Nanoscience. Volume 6

Nanoscience Volume 6 provides a critical and comprehensive assessment of the most recent research and opinion from across the globe for anyone practising in any nano-allied field, or wishing to enter the nano-world.;Cover -- Preface -- Author biographies -- Contents -- Metal-organic precursors for ternary and quaternary metal chalcogenide nanoparticles and thin films -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Chalcogenide based precursors for nanostructured materials -- 3 Ternary metal chalcogenides -- 3.1 Ternary metal chalcogenide nanomaterials -- 3.2 Ternary metal chalcogenide thin films -- 3.3 Alloys and solid solutions -- 4 Quaternary metal chalcogenides -- 5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Fundamentals of metal halide perovskite nanomaterials: synthetic protocols, properties and their smart applications