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This chapter addresses the properties of nanostructured materials considered as statistical ensembles of nanostructures. Emphasis is put on size and confinement effects, although enhancements in surface and interface properties are mentioned. After a survey and a summary of basic definitions and concepts in the introductory Sect. 28.1, the properties associated with electronic confinement are addressed in Sect. 28.2 . Electronic confinement affects the spectral properties, i. e., light absorption and luminescence, mainly through quantum size effects, and the electrical conduction properties through the Coulomb blockade. Both two-dimensional systems (quantum wells) and zero-dimensional systems (quantum dots) are reviewed. Particular attention is drawn to semiconductor-doped matrices. The effects associated with confinement of electromagnetic fields are treated in Sect. 28.3 . Numerical relationships and data for plasmon excitations of various metal nanoparticles can be found in this section. Magnetic nanostructures are addressed in Sect. 28.4 . The two main applications of nanostructured magnetic materials, namely spin electronics, or spintronics, and ultrahigh-density data storage media, are treated. Finally, we list and briefly describe in Sect. 28.5 some generic techniques for the preparation of nanostructured materials, organized into the following groups of methods: molecular-beam epitaxy (GlossaryTerm

MBE

), metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (GlossaryTerm

MOCVD

), nanolithography, nanocrystal growth in matrices, and ex-situ synthesis of clusters.

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