Clusters and Nanomaterials

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XV

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2. Brief Introduction

   1. Brief Introduction

      • Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, Tamotsu Kondow, Kaoru Ohno

      Pages 1-5

3. Metallic Clusters

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. Ab Initio Computer Simulations on Microclusters: Structures and Electronic Properties

      • Vijay Kumar, Keivan Esfarjani, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

      Pages 9-88

   3. Stability of Multiply Charged Transition Metal Clusters

      • Naoaki Saito, Kazuyoshi Koyama, Mitsumori Tanimoto

      Pages 89-96

4. Organic Molecules

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97

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   2. Adsorption of Methanol Molecules on Nickel Cluster Ions

      • Masahiko Ichihashi, Ramkuber T. Yadav, Tamotsu Kondow

      Pages 99-108

   3. Cluster Investigations in Cyclodextrin Inclusion Compounds: Theory and Experiment

      • Rodion Belosludov, Takehisa Yoshinari, Tohru Hiwada, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, Kaoru Ohno, Shin-ichiro Nagasaka

      Pages 109-131

5. Fullerenes and Nanotubes

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133

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   2. The Nanostructure of C60 Photopolymers

      • Jun Onoe, Tomonobu Nakayama, Aiko Nakao, Yuichi Hashi, Keivan Esfarjani, Kaoru Ohno et al.

      Pages 135-169

   3. Formation of Foreign-Atom-Doped Fullerenes

      • Tsutomu Ohtsuki, Kaoru Ohno

      Pages 171-186

   4. Electronic, Transport and Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes

      • Keivan Esfarjani, Amir A. Farajian, Yuichi Hashi, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

      Pages 187-220

   5. Nanostructural Characterization of Inorganic Materials by High-Resolution Electron Microscopy

      • Takeo Oku

      Pages 221-244

6. Theory and Computer Simulation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 245-245

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   2. Phase Behavior in Systems of Large Molecules

      • Masayuki Hasegawa

      Pages 247-275

   3. Formation of Free Clusters and Their Structures: Molecular Dynamics Simulations

      • Tamio Ikeshoji

      Pages 277-293

   4. Extended Ensemble Monte Carlo Method

      • Masuhiro Mikami

      Pages 295-307

   5. Molecular Dynamics Simulation for Deformation Dynamics of Ni/Ni3Al Composite with FGM or NFGM Type Interface

      • Tomoyasu Aihara, Tomoyoshi Sho, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

      Pages 309-322

   6. Size-Dependent Evolution of Conduction-Electron Excitations in Small Spherical Particles

      • Takeshi Inaoka

      Pages 323-339

7. Back Matter

   Pages 341-347

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The field of cluster science is currently attracting considerable interest, not only from a fundamental standpoint, but also through its future applications to electronic, optical, magnetic, and other devices. Synthesizing specific clus­ ters as a unit of useful nanostructures or controlling them as an assembly of nanocomposites is one of the ultimate purposes in this field. In order to understand how to synthesize individual clusters and t_o investigate physical properties, chemical reactions, structural stability, response to external fields, aggregation, phase transition, and other aspects of clusters, a great deal of effort has gone into experiment, theory and computer simulation in this area. This is presumably motivated by the fact that a high level of collaboration between theoretical and experimental researchers is particularly important for progress in the field of cluster science. The present book aims to collect together recent advances in this rapidly growing field. The authors are all active researchers, collaborating both ex­ perimentally and theoretically in this field, and most of them have regularly participated in the IMR Workshop, held for three years starting from 1998 at the Institute for Materials Research in Tohoku University. This book is suitable for both theoretical and experimental researchers and also for re­ searchers and graduate students working in related subjects, who wish to overview recent advances in the field.

• Adsorption
• Clusters
• Electronic excitation
• Fulleren
• Helium-Atom-Streuung
• Magic numbers
• Nanomaterial
• Nanotube
• carbon nanotubes
• cluster
• fullerenes
• microscopy
• molecule
• nanostructure
• particles

From the reviews of the first edition:

"The book starts with a brief introduction written by the editors. They outlined important contributions of cluster science to basic science and the role of cluster science in applications, the crucial role of cluster in the progress of nanotechnology. The book consists of four parts: ‘Metallic Clusters’, ‘Organic Molecules’, ‘Fullerenes and Nanotubes’, ‘Theory and Computer Simulation’. … This book will be useful for researchers and graduated students working in the field of cluster science and in related subjects." (K. M. Salikhov, Applied Magnetic Resonance, Vol. 24 (2), 2003)

"The editors of this book have an outstanding track record in the fields of cluster and nanoparticle physics. Their insight into the field can be gleaned from the very well written introductory chapter, which briefly outlines the relevance and importance of each the subsequent chapters. … it is the theoretical chapters that make this book valuable, giving examples of a wide range of modern numerical modelling approaches. … should find a place in the library of someone interested in the simulation of nanostructures." (John Dell, The Physicist, Vol. 39 (3), 2002)

• Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

  Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

• Cluster Research Laboratory, Toyota Technological Institute in East Tokyo Laboratory, Genesis Research Institute Inc., Chiba, Japan

  Tamotsu Kondow

• Department of Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan

  Kaoru Ohno

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