• Introduction;Bulk and Interface;Geometric Structure, Magic Numbers, and Coordination Numbers of Small Clusters;Electronic Structure;Magnetic Properties;Thermodynamics of Finite Size Systems;Adsorption, Phase Behaviour and Dynamics of Surface Layers and in Pores;Phase Transitions and Dynamics of Clusters;Phase Transitions of Two-Dimensional Systems;Nucleation and Crystal Shape Engineering;Self-assembly and Biomimetics;Selected Applications of Nanomaterials;

Lots of helpful illustrations and some of them in full colour....each of the eleven chapters includes a summary box at the end where the 'key points' are reiterated in clear and concise language, complete with bullet points.A timely reminder of how much every-thing we think we know about matter can change when the packaging unit of that matter becomes very small.

• Introduction;Bulk and Interface;Geometric Structure, Magic Numbers, and Coordination Numbers of Small Clusters;Electronic Structure;Magnetic Properties;Thermodynamics of Finite Size Systems;Adsorption, Phase Behaviour and Dynamics of Surface Layers and in Pores;Phase Transitions and Dynamics of Clusters;Phase Transitions of Two-Dimensional Systems;Nucleation and Crystal Shape Engineering;Self-assembly and Biomimetics;Selected Applications of Nanomaterials;

Lots of helpful illustrations and some of them in full colour....each of the eleven chapters includes a summary box at the end where the 'key points' are reiterated in clear and concise language, complete with bullet points.A timely reminder of how much every-thing we think we know about matter can change when the packaging unit of that matter becomes very small.

• Introduction;Bulk and Interface;Geometric Structure, Magic Numbers, and Coordination Numbers of Small Clusters;Electronic Structure;Magnetic Properties;Thermodynamics of Finite Size Systems;Adsorption, Phase Behaviour and Dynamics of Surface Layers and in Pores;Phase Transitions and Dynamics of Clusters;Phase Transitions of Two-Dimensional Systems;Nucleation and Crystal Shape Engineering;Self-assembly and Biomimetics;Selected Applications of Nanomaterials;

Lots of helpful illustrations and some of them in full colour....each of the eleven chapters includes a summary box at the end where the 'key points' are reiterated in clear and concise language, complete with bullet points.A timely reminder of how much every-thing we think we know about matter can change when the packaging unit of that matter becomes very small.