Fine Particles Science and Technology: From Micro to Nanoparticles - Nato Science Partnership Subseries: 3 1996 edition

Marc Notes: Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division.; The NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Fine Particles Science and Technology: From Micro to Nanoparticles was held at the Hotel Villa del Mare, Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy, on July 15-21, 1995--Pref; Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Preface. Internally and Externally Composite Monodispersed Colloid Particles; E. Matijevic. Interactions of Microparticles with Interfaces: Kinetics and Structure; Z. Adamczyk, et al. Possibilities and Limitations in the Growth of Mixed Metal Oxide Particles from Aqueous Media; M. A. Blesa. Electrochemical Characterization of Submicron Particle Surface Including Surface Chemistry and Structure; S. S. Dukhin. A New Method in Preparation of Monodisperse Particles; T. Sugimoto. Nonporous Silica Microspheres in the Micron and Submicron Size Range: Manufacture, Characterization and Application; C. Kaiser, et al. Adsorption of Cations on Colloidal Oxide Particles. Cobalt Ions on Hematite; N. Ogrinc, et al. Formation of Uniform Crystalline Germanium (IV) Oxide Particles; S. Hamada. Model Particles for Concentrated Colloidal Dispersions: From Hard Spheres to Soft Rods; A. Vrij, A. P. Philipse. Thermodynamics of the Metalelectrolye Interface Charging; N. Kallay, et al. Fundamentals of Forced Hydrolysis of Indium Hydroxide; T. A. Ring, Y. Kudo. Adsorption of Backround Electrolyte Ions at the Metal Oxide/Water Solution Interface. Theory and Experiment - A Comparison; W. Janusz. Structures of Microporous Hematite Particles Prepared from delta-FeOOH; T. Ishikawa. Zeta Potential of Submicron Titania Particles in Mixed Solvents; M. Kosmulski. Structural and Magnetic Properties of Fine gamma- Fe2O3 Particles; M. P. Morales, et al. Water, Hydrophobes and Silica Particles; M. L. Hair, C. P. Tripp. Dielectric Spectroscopy of Model Colloids, and the Role of Conduction Behind the Plane of Shecu; M. Minor, et al. Some Colloid-Chemical Aspects of the Small Particles Contact Interactions; E. D. Shchukin. Electro-Optic Characterization of Anisotropic Sub-Micron Particles; B. Jennings. Polyphosphate Nanoparticles and Gels; F. Galembeck, et al. Luminescence Properties of Silver Bromide: From Nanocrystals to Microcrystals; M. I. Freedhoff, et al. Carrier Dynamics in Silicon Nanocrystals and Porous Silicon Films; L. Brus. Photoinduced Charge Transfer Processes in Semiconductor Heterostructures. Capped vs. Coupled Systems; P. Kamat, et al. Synthesis and Characterization of GaP, InP, and GaInP2 Quantum Dots; O. I. Micic. A Comparison of Pressure-Induced Structural Transformations in CdSe, InP, and Si Nanocrystals; A. B. Herhold. Directed Photocurrents in Nanostructured SnO2/TiO2/Ru(II) L2 (CNS)2 Heterojunctions; B. Levy, et al. Colloidal Dispersion of Bimetallic Nanoparticles: Preparation, Structure and Catalysis; N. Toshima. Electrochemical Studies of Nanosized Sols of Titanium Dioxide and Cadmium Sulfide; R. Andriamanampisoa, et al. Photoelectrochemistry with TiO2 Aerogels; M. Tomkiewicz, S. Kelly. Control of the Size and Shape of Nanoparticles; M. P. Pileni, et al. Synthesis of Monodisperse GeO2 Particles in Reversed Micellar Systems; K. Kon-No. Preparation of CdS, and ZnS Particles in Nanophase Reactors Provided by Binary Liquids Adsorbed at Layered Clay and Spherical Silica Particle Surfaces; I. Dekany, J. H. Fendler. Excess Charge in Small Semiconductor Particles; C. Luangdilok, et al. Radiation Induced Reactions at Small' Surfaces and on Small Particles; G. Zhang, et al. Mie-Plasmonspectroscopy: A Tool of Surface Science; U. Kreibig, et al. Large Metal Ion Clusters &endash; Small Magnetic Particles; D. Gatteschi, R. Sessoli. Synthesis and consolidation of ZnS/GaP Powders; M. Akinc, Y. Han. Magnetic and Transport Properties ofPublisher Marketing: Dealing with the preparation, characterization and technological applications of monodisperse particles in the micro to nano size range, this work covers: the mechanisms by which uniform fine particles are formed and the search for new processes; the mechanism of the precipitation technique, requiring knowledge of the relationship between the complex solution chemistry and the products formed; and the sequence of events leading to the formation of monodisperse colloids. The following topics are presented: microparticles, nanoparticles, applications in the preparation of materials, synthesis and properties, environmental applications, and many others.

