Front Cover; NanoalloysFrom Fundamentals to EmergentApplications; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- Chemical synthesis of metal nanoparticles and nanoalloys; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Brief overview of nucleation and growth from the vapor phase; 1.3 Nucleation and growth from supersaturated solutions; 1.4 Experimental methods; 1.5 Selected examples of chemically-synthetized nanoalloys; 1.6 An application of nanoalloys in catalysis; 1.7 Conclusions; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 2 -- Physical preparation of nanoalloys; 2.1 Gas phase clusters

2.2 Colloidal nanoparticles dispersed in liquid2.3 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 -- Modeling the electronic and geometric structure of nanoalloys; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Computational methods for the study of nanoalloys; 3.3 Structure and chemical order in binary nanoalloys; 3.4 Impurity-doped clusters: the dilute limit; 3.5 Electronic effects on geometric structure; 3.6 Thermal effects on geometric structure; 3.7 Supported nanoalloys and environmental effects on geometric structure; 3.8 Electronic properties of nanoalloys; 3.9 Stability of nanoalloys; 3.10 Summary and outlook

AcknowledgmentsReferences; Chapter 4 -- Experimental techniques for structural characterization; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Imaging techniques; 4.3 Scanning probe microscopy; 4.4 Conventional and scanning transmission electron microscopy; 4.5 Final remarks; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5 -- Thermodynamical properties of nanoalloys; 5.1 General remarks; 5.2 Properties of nanoalloys differing from the bulk alloys-finite size and grain boundary effects; 5.3 Order-disorder transitions in nanoalloys; 5.4 Nanoscale phase diagrams; 5.5 Melting of nanoalloys; References

Chapter 6 -- Kinetic aspects: nucleation, mixing, coalescence6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Nucleation; 6.3 Intermixing kinetics; 6.4 Freezing of liquid droplets; 6.5 Atom-by-atom growth in gas phase; 6.6 Formation through coalescence in gas phase; 6.7 Growth in liquid phase; 6.8 Conclusions; References; Chapter 7 -- Optical probes of the chemical structure in metallic nanoalloys; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Background; 7.3 Optical absorption of metallic nanoalloys; 7.4 Nonlinear optical response of metallic nanoalloys; 7.5 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References

Chapter 8 -- Magnetic properties of transition-metal nanoalloys8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Theoretical background; 8.3 Structural, electronic and magnetic properties of small Fe-Rh clusters; 8.4 Tailoring the magnetic anisotropy of Co-Rh nanoalloys; 8.5 One-dimensional alloys: Co and Ni impurities in Cu wires; 8.6 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 9 -- Reactivity and catalysis by nanoalloys; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Theoretical methods; 9.3 Structural characterization of nanoalloys; 9.4 Catalytic properties of nanoalloys

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