Patterns and instabilities in colloidal nanoparticle assemblies

Colloidal nanoparticles exhibit unusual individual and collective behaviour, often associated with interesting electrical, optical or electromagnetic properties. Thiol-passivated colloidal gold nanoparticles possess in addition a self-organising property, which, when the particles are deposited on a...

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Main Author: Pauliac-Vaujour, Emmanuelle
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/10497/