Preface

Glossary of Some Names and Acronyms

Janos H. Fendler

"Membrane Mimetic Approach to Nanoparticle Preparations - General Introduction"

Gianfranco Vidali

"Epitaxial Growth of Nanoparticles - Mechanistic comparisons of Physical and Chemical Processes"

U. Kreibig

M. Gartz

A. Hilger

"Physical Characterization of Nanoparticle Interfaces"

M. Lahav

L. Leiserowitz

"Nanocrystals at the Air/Liquid Interface as Transients in Crystallization"

S. A. Asher

Guisheng Pan

"Crystalline Collodial Array Optical Switching Devices"

J. B. Nagy

D. Barette

A. Fonseca

L. Jeunieau

PH. Monnoyer

P. Piedigrosso

I. Ravet-Bodart

J. -P. Verfaillie

A. Wathelet

"Nanoparticles in Microemulsions: A General Approcah"

Israel Cabasso

Youxin Yuan

"Nanoparticles in Polymers and Polymer Dendrimers"

DISCUSSION I

Michael Heyrovsky

Jaromir Jirkovsky

"Polarography and Voltammetry of Ultrasmall Colloids"

Y. Golan

L. Margulis

B. Alperson

I. Rubinstein

G. Hodes

J. L. Hutchison

"The Role of Semiconductors/Substrate Mismatch in the Formation of Electrodeposited Quantum Dots"

A. G. Petrov

M. Spassova

J. H. Fendler

"Mechanical, Electrical and Photoelectrical Energy Interconversion in Nanomembranes"

DISCUSSION II

Egon Matijevic

Yie-Shein Her

"Preparation and Properties of Well Defined Dispersions of Fine Particles"

John Gregory

"Particle Aggregation: Modelling and Measurement"

B. Vincent

"Smart Colloidal Systems"

G. J. Fleer

"Stabilization of Colloidal Particles by Homopolymers and Block Copolymers"

DISCUSSION III

Imre Dekany

"Preparation of Nanoparticles in the Interfacial Layer of Binary Liquids on Solid Supports"

M. -P. Pileni

N. Moumen

I. Lisiecki

P. Bonville

P. Veillet

"Ferrofluid of Cobalt Ferrite Differing by Their Particle Sizes"

DISCUSSION IV

N. V. Churaev

"Nanolayers of Liquids"

Lev Feigin

Vera Klechkovskaya

"Nanostructures and Nanoparticles in Thin Organic Films. X-ray, Neutron and Electron Diffraction Studies"

F. Solymosi

"Adsorption-Induced Structural Changes of Supported Rhodium Nanoparticles"

A. Meier

D. Meissner

"Multiple Nanocontacts"

DISCUSSION V

Kelly Sooklal

Brian M. Cullum

S. Michael Angel

Catherine J. Murphy

"The Photophysics of Mn2+ on ZnS Nanoclusters"

Richard A. Bley

Susan M. Kauzlirich

"A New Solution Phase Synthesis For Silicon Nanoclusters"

Jagdish M. Jethmalami

Warren T. Ford

"Diffraction of Visible Light From Colloidal Crystals od Silica in Polymer Composites"

E. D. Obraztsova

V. L. Kuznetsov

E. N. Loubnin

S. M. Pimenov

V. G. Pereverzev

"Roman and Photoluminescence Spectra of Diamond Particles with 1-5 nm Diameter"

S. Carrara

V. Erokhin

P. Facci

C. Nicolini

"On the Role of Nanoparticle Sizes in Monoelectron Conductivity"

P. H. Monnoyer

J. B. Nagy

V. Buschmann

A. Fonseca

L. Jeunieau, P.

Piedigrosso

G. Van Tendeloo

"Preparation of Colloidal Nanocrystals of AgX and Ag2Se From Microemulsions"

Z. Crnjak Orel

I. Musevic

B. Orel

"Structural Characterization of Sol-Gel-Dip-Coating CEO2 and CEO2/SNO2 Films"

P. Joo

A. Fitch

S. Mellican

S. Macha

"Inorganic Semiconductor Nanoparticles and Organic Semiconductor Nanowires in Clay Minerals: Electrochemical and Fiber Optic Survey"

J. Szepvolgyi

I. Mohai

Gy. Baksa

"Formation of Nanosize Particles in an RF Thermal Plasma Torch"

I. Dekany

L. Turi

Gy. Vanko

G. Juhasz

A. Vertes

K. Burger

"Preparation and Characterization of FeS and Fe2O3 Nanoparticles on Silica and Silicate Supports"

Youngchi Tian

Frederic Guerin

Dirk Guldi

Janos H. Fendler

"Single Nanosized Au Particle-Enhanced Fluorescence of J-Aggregates Probed by Near Field Scanning Optical Microscopy"

Janos H. Fendler

Imre Dekany

Concluding Summary of the Conclusions of the Working Groups

Subject Index