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ESI Special Topics, January 2005
Citing URL: http://www.esi-topics.com/fmf/2005/january05-Marie-PaulePileni.html

From •>>January 2005

Marie-Paule Pileni answers a few questions about this month's fast moving front in the field of Materials Science.

Field: Materials Science
Article: Silver nanodisks
 Authors: Maillard, M;Giorgio, S;Pileni, MP
Journal: ADVAN MATER, 14: (15) 1084-+, AUG 5 2002
Addresses:
Univ Paris 06, URA CNRS 1662, 4 Pl Jussieu, LM2N, BP 52, F-75252 Paris 05, France.
Univ Paris 06, URA CNRS 1662, F-75252 Paris 05, France.
CNRS, F-13288 Marseille, France.


ST:  Why do you think your paper is highly cited?

To my knowledge it is one of the first examples of the production of silver monocrystal nanodisks.

ST:  Could you summarize the significance of your paper in laymen’s terms?

The optical properties of these nanodisks markedly differ from spheres. Furthermore we found that this technique permits us to tune the nanodisk size, that is to say, to "tune" the optical properties. This opens a new research area. See: (Tuning the size of silver nanodisks with similar aspect ratio: synthesis and optical properties.M. Maillard, S. Giorgio and M.P. Pileni, J.Phys.Chem., B. 107, 2466, (2003))

ST:  How did you become involved in this research?

I have been in this field of research since 1986. My group has pioneered the fabrication of nanocrystals in colloidal solutions.End

Professor Dr. Marie-Paule Pileni
Faculty of Science
University P & M Curie
Paris, France
Member of Institut Universitaire de France
Laboratoire des Matériaux Mésoscopiques 
CNRS
Marseille, France

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