Introduction to Gas Phase Aggregation Sources. History, Some Basics, and an Outlook / Hellmut Haberland -- Principles of Gas Phase Aggregation / Patrice Mélinon -- Types of Cluster Sources / José A De Toro, Peter S Normile, Christopher Binns -- Modifications of Gas Phase Aggregation Sources. The Double-Laser Ablation Source Approach / Piero Ferrari, Jan Vanbuel, Yejun Li, Ting-Wei Liao, Ewald Janssens, Peter Lievens -- In-Plane Multimagnetron Approach / Grant E Johnson, Julia Laskin -- Adjustable Multimagnetron Approach / Lidia Martínez -- Hollow Cylindrical Magnetron / Vitor Toshiyuki Abrao Oiko, Artur Domingues Tavares de Sá, Varlei Rodrigues -- High-Flux DC Magnetron Sputtering / Marco César Maicas Ramos, María del Mar Sanz Lluch -- High-Flux Metal Vapor Cell / Gail N Iles -- Microwave Plasma Synthesis of Nanoparticles / Dieter Vollath -- Enhanced Synthesis of Aggregates by Reduced Temperature, Pulsed Magnetron Sputtering, and Pulsed Buffer Gas Delivery / Vitezslav Stranak, Rainer Hippler -- High-Power Pulsed Plasmas / Iris Pilch -- High-Pressure and Reactive Gas Magnetron Sputtering / Lakshmi Kolipaka, Stefan Vajda -- In-Flight Post-Growth Manipulation of Nanoparticles. Coating / Panagiotis Grammatikopoulos, Mukhles Sowwan -- Nanostructuring, Orientation, and Annealing / Balamurugan Balasubramanian, David J Sellmyer -- Deflection and Mass Filtering / Marcel Di Vece -- In-Flight and Postdeposition Manipulation of Mass-Filtered Nanoparticles under Soft-Landing Conditions / Joachim Bansmann, Armin Kleibert, Hendrik Bettermann, Mathias Getzlaff -- In-Flight Analysis / Sergio D'Addato -- Perspectives. Nano- and Micromanufacturing with Nanoparticles Produced in the Gas Phase: An Emerging Tool for Functional and Length-Scale Integration / Paolo Milani, Luca G Bettini.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (John Wiley, viewed March 8, 2017).

The first overview of this topic begins with some historical aspects and a survey of the principles of the gas aggregation method. The second part covers modifications of this method resulting in different specialized techniques, while the third discusses the post-growth treatment that can be applied to the nanoparticles. The whole is rounded off by a review of future perspectives and the challenges facing the scientific and industrial communities. An excellent resource for anyone working with the synthesis of nanoparticles, both in academia and industry.