Contributor Bio:  North Atlantic Treaty Organization Dedication. Preface. Acknowledgments. Clifford Geometric Algebras in Multilinear Algebra and Non-Euclidean Geometries.- Geometric algebra Projective Geometries; Affine and other geometries; Affine Geometry of pseudo-euclidean space; Conformal Geometry and the Horosphere; References. Content-Based Information Retrieval by Group Theoretical Methods.- Introduction; Motivating Examples; General Concept; Fault Tolerance.- Applications, Prototypes, and Test Results; Related Work and Future Research; References.- Four Problems in Radar.-Introduction; Radar Fundamentals; Radar Waveforms; Signal Processing; Space-Time Adaptive Processing; Four Problems in Radar; Conclusions. Introduction to Generalized Classical and Quantum Signal and System Theories on Groups and Hypergroups.-Generalized classical signal/system theory on hypergroups; Generalized quantum signal/system theory on hypergroups; Conclusion; References. Lie Groups and Lie Algebras in Robotics.- Introduction -- Rigid Body Motions; Lie Groups; Finite Screw Motions; Mechanical Joints; Invisible Motion and Gripping; Forward Kinematics; Lie Algebra; The Adjoint Representation; The Exponential Map Derivatives of Exponentials; Jacobians; Concluding Remarks; References. Quantum/Classical Interface: a Geometric Approach from the Classical Side.- Introduction Paravector Space as Spacetime; Eigenspinors; Spin; Dirac Equation; Bell's Theorem; Qubits and Entanglement; Conclusions; References. PONS, Reed-Muller Codes, and Group Algebras.- Introduction; Analytic Theory of One-Dimensional PONS (Welti); Shapiro Sequences, Reed-Muller Codes, and Functional Equations; Group Algebras; Reformulation of Classical PONS; Group Algebra of Classical PONS; GroupAlgebra Convolution; Splitting Sequences; Historical Appendix on PONS; References. Clifford Algebras as a Unified Language.- Introduction; Clifford algebras as models of physical spaces; Clifford Algebras as Models of Perceptual Multicolor Spaces; Hypercomplex-Valued invariants of nD multicolor images; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References. Recent Progress and Applications in Group FFTs.-Introduction; Finite group FFTs; FFTs for compact groups; Noncompact groups; References. Group Filters and Image Processing.- Introduction: Classical Digital Signal Processing; Abelian Group DSP; Nonabelian Groups; Examples; Group Transforms; Group Filters; Line-like Images; Acknowledgments; References. A Geometric Algebra Approach to Some Problems of Robot Vision.- Introduction; Local Analysis of Multi-dimensional Signals; Knowledge Based Neural Computing; Acknowledgments; References. Group Theory in Radar and Signal Processing.- Introduction; How a Radar Works; Representations; Representations and Radar; Ambiguity Functions; The Wide Band Case; References. Geometry of Paravector Space with Applications to Relativistic Physics.- Clifford Algebras in Physics; Paravector Space as Spacetime; Interpretation; Eigenspinors; Maxwell's Equation; Conclusions; References. A Unified Approach to Fourier-Clifford-Prometheus Transforms- Introduction; New construction of classical and multiparametric Prometheus transforms; PONS associated with Abelian groups; Fast Fourier-Prometheus Transforms; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References. Fast Color Wavelet Transforms.- Introduction; Color images; Color Wavelet-Haar-Prometheus transforms; Edge detection and compression of color images; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References. Selected Problems; Various Authors.- Transformations of Euclidean Space and Clifford Geometric; Algebra; References; On the Distribution of Kloosterman Sums on Polynomials over Quaternions; References; Harmonic Sliding Analysis Problems; References; Spectral Analysis under Conditions of Uncertainty; A Canonical Basis for Maximal Tori of the Reductive Centrizer of a Nilpotent Element; References; 6 The Quantum Chaos Conjecture References; Four Problems in Radar; Topic Index; Author Index