Review and outlook: from single nanoparticles to self-assembled monolayers and granular GMR sensors

• Alexander Weddemann,
• Inga Ennen,
• Anna Regtmeier,
• Camelia Albon,
• Annalena Wolff,
• Katrin Eckstädt,
• Nadine Mill,
• Michael K.-H. Peter,
• Jochen Mattay,
• Carolin Plattner,
• Norbert Sewald and
• Andreas Hütten

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2010, 1, 75–93, doi:10.3762/bjnano.1.10

• hydrophobic tails. Such micelles have a size of 1 to 50 nm depending on the tenside concentration [18]. The precursor is confined within these defined droplets which may, thus, act as nanoreactors in which particle growth is initiated. A typical result obtained by the use of an isopropanol/water emulsion and

Flash laser annealing for controlling size and shape of magnetic alloy nanoparticles

• Damien Alloyeau,
• Christian Ricolleau,
• Cyril Langlois,
• Yann Le Bouar and
• Annick Loiseau

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2010, 1, 55–59, doi:10.3762/bjnano.1.7

• demonstrated by the rounded shape of the particles similar to small water droplets on clean glass substrate. The formation of twin boundaries observed on Figure 2c, is characteristic of rapid solidification processes following NPs melting. These laser-induced phenomena tend to reduce the surface energy of the