TY - CHAP AU - Alena Reznickova AU - Ondrej Kvitek AU - Dominik Fajstavr AU - Nikola Slavikova and Vaclav Svorcik ED - Mohindar Singh Seehra ED - Alan D. Bristow Y1 - 2017-12-20 PY - 2017 T1 - Substrate Effects of Noble Metal Nanostructures Prepared by Sputtering N2 - The use of copper, silver, gold and platinum in jewelry as a measure of wealth is well known. This book contains 19 chapters written by international authors on other uses and applications of noble and precious metals (copper, silver, gold, platinum, palladium, iridium, osmium, rhodium, ruthenium, and rhenium). The topics covered include surface-enhanced Raman scattering, quantum dots, synthesis and properties of nanostructures, and its applications in the diverse fields such as high-tech engineering, nanotechnology, catalysis, and biomedical applications. The basis for these applications is their high-free electron concentrations combined with high-temperature stability and corrosion resistance and methods developed for synthesizing nanostructures. Recent developments in all these areas with up-to-date references are emphasized. BT - Noble and Precious Metals SP - Ch. 8 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.71340 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.71340 SN - 978-1-78923-293-6 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-05-11 ER -