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ReviewExcellent as an introductory text to inorganic nanoscopic materials.......a very useful primer on inorganic nanoscopic materials. Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.129, No.13, 2007 (Thomas P Russell)Lots of helpful illustrations and some of them in full colour....each of the eleven chapters includes a summary box at the end where the 'key points' are reiterated in clear and concise language, complete with bullet points.A timely reminder of how much everything we think we know about matter can change when the packaging unit of that matter becomes very small. Chemistry & Industry, 10 December 2007, 34 (Michael Gross)This book provides an overview of the sizerelated changes that underlie much of the current interest in nanoscience. Nanotoday, June 2007, Vol.2, No.3Product DescriptionThe book focuses on a qualitative and quantitative approach discussing all areas of nanotechnology with particular emphasis on the underlying physicochemical and physical principles of nanoscience. Topics include electronic structure, magnetic properties, thermodynamics of size dependence and catalysis. There is also a section discussing the future potential of the field and the ethical implications of nanotechnology. The book is ideal for graduate students of chemistry and materials science and researchers new to the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology.From the Back CoverNanotechnology has been hailed as a key technology of the 21st century. The scope of this field is huge and could have a wide influence on many aspects of life. Nanoscience; the manipulation of matter at the atomic and molecular level, and nanomaterials; materials so small that their behaviour and characteristics deviate from those of macroscopic specimens and may be predicted by scaling laws or by quantum confinement effects, are discussed in Nanoscopic Materials: Size Dependent Phenomena.The book focuses on a qualitative and quantitative approach discussing all areas of nanotechnology with particular emphasis on the underlying physicochemical and physical principles of nanoscience. Topics include electronic structure, magnetic properties, thermodynamics of size dependence and catalysis. There is also a section discussing the future potential of the field and the ethical implications of nanotechnology.The book is ideal for graduate students of chemistry and materials science and researchers new to the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology.Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.Nanoscopic MaterialsSizeDependent PhenomenaBy Emil Roduner The Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright 2006 The Royal Society of ChemistryAll rights reserved.ISBN: 9780854048571ContentsChapter 1 Introduction, 1,Chapter 2 Bulk and Interface, 5,Chapter 3 Geometric Structure, Magic Numbers, and Coordination Numbers of Small Clusters, 21,Chapter 4 Electronic Structure, 41,Chapter 5 Magnetic Properties, 81,Chapter 6 Thermodynamics for Finite Size Systems, 119,Chapter 7 Adsorption, Phase Behaviour and Dynamics of Surface Layers and in Pores, 163,Chapter 8 Nucleation, Phase Transitions and Dynamics of Clusters, 209,Chapter 9 Phase Transitions of TwoDimensional Systems, 233,Chapter 10 Catalysis by Metallic Nanoparticles, 239,Chapter 11 Applications: Facts and Fictions, 263,Subject Index, 281,CHAPTER 1Introduction1 Clusters and NanoparticlesParticles with a size between 1 and 100 nm are normally regarded as nanomaterials. Figure 1 shows the size of nanoparticles in comparison with other small particles. In general, nanomaterials may have globular, platelike, rodlike or more complex geometries. Nearspherical particles which are smaller than 10 nm are typically called clusters. The number of atoms in a cluster increases greatly with its diameter, demonstrated in Figure 2 for sodium clusters. At 1 nm diameter there are 13 atoms in a cluster and at 100 nm diameter the cluster can accommodate more than 107 atoms. Clust