Mechanisms of Diffusional Nucleation of Nanocrystals and Their Self-Assembly into Uniform Colloids, V. Privman, Proc. Conf. ITP 2007, Pages 17-1 to 17-15, edited by S. S. Sadhal (Bulgarian Nat. Acad. Press, 2007)

We survey our research on modeling the mechanisms of control of uniformity in growth of nanosize and colloid particles. The former are produced as nanocrystals, by burstnucleation from solution. The latter, colloid-size particles, are formed by self-assembly (aggregation) of the nanocrystals. In the colloid particle synthesis, the two dynamical processes are coupled, and both are governed by diffusional transport of the respective building blocks (monomers). The interrelation of the two processes allows for synthesis of narrow size distribution colloid dispersions which are of importance in many applications.