TY - BOOK AU - Ed by Sattler, Kalus D TI - Handbook of Nanophysics: 2 Clusters and Fullerenes SN - 9781420075540 U1 - 620.5 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - CRC Press KW - Cluster Interactions - Carbon Fullerenes N1 - This volume covers free clusters, including hydrogen, bimetallic, silicon, metal, and atomic clusters, as well as the cluster interactions. The expert contributors examine how carbon fullerenes are produced and how to characterize their stability. They discuss the structure, properties, and behavior of carbon fullerenes, including the smallest possible fullerene: C20. The book also looks at inorganic fullerenes, such as boron fullerenes, silicon fullerenes, nanocones, and onion-like inorganic fullerenes. Nanophysics brings together multiple disciplines to determine the structural, electronic, optical, and thermal behavior of nanomaterials; electrical and thermal conductivity; the forces between nanoscale objects; and the transition between classical and quantum behavior ER -