Recent advances in the synthesis, stabilization, passivation and functionalization of a wide range of metal, metal oxide, semiconductor and other inorganic, polymer, organic, carbon and biological nanoparticles are reported in this book. Diverse shapes of nanoparticles are discussed here including spheres, cubes, nanorods, nanowires, nanotubes, nanocapsules, and nanopyramids. In the section on metals, one can find description of colloidal and wet chemical approaches to synthesize nanoparticles, methods to control number of functional groups and to attain aqueous dispersibility, impact of stabilizers on SERS activity, and ways to tune plasmon resonance via nanoparticle shapes. A time dependent density functional theory to evaluate adsorption properties of passivating ligands is also developed. The section on metal oxides describes surfactant aided formation and stabilization of iron oxide nanoparticles, the synthesis of titania nanotubes, and a hydrothermal condensation method to prepare nanowires of vanadium pentoxide. The section on semiconductor and inorganic nanoparticles includes details of the preparation of quantum dot surfactants as Langmuir Blodgett films, the synthesis of fluorinated organics silica composite nanoparticles, the kinetics of silver sulfide nanoparticle formation, the preparation of ultra bright silica nanoparticles and of nanoporous membranes from silica nanoparticle crystalline films, and a comprehensive view of microwave synthesis methods. The section on polymeric nanoparticles describes a ligand exchange strategy to synthesize polymer functionalized ferromagnetic nanoparticles, ROMP polymerization to produce polymer overlayers on nanoparticles, colloidal approaches to polysaccharide covered nanoparticles, and self assembly approach to stable polymer nanoparticles of controlled size. The final section includes a novel method to crystallize organic nanorods as branches on semiconductor nanoparticles, the use of tobacco mosaic virus as a template to prepare composite nanofibers, the synthesis of antibody functionalized gold nanorods of various aspect ratios for SPR based biosensing, and methods to stabilize aqueous dispersions of single wall carbon nanotubes using gamma cyclodextrins. In a fast growing field, this book offers both the beginning and advanced researchers, important details on creating nanomaterials and fruitful directions to follow.

Table of Contents:
Preface ; Introduction ; 1. Nanoparticles: Building Blocks for Nanotechnology ; Metal Nanoparticles ; 2. Synthesis and Stabilization of Colloidal Gold Nanoparticle Suspensions for SERS ; 3. Controlled Chemical Functionalization of Gold Nanoparticles ; 4. Synthesis of Thiol Surfactant with Tunable Length as a Stabilizer of Gold Nanoparticles ; 5. "Rippled" Mixed Monolayer Protected Nanoparticles with Charged Ligands ; 6. Synthesis and Optical Properties of 1-D Metal and Core/Shell Colloidal Nanostructures ; 7. Functional Nanostructures by Wet Chemistry: A Tool to Ordered 1D and 3D Nanostructures ; 8. Synthesis and Characterization of Tannic Acid Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles ; 9. Time-dependent Density Functional Theory Examination of the Effects of Ligand Adsorption on Metal Nanoparticles ; Metal Oxide Nanoparticles ; 10. Surfactant Effects on the Particle Size and Formation of Iron Oxides via a Sol-gel Process ; 11. Reactivity Screening of Anatase TiO2 Nanotubes Array and Anatase Thin Films: A Surface Chemistry Point of View ; 12. The Facile Preparation of Partially Reduced V2O5 Nanowire Sheets ; Semiconductor and Inorganic Nanoparticles ; 13. Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Quantum Dots ; 14. Synthesis and Application of Fluoroalkyl End-capped Oligomers/Silica ; 15. Conduction in Colloidal Systems: A Kinetic Study of Ag2S Semiconductor Nanoparticle Formation ; 16. Ultra-bright Fluorescent Silica Particles: Physical Entrapment of Fluorescent Dye Rhodamine 640 in Nanochannels ; 17. Synthesis, Passivation and Stabilization of Nanoparticles, Nanorods and Nanowires by Microwave Irradiation ; 18. Ion Transport in Sulfonated Nanoporous Opal Films ; 19. Convectional, Sedimentation and Drying Dissipative Patterns of Colloidal Dispersions and Solutions ; Polymer Nanoparticles ; 20. Synthesis, Assembly and Functionalization of Polymer Coated Ferromagnetic Nanoparticles ; 21. Structural Characterization of Glassy and Rubbery Model Anionic Amphiphilic Polymer Conetworks ; 22. Polymer-Inorganic Nanocomposites from Si-Based Substrates: Applications of Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP) ; 23. Preparation of Polysaccharide-Covered Polymeric Nanoparticles by Several Processes Involving Amphiphilic Polysaccharides ; 24. "Frozen" Micelles: Polymer Nanoparticles of Controlled Size by Self-assembly ; Organic and Bio Nanoparticles ; 25. Nanoparticles as Seeds for Organic Crystallization ; 26. Synthesis and Characterization of Tobacco Mosaic Virus Templated Polymeric Nanomaterials ; 27. Sensitivity and Selectivity Limits of Multiplex NanoSPR Biosensor Assays ; 28. Investigation of Colloidal Suspension of SWCNT and ?-Cyclodextrin Using AFM and Molecular Dynamics Simulation