Preface ............................................................. iii Contributors ........................................................ vii 1 Overview .............................................................. 1 Daniel L. Feldheim, and Colby A. Foss, Jr. 2 Transition-Metal Nanoclusters: Solution-Phase Synthesis, ............. 17 Then Characterization and Mechanism of Formation, of Polyoxoanion- and Tetrabutylammonium-Stabilized Nanoclusters Richard G. Finke 3 Magic Numbers in Clusters: Nucleation and Growth Sequences, .......... 55 Bonding, Principles, and Packing Patterns Boon K. Teo and Hong Zhang 4 Modeling Metal Nanoparticle Optical Properties ....................... 89 K. Lance Kelly, Traci R. Jensen, Anne A. Lazarides, and George C. Schatz 5 Electrochemical Template Synthesis of Nanoscopic Metal Particles .... 119 Colby A. Foss, Jr. 6 Nonlinear Optical Properties of Metal Nanoparticles ................. 141 Robert C. Johnson and Joseph T. Hupp 7 Electrochemical Synthesis and Optical Properties of Gold Nanorods ... 163 Chao-Wen Shih, Wei-Cheng Lai, Chuin-Chieh Hwang, Ser-Sing Chang, and C.R.Chris Wang 8 Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensing with Colloidal ................. 183 Au Amplification Michael J. Natan and L. Andrew Lyon 9 Self-Assemblies of Nanocrystals: Fabrication and Collective ......... 207 Properties Marie-Paule Pileni 10 Electrodeposition of Metal Nanoparticles on Graphite and Silicon .... 237 Sasha Gorer, Hongtao Liu, Rebecca M. Stiger, Michael P. Zach, James V. Zoval, and Reginald M. Penner 11 Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications of .................... 261 Dendrimer-Encapsulated Metal and Semiconductor Nanoparticles Richard M. Crooks, Victor Chechik, Buford I. Lemon III, Li Sun, Lee K. Yeung, and Mingqi Zhao 12 The Electrochemistry of Monolayer Protected Au Clusters ............. 297 David E. Cliffel, Jocelyn F. Hicks, Allen C. Templeton, and Royce W. Murray 13 Nanoparticle Electronic Devices: Challenges and Opportunities ....... 319 Wyatt McConnell, Louis C. Brousseau III, A. Blaine House, Lisa B. Lowe, Robert C. Tenent, and Daniel L. Feldheim Index ............................................................... 335