On physical properties of nanoparticles: size effect and scale of nanoobjects

Abstract

A transition border between macroscopic and nanoscale states of solids associated with change of its physical properties is certain to exist. The change of mechanical, magnetic, thermal and other properties of nanoparticles may be due to the surface tension, decrease in coordination number in the topsurface layer, rebuilding of the electron shell structure, change of the symmetry group of the crystal lattice and the binding energy.