TY - CHAP AU - Joseph Adeyemi Adekoya AU - Kehinde Olurotimi Ogunniran AU - Tolutope Oluwasegun Siyanbola AU - Enock Olugbenga Dare AU - Neerish Revaprasadu ED - Mohindar Singh Seehra ED - Alan D. Bristow Y1 - 2018-07-04 PY - 2018 T1 - Band Structure, Morphology, Functionality, and Size- Dependent Properties of Metal Nanoparticles 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. 2 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.72761 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.72761 SN - 978-1-78923-293-6 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-28 ER -