TY - CHAP AU - Ricardo Souza da Silva AU - Ernesto Soares de Freitas Neto AU - Noelio Oliveira Dantas ED - Sudheer Neralla Y1 - 2012-08-29 PY - 2012 T1 - Optical, Magnetic, and Structural Properties of Semiconductor and Semimagnetic Nanocrystals N2 - Nanocrystals research has been an area of significant interest lately, due to the wide variety of potential applications in semiconductor, optical and biomedical fields. This book consists of a collection of research work on nanocrystals processing and characterization of their structural, optical, electronic, magnetic and mechanical properties. Various methods for nanocrystals synthesis are discussed in the book. Size-dependent properties such as quantum confinement, superparamagnetism have been observed in semiconductor and magnetic nanoparticles. Nanocrystals incorporated into different material systems have proven to possess improved properties. A review of the exciting outcomes nanoparticles study has provided indicates further accomplishments in the near future. BT - Nanocrystals SP - Ch. 4 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/46037 DO - 10.5772/46037 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-26 ER -