Nanoclusters: A Bridge across Disciplines

This comprehensive book on Nanoclusters comprises sixteen authoritative chapters written by leading researchers in the field. It provides insight into topics that are currently at the cutting edge of cluster science, having main focus on metal and metal compound systems that are of particular interest in materials science, and also on aspects related to biology and medicine. While there are numerous books on clusters, the focus on clusters as a bridge across disciplines sets this book apart from others.



Table of Contents
I. Introduction (P. Jena, and A.W. Castleman, Jr.). II. Structure: Interfacing Theory and Experiment. Cluster Structures: Bridging Experment and Theory (F. Janetzko, A. Goursot, T. Mineva, P. Calaminici, R. Flores-Moreno, A.M. Köster, and D.R. Salahub). III. Novel Electronic Structure. Multiple Aromaticity, Multiple Antiaromaticity, and Conflicting Aromaticity in Planar Clusters (D.Yu. Zubarev, and A.I. Boldyrev). IV. Cluster Reactions. Hydrogen and Hydrogen Clusters across Disciplines (I. Cabria, M. Isla, M.J. López, J.I. Martínez, L.M. Molina, and J.A. Alonso). Reactivity and Thermochemistry of Transition Metal Cluster Cations (P.B. Armentrout). V. Properties. Uncovering New Magnetic Phenomena in Metal Clusters (M.B. Knickelbein). VI. From Clusters to Crystals. Metal Clusters Quantum Dots and Trapped Atoms - from Single-Particle Models to Correlation (M. Manninen, and S.M. Reimann). VII. Clusters on Support. Functional Clusters of Organometallic Sandwiches and Binary Superatoms (A. Nakajima). Transition Metal Clusters Supported on Organic Templates (A.K. Kandalam, and P. Jena). VIII. Cluster Assemblies. Super Atoms: Building Blocks of New Materials (A.W. Castleman, Jr., and S.N. Khanna). Silica as and Exceptionally Versatile Nanoscale Building Material: (SiO2)N Clusters to Bulk (S.T. Bromley). Laser Induced Crystallization (A. Fischer, R.M. Pagni, R.N. Compton, and D. Kondepudi). IX. Interface between Clusters and Biology. Tailoring Functionality of Clusters and their Complexes with Biomolecules by Size, Structures and Lasers (V. Bonacic-Koutecký, R. Mitri, C. Bürgel, and J. Petersen). Interfacing Cluster Physics with Biology at the Nanoscale (C. Leung, R. Palmer). Cluster Models for the Dynamics of Biomolecules from First Principles (I.M. Degtyarenko, R. Nieminen). X. Clusters as Models of Bulk. Hartree-Fock Cluster Methods for Solid State and Biological Systems (R.H. Scheicher, and T.P. Das).



Author Information
Purusottam Jena, Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond and A. Welford Castleman, Jr., Jr., Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park