Vocabulary

Monodisperse: a polymer that has only one molecular mass

Nanoparticles: small particles the size of nanometers

Digestive ripening: heating a colloidal suspension at or near the solvent boiling point in the presence of a surface-active ligand

Ligand: either an atom, ion, or molecule that bonds to a central metal, generally involving formal donation of one or more of its electrons

Colloid: mixture where one substance is dispersed evenly throughout another

SMAD: Solvated Metal Atom Dispersion system that was developed by Dr. Klabunde to synthesize materials