The mechanical properties of nanocrystalline materials are reviewed, with emphasis on their
constitutive response and on the fundamental physical mechanisms. In a brief introduction …

A variety of spray pyrolysis (SP) techniques have been developed to directly produce
ceramic powders from solutions. This paper reviews the current status of these processes in …

A benchmark publication, the first edition of the Phosphor Handbook set the standard for
references in this field. Completely revised and updated, this second edition explores new …

Understanding the correlation between magnetic properties and nanostructure involves
collaborative efforts between chemists, physicists, and materials scientists to study both …

Nanocrystalline tin oxide (SnO 2) powders with different grain size were prepared by
chemical precipitation method. The reaction was carried out by varying the period of …

A method is presented to determine the absolute hydration enthalpy of the proton, Δ H
aq°[H+], from a set of cluster-ion solvation data without the use of extra thermodynamic …

Following an overview of the primitive state of mechanistic studies of the formation of
nanoclusters, with a focus on LaMer's classic work on the formation of sulfur sols, kinetic and …

Nanoparticles, smaller than 100nm, have many properties which differ from the
corresponding bulk material thereby making them attractive for many new electronic, optical …

Nanophase materials have recently gained a considerable amount of attention 1, 2 owing to
their interesting and potentially unique physical, mechanical, and chemical properties. For …

Gold nanocrystals passivated by self‐assembled monolayers of straightchain alkylhiolate
molecules have been obtained as highly purified molecular materials of high intrinsic …