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In Chapter 1, we investigate the mechanism of cation exchange in an ensemble of CdSe nanocrystals with Ag+ and Cu+ in solution. We find that the generation of defects induced by non-native cations is a critical intermediate in the exchange reaction and that positive co-operativity stemming from interactions between charged defects results in an abrupt chemical transformation of the entire nanocrystal, i.e. a particle-by-particle exchange rather than an atom-by-atom mechanism. In Chapter 2, we leverage the high sensitivity of excitonic absorption of ultrasmall CdSe clusters to changes in surface chemistry to optically probe cation exchange and identify a stable, long-lived intermediate in the cation exchange transformation. The stability of the intermediate was found to be dependent on the ligand coating on the initial clusters, leading to a better understanding of how ligand passivation can play a role in chemical reactions occurring at the solid-liquid interface. In Chapter 3, we probe how the optical and structural properties of the semiconductor, cuprous selenide are affected by a decrease in crystallite size and find an ultrasmall form of cuprous selenide in which a disordered phase, known to exist in the bulk at high temperature, is stable at ambient conditions suggesting that the order-to-disorder phase transition temperature is depressed in ultrasmall Cu2Se clusters. Finally, in Chapters 4 and 5, we explore how the structure of metamolecules consisting of complex assemblies of hexagonal Au nanoplates and Au nanospheres affects their localized surface plasmon resonance properties. . We find using electrodynamic simulations combined with correlated electron microscopy/optical spectroscopy at the single-construct level that the nature and strength of plasmonic coupling within the resulting assembly is strongly dependent on the site of attachment of the nanosphere/s and the nanosphere size. 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We find that the generation of defects induced by non-native cations is a critical intermediate in the exchange reaction and that positive co-operativity stemming from interactions between charged defects results in an abrupt chemical transformation of the entire nanocrystal, i.e. a particle-by-particle exchange rather than an atom-by-atom mechanism. In Chapter 2, we leverage the high sensitivity of excitonic absorption of ultrasmall CdSe clusters to changes in surface chemistry to optically probe cation exchange and identify a stable, long-lived intermediate in the cation exchange transformation. The stability of the intermediate was found to be dependent on the ligand coating on the initial clusters, leading to a better understanding of how ligand passivation can play a role in chemical reactions occurring at the solid-liquid interface. In Chapter 3, we probe how the optical and structural properties of the semiconductor, cuprous selenide are affected by a decrease in crystallite size and find an ultrasmall form of cuprous selenide in which a disordered phase, known to exist in the bulk at high temperature, is stable at ambient conditions suggesting that the order-to-disorder phase transition temperature is depressed in ultrasmall Cu2Se clusters. Finally, in Chapters 4 and 5, we explore how the structure of metamolecules consisting of complex assemblies of hexagonal Au nanoplates and Au nanospheres affects their localized surface plasmon resonance properties. . We find using electrodynamic simulations combined with correlated electron microscopy/optical spectroscopy at the single-construct level that the nature and strength of plasmonic coupling within the resulting assembly is strongly dependent on the site of attachment of the nanosphere/s and the nanosphere size. In addition to the large, regio-selective polarizability of Au nanoplates, we also uncover a synergy in the polarizing effect of multiple nanospheres. 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