Nanostructures of common metals

Abstract

Since nanosized metals nanosized metal with magnetic features, and porous and noble metals, are discussed in other chapters of this handbook, here we present a complementary, comprehensive review on other metal nanostructures. Accordingly, this chapter is devoted to review the strategies of synthesis as well as properties of the most common transition- and post-transition-metal nanoparticles. metal nanoparticle (NP) nanoparticle (NP) metal Particular attention is paid to scalable production methods and enabled or foreseen applications of such metals, including low-melting-point lead, bismuth, tin, and indium, some of the refractories including tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum, and titanium, as well as a few more of the very commonly used metals such as copper, aluminum, and zinc. The review is expected to help the readers to get a glance at the state-of-the-art in the field and to foster new studies to overcome chal lenges associated typically with controlled bulk production and exploitation of this family of nanomaterials.