ABSTRACT

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

part |2 pages

Part I: Free Clusters

chapter 3|14 pages

Mercury: From Atoms to Solids

chapter 4|12 pages

Bimetallic Clusters

chapter 5|16 pages

Endohedrally Doped Silicon Clusters

chapter 11|16 pages

Quantum Melting of Hydrogen Clusters

chapter 12|16 pages

Superfluidity of Clusters

chapter 13|22 pages

Intense Laser-Cluster Interactions

chapter 14|14 pages

Atomic Clusters in Intense Laser Fields

chapter 15|28 pages

Cluster Fragmentation

part |2 pages

Part II: Clusters in Contact

chapter 16|18 pages

Kinetics of Cluster-Cluster Aggregation

chapter 17|18 pages

Surface Planar Metal Clusters

chapter 18|18 pages

Cluster-Substrate Interaction

chapter 19|20 pages

Energetic Cluster-Surface Collisions

part |2 pages

Part III: Production and Stability of Carbon Fullerenes

chapter 21|20 pages

Plasma Synthesis of Fullerenes

chapter 22|26 pages

HPCL Seperation of Fullereness

chapter 23|8 pages

Fullerene Growth

chapter 24|22 pages

Production of Carbon Onions

chapter 25|24 pages

Stability of Charged Fullerenes

chapter 26|14 pages

Fragmentation of Fullerenes

chapter 27|30 pages

Fullerene Fragmentation

part |2 pages

Part IV: Structure and Properties of Carbon Fullerenes

chapter 28|14 pages

Symmetry of Fulleroids

chapter 29|12 pages

C20, the Smallest Fullerene

chapter 30|14 pages

Solid-State Structures of Small Fullerenes

chapter 31|8 pages

Defective Fullerenes

chapter 32|20 pages

Silicon-Doped Fullerenes

chapter 34|18 pages

Carbon Onions

chapter 35|12 pages

Plasmons in Fullerene Molecules

chapter 36|16 pages

[60]Fullerene-Based Electron Acceptors

part |2 pages

Part V: Carbon Fullerenes in Contact

chapter 37|16 pages

Clusters of Fullerenes

chapter 38|14 pages

Supramolecular Assembiles of Fullerenes

chapter 39|14 pages

Supported Fullerenes

chapter 40|10 pages

Fullerene Suspensions

chapter 41|18 pages

Fullerene Encapsulation

chapter 43|6 pages

Metal-Coated Fullerenes

chapter 44|12 pages

Fullerol Clusters

chapter 45|18 pages

Polyhydroxylated Fullerenes

part |2 pages

Part VI: Inorganic Fullerenes

chapter 47|10 pages

Boron Fullerenes

chapter 48|14 pages

Silicon Fullerenes

chapter 49|12 pages

Boron Nitride Fullerenes and Nanocones

chapter 50|12 pages

Fullerene-Like III-V Binary Compounds

chapter 51|14 pages

Onion-Like Inorganic Fullerenes