title: Nanoparticle Assemblies: Nanoparticle Clusters: Assembly and Control Over Internal Order, Current Capabilities, and Future Potential (Adv. Mater. 27/2016).
abstract: Clusters or assemblies of nanoparticles exhibit unique features which arise from the enhancement of properties of single nanoparticles or due to new collective properties. On page 5400, D. F. Brougham and co-workers review the role of nanoparticle interactions in controlling cluster formation, and classify the assembly mechanisms. Emerging applications for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), optical labeling, light harvesting, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), hyperthermia, photocatalysis, enrichment, and separation are presented. Cover image by Christoph Hohmann, Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM).
authors.affiliation: Photonics and Optoelectronics Group, Department of Physics and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Amalienstrasse 54, 80799, Munich, Germany.|Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM), Schellingstrasse 4, Munich, 80799, Germany.
authors.forename: Jacek K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Stolarczyk
authors.affiliation: Institute for Technical Physics and Materials Science, HAS Centre for Energy Research, P.O. Box 49, H-1525, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Andras
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deak
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, School of Chemical Sciences, Dublin City, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland.|School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
authors.forename: Dermot F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Brougham
keywords: collective properties; colloidal processing; functional nanoparticle assemblies; nanoparticle assembly processes; size-control