Nanophase Materials

Synthesis.- Chemical Synthesis of Nanophase Materials.- Preparation of ?Fe2O3 Particles.- Synthesis of III-V Semiconductor Particles from Organometallic Precursors.- Synthesis of Nanostructured Catalysts and Catalytic Supports.- Formation of Magnetic Spinel Iron Oxide in Solution.- Synthesis of Nanoscale Iron Oxide Structures Using Protein Cages and Polysaccharide Networks.- Gas Evaporation and Electron Microscopical Observation of Small Particles.- Nanoparticles from a Supersaturated Vapor.- Formation and Phase Analysis of Surface Oxides on Ultrafine Particles of Fe.- YxZr1-xO2-x/2 Nanophase Powders Prepared by a Vaporization/Condensation Process in a Solar Furnace.- Synthesis and Characterization of Iron-Magnesium Bimetallic Particles.- Nanometric Si-Based Powders by Laser Driven Gas Phase Reactions.- Simulations of Aggregating Particles.- Spark Erosion for Production of Nanocrystalline Materials.- Aerosol Spray Pyrolysis Synthesis Techniques.- Nanometric Si/C/N Composite Powders Formed by Aerosol-Laser Interaction.- Preparation of Small Particles of Titanium (IV) Oxide.- Nanophase Materials by Mechanical Attrition: Synthesis and Characterization.- High-Capacity High-Energy Ball Mill for Nanophase Materials.- Ball Velocities and Energy Needs in a Mill Designed for the Synthesis of Nanophase Materials.- Production of Nanocrystalline Materials Through the Mechanical Crystallization of Amorphous Precursors.- Characterization.- Structure of Nanostructured Materials.- High Resolution Microscopy Characterization of Nanostructured Materials.- Surface Structure of Nanocrystalline Oxides.- STM “Tip Changes” — A Possible Tool for Tip Characterization.- The Structural Evolution of Nanocrystalline Thin Films of Germanium.- Fabrication and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Nanostructured Semiconductor Thin Films and Particles.- Optical Characterization of Fractal Aggregate Size and Morphology Parameters.- Studies of Oxide Reduction and Gas Adsorption by Using Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy.- Mechanical Properties.- Mechanical Properties of Nanophase Materials.- Nanostructured Ceramics: Microstructure and Properties.- Grain Boundary Structure and Mechanical Properties of Nanocrystalline Materials.- Microstructure in Nanocrystalline Zirconia Powders and Sintered Compacts.- Mechanical Properties of Nanostructure Niobium on a Microscopic Scale.- Mechanical Properties of Artificially Multilayered and Granular Metal Thin Films.- Elastic Properties of Metallic Multilayers.- Molecular Dynamics of Nanophase Intermetallies.- Electronic Structure and Total Energy of Crystalline Approximants to Quasicrystalline Al-Cu-Fe Alloys.- Melting In Restricted Geometries.- Thermodynamics of Finite Systems.- Electronic and Transport Properties.- Electronic Properties of Metal Cluster Compounds: Nanophase Materials from Chemical Synthesis.- Electronic and Structural Properties of Caged Metal Clusters.- Electronic Transport in Granular Metal Films.- Superconductivity in Nanophase Materials.- Morphology and Transport Properties of Nanophases in Semiconductor Multilayer Films.- Anisotropic Electron Transport in Metallic Multilayers.- Electronic Transport in Nanocrystalline Metals: A Study of Electrodeposited Nickel Foils.- Optical Properties.- Electronic and Optical Properties of Semiconductor Nanocrystals: From Molecules to Bulk Crystals.- Optical Properties of Granular Solids.- Se EXAFS Study of the Elevated Wurtzite to Rock Salt Structural Phase Transition in CdSe Nanocrystals.- Raman Diagnostics of Silicon and Carbon Nanoparticles.- Optical and Related Properties of Semiconductors: Bulk and Small Particles.- Nanometer Sized Particles of PbI2 Layered Semiconductors, Embedded in SiO2 Films: Quantum Size Effect and Photodecomposition Processes.- Photonic Band Gap Materials.- Magnetic Properties.- Surface Magnetism of Nanometer Particles.- Nanostructural Design of Magneto-Optic Films and Multilayers.- Giant Magneto-Transport Properties in Granular Magnetic Systems.- Two-Dimensional Patterns of Ni Particles — Preparation and Magnetic Measurements.- Magnetism in Ultrafine Fe and Co Particles.- Magnetism of Surface-Treated Particles.- Amorphous Magnetic Particles.- Properties of Co/B Fine Particles Made by the Microemulsion Technique.- Magnetic and Optical Properties of ?Fe2O3 Nanocrystals.- Size Effects on the Structural and Magnetic Properties of Ultrafine Fe-Pd Particles.- Nanostructured Magnetic Materials: Size and Interaction Effects on Magnetic Properties of Fine Particles.- Magnetic Relaxation in Interacting Small Iron Particles.- Activation Volumes and Magnetization Reversal in Fine Particles.- Rotational Hysteresis in Small Magnetic Particles.- Nanostructured Hard Magnetic Alloys Processed by Melt Spinning Techniques.- Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling in Ferro- and Antiferromagnetic Nanoscale Particles.- Singular Point Detection of Nanostructured Magnets.- Anisotropy Field and Interparticle Interactions Determined by Fourier Analysis of Magnetization Curves of Small Particles.- Magnetism of Soft Nanocrystalline Materials.- Microstructure and Soft Magnetic Properties of Ultrafine Grain Iron-Based Ribbons.- Nanocrystalline Materials from Crystallization of Fe80B20 Amorphous Alloy.- Microstructure and Magnetic Properties of Nanocrystalline Fe-Cr- Based Metallic Glasses.- Applications.- Biological Applications.- Pillared Clays.- Catalysis and Surface Chemistry: Metal Clusters/Nanoscale Particles.- Synthesis and Catalytic Properties of Metal and Semiconductor Nanoclusters.- Nanocrystalline Cerium Oxide Catalytic Materials.- Iron Oxide on Magnesium Oxide Support as a New Destructive Adsorbent for Chlorinated Hydrocarbons.- Comparison of Nanoscale Calcium Oxide versus Commercial Calcium Oxide with Respect to Decomposition of Carbon Tetrachloride.- Destructive Adsorption of Chlorinated Benzene on Ultrafine (Nanoscale) Particles of Magnesium Oxide and Calcium Oxide.- Nanoscale Magnesium Oxide Used to Adsorb SO2 and CO2.- Author Index.