General in Colloidal Nanoparticles

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2021:1309:23-40. doi: 10.1007/978-981-33-6158-4_2.

Abstract

It is almost impossible to fabricate size-controlled nanomaterials without full understanding about nanoscience, because nanomaterials sometimes suddenly grow up and precipitated, meanwhile other nanomaterials are disappeared during fabrication process. With this reason, it is necessary to understand the principle theories about nanoscience for fabrication of "well-defined" nanoparticles. This chapter explains basic theories about nanomaterials. And based on the theory, methods for controlling the size of nanoparticles and preventing the aggregation after fabrication are described.

Keywords: Aggregation; DLVO theory; Nucleation.

MeSH terms

  • Nanoparticles*
  • Nanostructures*