ABSTRACT
Designing nanomaterials with controlled properties represents a new frontier at the interface of experimental and theoretical research. Nanotechnology is evolving rapidly as a standard, multipurpose engineering platform in different industrial areas.1-3 It is not surprising that both the number of marketed products2,4 based on manufactured nanoparticles (MNPs) and their variety (from semiconductors to constituents of sunscreen lotions or drug delivery systems) are steadily increasing. MNPs offer unique properties due to their size, surface/size ratio, and innite possibilities for modifying their surface chemistry.
