMetal-Coated Fullerenes, Mario S.C. MazzoniFullerol Clusters, Jonathan A. BrantPolyhydroxylated Fullerenes, Ricardo A. Guirado-LopezStructure and Vibrations in C60 Carbon Peapods, Abdelali Rahmani and Hassane Chadli
Inorganic FullerenesBoron Fullerenes, Arta Sadrzadeh and Boris I. YakobsonSilicon Fullerenes, Aristides D. ZdetsisBoron Nitride Fullerenes and Nanocones, Ronaldo Junio Campos Batista and Helio ChachamFullerene-Like III–V Binary Compounds, Giancarlo Cappellini, Giuliano Malloci, and Giacomo MulasOnion-Like Inorganic Fullerenes, Christian Chang, Beate Patzer, and Detlev Sulzle
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