Clusters and Nanomaterials

ISBN-13: 9783540418054 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 346 str.

Yoshiyuki Kawazoe; Tamotsu Kondow; Kaoru Ohno

Opis

The field of cluster science is currently attracting considerable interest, not only from a fundamental standpoint, but also through its future applications to electronic, optical, magnetic, and other devices. Synthesizing specific clus- ters as a unit of useful nanostructures or controlling them as an assembly of nanocomposites is one of the ultimate purposes in this field. In order to understand how to synthesize individual clusters and t_o investigate physical properties, chemical reactions, structural stability, response to external fields, aggregation, phase transition, and other aspects of clusters, a great deal of effort has gone into experiment, theory and computer simulation in this area. This is presumably motivated by the fact that a high level of collaboration between theoretical and experimental researchers is particularly important for progress in the field of cluster science. The present book aims to collect together recent advances in this rapidly growing field. The authors are all active researchers, collaborating both ex- perimentally and theoretically in this field, and most of them have regularly participated in the IMR Workshop, held for three years starting from 1998 at the Institute for Materials Research in Tohoku University. This book is suitable for both theoretical and experimental researchers and also for re- searchers and graduate students working in related subjects, who wish to overview recent advances in the field.

Recenzje

From the reviews of the first edition:

"The book starts with a brief introduction written by the editors. They outlined important contributions of cluster science to basic science and the role of cluster science in applications, the crucial role of cluster in the progress of nanotechnology. The book consists of four parts: 'Metallic Clusters', 'Organic Molecules', 'Fullerenes and Nanotubes', 'Theory and Computer Simulation'. ... This book will be useful for researchers and graduated students working in the field of cluster science and in related subjects." (K. M. Salikhov, Applied Magnetic Resonance, Vol. 24 (2), 2003)

"The editors of this book have an outstanding track record in the fields of cluster and nanoparticle physics. Their insight into the field can be gleaned from the very well written introductory chapter, which briefly outlines the relevance and importance of each the subsequent chapters. ... it is the theoretical chapters that make this book valuable, giving examples of a wide range of modern numerical modelling approaches. ... should find a place in the library of someone interested in the simulation of nanostructures." (John Dell, The Physicist, Vol. 39 (3), 2002)

Spis treści

1 Brief Introduction.- 2 Ab Initio Computer Simulations on Microclusters: Structures and Electronic Properties.- 3 Stability of Multiply Charged Transition Metal Clusters.- 4 Adsorption of Methanol Molecules on Nickel Cluster Ions.- 5 Cluster Investigations in Cyclodextrin Inclusion Compounds: Theory and Experiment.- 6 The Nanostructure of C60 Photopolymers.- 7 Formation of Foreign-Atom-Doped Fullerenes.- 8 Electronic, Transport and Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes.- 9 Nanostructural Characterization of Inorganic Materials by High-Resolution Electron Microscopy.- 10 Phase Behavior in Systems of Large Molecules.- 11 Formation of Free Clusters and Their Structures: Molecular Dynamics Simulations.- 12 Extended Ensemble Monte Carlo Method.- 13 Molecular Dynamics Simulation for Deformation Dynamics of Ni/Ni3Al Composite with FGM or NFGM Type Interface.- 14 Size-Dependent Evolution of Conduction-Electron Excitations in Small Spherical Particles.

Blurb

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 not only to researchers, but also to students and newcomers seeking a review of the present status.