Single Organic Nanoparticles, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003 NanoScience and Technology Series

This book summarizes recent scientific results on organic nanoparticles in view of the observation, measurement, and manipulation of single particles. This approach makes it possible to extract the nature of organic nanopar­ ticles without considering the averaged information ofthe nanoparticles over distributions of size, shape, inner structure, and environment. It is based on recent progress in laser, microscope, and optical detection systems. Various kinds of new methodology, theory, analysis, and preparation of organic na­ noparticles have been developed and applied. Novel phenomena, properties, characteristics, and functionality have been explored and revealed. Such stu­ dies on the chemistry and physics ofnanoparticles is bridging our gaps in the understanding of single molecules, atoms, and bulk materials. Molecular pictures are particularly useful for predicting, explaining, and designing the the physical and chemical properties of organic nanoparticles. This is especially the case in light of the availability of more than 15 million kinds of molecules for synthesis. This approach is opening new aspects of nanoscience and nanotechnology which can never be attained by studies on nanoparticles of metals and semiconductors.

1 Introduction.- I Preparation of Nanoparticles.- 2 Reprecipitation Method for Organic Nanocrystals.- 3 Laser Ablation Method for Organic Nanoparticles.- 4 Synthesis of Functionalized Polymer Particles.- 5 Synthesis of Photosensitive Dendrimer Molecules.- II Spectroscopy and Manipulation.- 6 Electrodynamic Trap of Single Microparticles.- 7 Lasing Spectroscopy of Single Microspheres.- 8 Microspectroscopy of Single Nanoparticles.- 9 Force Measurement for a Single Nanoparticle.- 10 Laser Manipulation of Single Nanoparticles.- III Theory of Optical Interactions.- 11 Optical Spectrum of a Confined Exciton in a Sphere: A Prototype of Advanced Analyses.- 12 Optical Manipulation of Single Nanoparticles Under a Resonance Condition.- 13 Low-Dimensional Eexcitons in Aromatic Nanoparticles.- IV Physics and Chemistry of Nanoparticles.- 14 Optical Properties of Polymer Nanocrystals.- 15 Photophysics of Capped Nanocrystals and Molecular J-Aggregates.- 16 Near-field Microspectroscopy and Microprocessing of Individual Perylene Microcrystals.- 17 Photochemical Dynamics of Fullerene Nanoparticles.- 18 Structural Relaxation of Dendrimers and Polymer Nanoparticles with Single Chromophores.- 19 Photophysical Properties of Semiconductor Nanocrystals.- 20 Electronic States of Chemically Modified CdS Nanoparticles.- V Physics and Chemistry of Liquid Droplets.- 21 Photoredox Chemistry of Single Microdroplets in Water.- 22 Raman Spectroscopy of a Single Microdroplet.- 23 Picoliter Droplets for Single-Particle and Single-Molecule Imaging.- 24 Auto-Oscillated Vibration of Single Oil Droplets.- VI Materials Application and Future Perspective.- 25 Photon-Force Controlled Molecular Assembling in Solution.- 26 Spectroscopic Analysis of Single Microparticles Under Solution-Flow Conditions.- 27 Stimulus-Responsive Polymer Nanoparticles.- 28 Photonic Band Properties of Ordered Nanoparticle Layers.- 29 Particle-Based Optical Devices.

First book on organic nanoparticles Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras