chapter 1 Amorphous Nanoparticles -- chapter 2 Magnetic Nanoparticles -- chapter 3 Ferroelectric Nanoparticles -- chapter 4 Helium Nanodroplets -- chapter 5 Silicon Nanocrystals -- chapter 6 ZnO Nanoparticles -- chapter 7 Tetrapod-Shaped Semiconductor Nanocrystals -- chapter 8 Fullerene-Like CdSe Nanoparticles -- chapter 9 Magnetic Ion–Doped Semiconductor Nanocrystals -- chapter 10 Nanocrystals from Natural Polysaccharides -- chapter 11 Acoustic Vibrations in Nanoparticles -- chapter 12 Superheating in Nanoparticles -- chapter 13 Spin Accumulation in Metallic Nanoparticles -- chapter 14 Photoinduced Magnetism in Nanoparticles -- chapter 15 Optical Detection of a Single Nanoparticle -- chapter 16 Second-Order Ferromagnetic Resonance in Nanoparticles -- chapter 17 Catalytically Active Gold Particles -- chapter 18 Isoelectric Point of Nanoparticles -- chapter 19 Nanoparticles in Cosmic Environments -- chapter 20 Ordered Nanoparticle Assemblies -- chapter 21 Biomolecule-Induced Nanoparticle Aggregation -- chapter 22 Magnetic Nanoparticle Assemblies -- chapter 23 Embedded Nanoparticles -- chapter 24 Coupling in Metallic Nanoparticles: Approaches to Optical Nanoantennas -- chapter 25 Metal–Insulator Transition in Molecularly Linked Nanoparticle Films -- chapter 26 Tribology of Nanoparticles -- chapter 27 Plasmonic Nanoparticle Networks -- chapter 28 Stability of Nanodispersions -- chapter 29 Liquid Slip at the Molecular Scale -- chapter 30 Newtonian Nanofl uids in Convection -- chapter 31 Theory of Thermal Conduction in Nanofl uids -- chapter 32 Thermophysical Properties of Nanofl uids -- chapter 33 Heat Conduction in Nanofl uids -- chapter 34 Nanofl uids for Heat Transfer -- chapter 35 Core-Shell Quantum Dots -- chapter 36 Polymer-Coated Quantum Dots -- chapter 37 Kondo Effect in Quantum Dots -- chapter 38 Theory of Two-Electron Quantum Dots -- chapter 39 Thermodynamic Theory of Quantum Dots Self-Assembly -- chapter 40 Quantum Teleportation in Quantum Dots System.