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Colloidal foundations of nanoscience /
Colloidal Foundations of Nanoscience explores the theory and concepts of colloid chemistry and its applications to nanoscience and nanotechnology. It provides the essential conceptual and methodological tools to approach nano-research issues. The authors' expertise in colloid science will contr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Elsevier,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Colloidal Foundations of Nanoscience; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Chapter 1: Thermodynamics of (Nano)interfaces; 1. Classical Nanothermodynamics; 2. Classical Thermodynamics of Systems with Interfaces; 3. Size Dependence of Melting Temperature and Solubility in Nanoparticles; 3.1. Criteria for Solid-Liquid Equilibrium; 3.2. Melting Point Depression; 3.3. Solubility Increase; 4. Superhydrophobic and Other Amazing Nanostructured Surfaces; 4.1. Wetting and Contact Angle; 4.2. Surface Roughness; 4.3. Superhydrophobic Nanostructures.
- 5. Surface-Confined (Bio)molecular Machines5.1. The Surface-Bulk-Surface Thermodynamic Cycle; 5.2. Le Ch�atelier and Biomolecule Surface Transformations; 5.3. Nanomechanics of Surface DNA Switches; 5.4. Molecular-Directed Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles; 6. Worth Further Thought; 6.1. Curvature Effects and Crystal Nucleation and Growth; 6.2. Ostwald Ripening; 6.3. Thermoporometry; 6.4. Gibbs Rule for Capillary Systems; 6.5. Statistical Nanothermodynamics; 6.6. The Nanoparticle-Biological Interface; Notes and References; Section 1; Section 2; Section 3; Section 4; Section 5.
- Chapter 2: Stability of Dispersions and Interactions in Nanostructured Fluids1. Motivation; 2. Background: Fundamentals from Colloid Chemistry; 2.1. DLVO Theory; 2.2. Stabilization of Colloids by Surfactants; 3. Stability of NPs; 3.1. Surface Coating Ligand Stabilization; 3.1.1. NP Ligand Types; 3.1.2. Surface Chemistry Modification Strategies; 3.2. Thermodynamics of the Passivation of NPs by ALs; 3.2.1. Gibbs Free Energy of Passivation; 3.2.2. Enthalpy of Passivation; 3.3. Measurements of Aggregation; 3.3.1. Dynamic Light Scattering; 3.3.2. Turbidimetry; 3.3.3. Gel Electrophoresis.
- 3.3.4. Centrifugation3.3.5. Colorimetric Detection; 4. Applications; 5. Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Bottom-Up Synthesis of Nanosized Objects; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Methods for the Production of Nanoparticles; 2. Nucleation; 2.1. Energetic Considerations; 2.2. Supersaturation; 2.3. Gibbs-Thomson Equation; 2.4. Nucleation Rate; 2.5. Heterogeneous Nucleation; 2.6. Magic Sizes; 3. Growth; 4. Shape Control; 4.1. The Wulff Construction and the Shape of (Nano)crystals; 4.2. The Shape of Nanocrystals Under Kinetic Growth Control; 4.2.1. The Influence of Surfactants on Growth Rates.
- 4.2.2. The Influence of Diffusion on Growth Rates4.2.3. Other Mechanisms of Shape Control; 5. Conclusion; References; Further Suggested Reading; Chapter 4: The Emergence of Quantum Confinement in Atomic Quantum Clusters; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Identity of Materials Based on Macroscopic Properties; 1.2. Macroscopic Materials, Nanoparticles, and Clusters; 2. QC in Materials with Delocalized Atoms; 2.1. Signature of a Single-Electron Confinement; 2.2. Multiple Electron Confinement; 3. Clusters: First Observations of Magic Numbers, Stability, and Shell Closures.