Wet preparation of metal nanoparticles and their two-dimensional arrangement

This review article describes about wet preparation of metal nanoparticles, especially, preparation is relatively easy and useful for high volume preparation. After the breakthrough of Brust's thiol stabilizing system, small and monodispersed nanoparticles have been demonstrated frequently. By using such thiol-stabilizing nanoparticles, their ordered two-dimensional arrangement has been prepared with tuned stabilizing molecules. In this manuscript, such techniques of 2-D arrangement preparation will be also discussed in detail.