Semiconductor and Metal Nanocrystals: Synthesis and Electronic and Optical Properties

The vast technological potential of nanocrystalline materials, as well as current intense interest in the physics and chemistry of nanoscale phenomena, has led to explosive growth in research on semiconductor nanocrystals, also known as nanocrystal quantum dots, and metal nanoparticles. Semiconductor and Metal Nanocrystals addresses current topics impacting the field including synthesis and assembly of nanocrystals, theory and spectroscopy of interband and intraband optical transitions, single-nanocrystal optical and tunneling spectroscopies, electrical transport in nanocrystal assemblies, and physical and engineering aspects of nanocrystal-based devices.

Written by experts who have contributed pioneering research, this reference comprises key advances in the field of semiconductor nanocrystal quantum dots and metal nanoparticles over the past several years.

Focusing specifically on nanocrystals generated through chemical techniques, Semiconductor and Metal Nanocrystals

• Merges investigative frontiers in physics, chemistry, and engineering
  Documents advances in nanocrystal synthesis and assembly
  Explores the theory of electronic excitations in nanoscale particles
  Presents comprehensive information on optical spectroscopy of interband and intraband optical transitions
  Reviews data on single-nanocrystal optical and tunneling spectroscopies
  Weighs controversies related to carrier relaxation dynamics in ultrasmall nanoparticles
  Discusses charge carrier transport in nanocrystal assemblies
  Provides examples of lasing and photovoltaic nanocrystal-based devices

Semiconductor and Metal Nanocrystals is a must read for scientists, engineers, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students interested in the physics and chemistry of nanoscale semiconductor and metal particles, as well as general nanoscale science.