Nanodroplets / Zhiming M. Wang, editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Generation of nanodroplets and Its applications -- Nanodroplet formations in electrospun fibers of immiscible polymer blends and their effects on fractionated crystallization -- Dynamic study of nanodroplet nucleation and growth using transmitted electrons in ESEM -- Self-assembly of nanodroplets in nanocomposite materials in nanodroplets science and technology -- Ordering of Ga nanodroplets by low energy ion sputtering -- Atomistic mechanisms underlying the freezing behavior of metal nanodroplets -- Dynamics of nanodroplets on structured surfaces -- Atomistic simulation of nanodroplet collisions with a wall : fragmentation and impact desolvation of macromolecules -- Polymer films with nanosized liquid-crystal droplets : extinction, polarization, phase, and light focusing -- Clusters and nanoparticles in superfluid helium nanodroplets : fundamentals, challenges and perspectives -- Reactive dynamics in confined water by reversed micelles -- Brownian deposition of nanodroplets and nanofibre growth via "vapor-liquid- solid" route -- Water nanodroplets : molecular drag and self-assembly -- Atomistic pseudopotential theory of droplet epitaxial GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dots -- Local droplet etching : nanoholes for quantum dots and nanopillars.

"Nanodroplets, the basis of complex and advanced nanostructures such as quantum rings, quantum dots, and quantum dot clusters for future electronic and optoelectronic materials and devices, have attracted the interdisciplinary interest of chemists, physicists, and engineers. This book combines experimental and theoretical analyses of nanosized droplets which reveal many attractive properties. Coverage includes nanodroplet synthesis, structure, unique behaviors, and their nanofabrication, including chapters on focused ion beam, atomic force microscopy, molecular beam epitaxy, and the "vapor-liquid- solid" route. Particular emphasis is given to the behavior of metallic nanodroplets, water nanodroplets, and nanodroplets in polymer and metamaterial nanocomposites. The contributions of leading scientists and their research groups will provide readers with deeper insight into the chemical and physical mechanisms, properties, and potential applications of various nanodroplets." --