In this paper, we review recent progress on colloidal growth of 2D nanocrystals. We identify
the four main sources of anisotropy which lead to the formation of plate-and sheet-like …

Nanoparticles can be beautiful, as in stained glass windows, or they can be ugly as in wear
and corrosion debris from implants. We estimate that there will be about 70 000 papers in …

Clusters or nanoparticles are aggregates of between a few and many millions of atoms or
molecules. They may consist of identical atoms, or molecules, or two or more different …

The structural properties of free nanoclusters are reviewed. Special attention is paid to the
interplay of energetic, thermodynamic, and kinetic factors in the explanation of cluster …

A significant challenge in the development of functional materials is understanding the
growth and transformations of anisotropic colloidal metal nanocrystals. Theory and …

Clusters provide a bridge between isolated atoms and bulk material, and, because of that,
they can display unusual physical and chemical behaviors. The knowledge of the structure …

The polyol synthesis is a popular method of preparing metal nanostructures, yet the
mechanism by which metal ions are reduced is poorly understood. Using a …

We review in this article the current theoretical understanding of collective and single
particle diffusion on surfaces and how it relates to the existing experimental data. We begin …

We show by molecular dynamics simulations on three systems (B/A= P d/A g, C u/A g, and N
i/A g) that three-shell metallic nanoparticles made by a core of a metal A, an intermediate …

Bimetallic nanomaterials consisting of magnetic metals and noble metals have attracted
much interest for their promising potentials in fields such as magnetic sensors, catalysts …