1. Inorganic nanoparticles : synthesis, applications, and perspectives : an overview / Claudia Altavilla and Enrico Ciliberto -- 2. Inorganic nanoparticles for the conservation of works of art / Piero Baglioni and Rodorico Giorgi -- 3. Magnetic nanoparticle for information storage applications / Natalie A. Frey and Shouheng Sun -- 4. Inorganic nanoparticles gas sensors / B.R. Mehta, V.N. Singh, and Manika Khanuja -- 5. Light-emitting devices based on direct band gap semiconductor Nanoparticles / Ekaterina Neshataeva, Tilmar Kummell, and Gerd Bacher -- 6. Formation of nanosized aluminum and its applications in condensed phase reactions / Jan A. Puszynski and Lori J. Groven -- 7. Nanoparticles for fuel cell applications / Jin Luo. [et al.] -- 8. Inorganic nanoparticles for photovoltaic applications / Elif Arici -- 9. Inorganic nanoparticles and rechargeable batteries / Doron Aurbach and Ortal Haik -- 10. Quantum dots designed for biomedical applications / Andrea Ragusa. [et al.] -- 11. Magnetic nanoparticles for drug delivery / Claudia Altavilla -- 12. Nanoparticle thermotherapy : a new approach in cancer therapy / Joerg Lehmann and Brita Lehmann -- 13. Inorganic particles against reactive oxygen species for sun protective products / Wilson A. Lee and Miriam Raifailovich -- 14. Innovative inorganic nanoparticles with antibacterial properties attached to textiles by sonochemistry / Nina Perkas. [et al.] -- 15. Inorganic nanoparticles for environmental remediation / Thomas B. Scott -- 16. Inorganic nanotubes and fullerene-like structures : from synthesis to applications / Maya Bar-Sadan and Reshef Tenne -- 17. Inorganic nanoparticles for catalysis / Naoki Toshima -- 18. Nanocatalysts : a new dimension for nanoparticles? / Paolo Ciambelli, Diana Sannino, and Maria Sarno.