Structure and Properties of Metal Nanostructures
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2021) | Viewed by 291
Special Issue Editor
Interests: metal nanostructures; metal nanoclusters; organometallics; spectroscopic properties; nanoplasmonics; electronic structures; theoretical and computational chemistry; computational material science; density functional theory; TDDFT
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Research on metal nanostructures has made impressive progress in recent decades, thanks to breakthroughs in both experimental and theoretical approaches. Application outlooks appear to be more and more promising (catalysis, chemical reactivity, optics, electronics, etc.), since chemical and physical properties are not only tailored by modifying the composition, the size or the morphology of the metal nanocluster, but are also very sensitive to the environment, i.e., ligands, solvents, solid matrices, etc.
Metal nanostructures may be prepared using physical or chemical approaches. Experimental syntheses begin to be able to control size and structure by adjusting the reaction parameters, precursor composition, reducing and stabilizing agents. Investigating the intrinsic properties of metal nanoclusters remains a very active domain of research, especially concerning the characterization on the structure, the reactivity, the electronic and optical properties. Also, research into the effects of the environment on the chemical and physical properties of metal nanoclusters is nowadays a major challenge for both experimentalists and theoreticians.
The Special Issue aims to assemble recent relevant scientific achievements in the field of metal nanostructures and their synthesis and properties (stability, electronics, optics, reactivity, electrochemical, etc.). Both experiments and theoretical calculations are welcome.
Dr. Franck Rabilloud
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Molecules is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- Metal nanostructures
- Metal nanoparticles
- Metal nanoclusters
- Synthesis
- Structure
- Reactivity
- Nanoplasmonics
- Surface enhanced Raman scattering
- DFT
- Theoretical and computational chemistry
