Assemblies of Gold Nanoparticles at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces From Liquid Optics to Electrocatalysis /

• Main Author: Smirnov, Evgeny (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Nanotechnology.; Materials science.; Electrochemistry.; Catalysis.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.

This book is devoted to various aspects of self-assembly of gold nanoparticles at liquid-liquid interfaces and investigation of their properties. It covers primarily two large fields: (i) self-assembly of nanoparticles and optical properties of these assemblies; and (ii) the role of nanoparticles in...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Experimental and Instrumentation
• Self-assembly of Nanoparticles into Gold Metal Liquid-Like Droplets (MeLLDs)
• Optical properties of self-healing gold nanoparticle mirrors and filters at Liquid-Liquid interfaces
• Self-assembly of gold nanoparticles: low interfacial tensions
• Electrochemical investigation of nanofilms at liquid-liquid interface
• Electron transfer reactions and redox catalysis on gold nanofilms at soft interfaces
• Gold nanofilm redox electrocatalysis for oxygen reduction at soft interfaces
• Perspectives: from Colloidosomes through SERS to electrically driven Marangoni Shutters
• General conclusions.