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1. Introduction to nanoparticles and nanotechnology -- 1.1. Overview of nanoparticles and nanotechnologies -- 1.2. Classification of nanomaterials -- 1.3. NP uniformity and agglomeration -- 1.4. NP characterization

2. Production of hybrid nanoparticles -- 2.1. An overview of the production methods for NPs -- 2.2. The MS-IGC method -- 2.3. Factors influencing the formation of HNPs using gas-phase methods

3. Design of binary nanoparticles -- 3.1. Introduction to binary NPs -- 3.2. Synthesis and characterization of FeAl HNPs -- 3.3. Synthesis and characterization of AgSi NPs -- 3.4. The production of Ag-TiO2 and Au-TiO2 HNPs

4. Design of ternary magneto-plasmonic nanoparticles -- 4.1. Introduction to magneto-plasmonic NPs -- 4.2. The deposition of FeAg@Si MPNPs -- 4.3. Characterization methods -- 4.4. The morphology, structure and composition of FeAg@Si MPNPs -- 4.5. The morphology and size tuning of MPNPs -- 4.6. The oxidation state of MPNPs -- 4.7. The formation mechanism -- 4.8. Trimetallic magnetic and plasmonic HNPs

5. Obtaining anisotropic magnetic nanostructures -- 5.1. Introduction to the self-assembly of magnetic NPs -- 5.2. The synthesis and characterization of Fe and FeAg NRs -- 5.3. The Mechanism of the formation of Fe and FeAg NRs -- 5.4. The production of magnetic nanowires and nanotrusses -- 6. Summary and future outlook.

This research text provides a concise overview of the technical approaches to the synthesis and characterization of hybrid nanoparticles, with a focus on one of the most promising 'bottom-up' techniques for designing tailored hybrid nanoparticles based on the practical magnetron-sputtering inert-gas-condensation (MS-IGC) method. A modified MS-IGC system is presented, and its performance under different conditions is evaluated. This fully revised second edition provides the latest developments in the design and characterization of hybrid nanoparticles produced by gas phase methods and includes a new chapter that explains how the design of the modified magnetron-sputtering inert-gas-condensation system is contributing to the shape transformation of nanoparticles (0D) to form nanorods (1D) with different aspect ratios.

Researchers and postgraduate students in physics, materials science, biophysics and process engineering.

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Dr. Maria Benelmekki is a senior research fellow (honorary) at the Nanomaterials Lab in the College of Engineering at Swansea University. She was previously an associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology from 2016-2018, where she established a state-of-the-art laboratory for the design and fabrication of nanoscale materials, and coordinated the nanomaterials course. From 2012-2015 she was a senior staff scientist at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Japan and from 2009-2012 she was a research assistant professor at Minho University in Portugal.

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