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CLUSTERS AND NANO-ASSEMBLIES
Physical and Biological Systems
Richmond, Virginia, USA 10 - 13 November 2003
edited by P Jena, S N Khanna & B K Rao (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)
While the field of clusters and nano-structures in the physical sciences has been actively pursued only over the past two decades, nature has known the benefits of the nanoscale for a very long time. The focus of the International Symposium on Clusters and Nano-Assemblies: Physical and Biological Systems was to explore ways in which an understanding of the unique properties of nano-scale biological systems such as proteins, enzyme reactions, RNA, and DNA can help us design novel materials composed of inorganic nano-scale systems, and how techniques developed in the physical sciences can lead to a fundamental understanding of biological systems. Bringing together the expert contributions from the conference, this book deals with the fundamental science and technology of atomic clusters, nano-structures and their assemblies in physical and biological systems. It explores in fascinating detail the manner in which finite size, low dimensionality, and reduced symmetry affect the properties of nano-assemblies.
Contents:
- Atomic Clusters
- Organic and Molecular Clusters
- Catalysis
- Quantum
Dots/Rings
- Nano-Wires and Tubes
- Magnetic Properties
- Electrical and Optical Properties
- Clusters on Support
- Nano-Growth on Strained Surfaces/Nano-Assemblies
- Biology at Molecular Level
- Biotechnology
Readership: Graduate students, researchers and academics in nanoscience and
nanotechnology, chemistry and physics.
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Pub. date: May 2005 |
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