Clusters And Nanomaterials
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The field of cluster sciences is currently attracting considerable interest, not only from a fundamental viewpoint but also in relation to future applications to electronic, optical and magnetic devices. Synthesizing specific clusters as a component of useful nanostructures or controlling them as an assembly of nanocomposites is the ultimate aim. In order to understand how to synthesize individual clusters or to investigate properties such as chemical reaction, structural stability, response to external fields, aggregation and phase transitions, a variety of first-principles and empirical calculations and related computer simulations have been performed alongside numerous experiments. This book compiles and collates recent theoretical and experimental advances in the field and demonstrates how the harmony between theory and experiment is contributing to the continuing rapid progress. It will be of interest to both researchers as well as students and newcomers seeking an up-to-date review.
1Brief Introduction1Pt. IMetallic Clusters2Ab Initio Computer Simulations on Microclusters: Structures and Electronic Properties93Stability of Multiply Charged Transition Metal Clusters89Pt. IIOrganic Molecules4Adsorption of Methanol Molecules of Nickel Cluster Ions995Cluster Investigations in Cyclodextrin Inclusions Compounds: Theory and Experiment109Pt. IIIFullerenes and Nanotubes6The Nanostructure of C[subscript 60] Photopolymers1357Formation of Foreign-Atom-Doped Fullerenes1718Electronic, Transport and Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes1879Nanostructural Characterization of Inorganic Materials by High-Resolution Electron Microscopy221Pt. IVTheory and Computer Simulation10Phase Behavior in Systems of Large Molecules24711Formation of Free Clusters and Their Structures: Molecular Dynamics Simulations27712Extended Ensemble Monte Carlo Method29513Molecular Dynamics Simulation for Deformation Dynamics of Ni/Ni[subscript 3]Al Composite with FGM or NFGM Type Interface30914Size-Dependent Evolution of Conduction-Electron Excitations in Small Spherical Particles323Index341
