Structure and Properties of Nanoalloys, 10

Structure and Properties of Nanoalloys is devoted to the topic of alloy nanoparticles, the bi-or multicomponent metallic nanoparticles that are often called nanoalloys. The interest in nanoalloys stems from the wide spectrum of their possible applications in the fields of catalysis, magnetism, and optics.

Nanoalloys are also interesting from a basic science point-of-view due to the complexity of their structures and properties. Nanoalloys are presently a very lively research area, with impressive developments in the last ten years. This book meets the need to systematize the wealth of experimental and computational results generated over the last decade.

Riccardo Ferrando is Professor of Condensed Matter Physics at the University of Genoa, Italy. His research interests include: Theory of stochastic processes. Theory of diffusion in periodic systems. Simulation of surface diffusion and crystal growth. Modelling of metal nanoparticles and nanoalloys. Modelling of aggregation processes in colloidal suspensions. He is author of more than 200 publications in peer reviewed journals.