Generating MnO2 nanoparticles using simulated amorphization and recrystallization

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 37, 2005, Pages 12828-12837

  Sayle, Thi X T ^a   Catlow, C Richard A ^b,c   Maphanga, R Regina ^a,d   Ngoepe, Phuti E ^d,e   Sayle, Dean C ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DAVY FARADAY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^e DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHIZATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY);

GRAPHICAL SNAPSHOTS; PYROLUSITE STRUCTURE; RAMSDELLITES; SIMULATED AMORPHIZATION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

MANGANESE DIOXIDE; NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; MANGANESE DERIVATIVE; NANOMATERIAL; OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; TIME; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 25144461605     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0434073     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Chabre, Y.; Pannetier, J. Prog. Solid State Chem. 1995, 23, 1.
2. Tang, W.; Yang, X.; Liu Z.; Ooi, K. J. Mater. Chem. 2003, 13, 2989.
3. Manickam, M.; Singh, P.; Issa, T. B.; Thurgate, S.; De Marco, R. J. Power Sources 2004, 130, 254.
4. Whittingham, M. S.; Zavalij P. Y. Solid State Ionics 2000, 131, 109.
5. MacLean, L. A. H.; Tye, F. L. J. Solid State Chem. 1996, 123, 150.
6. Hill, J.-R.; Freeman, C. M.; Rossouw, M. H. J. Solid State Chem. 2004, 177, 165.
7. Li, J. B.; Koumoto, K.; Yanagida, H. J. Ceram. Soc. Jpn. 1988, 96, 74.
8. Wadsley A. D. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1950, 72, 1981.
9. BigLiocca, C.; Giraidi, F.; Pauly, J.; Sabioni, E. Anal. Chem. 1967, 39, 1634.
10. Li, J. B.; Koumoto, K.; Yanagida, H. J. Mater. Sci. Lett. 1988, 331.
11. Sayle, D. C.; Johnston, R. L. Curr. Opin. Solid State Mater. Sci. 2003, 7, 3.
12. Pannetier, J.; Bassas-Alsina, J.; Rodriguez-Carvajal, J.; Caignaert, V. Nature 1990, 346, 34 3.
13. Bush, T. S.; Callow C. R. A.; Battle, P. D. J. Mater. Chem. 1995, 5, 1269.
14. Woodley, S. M.; Battle, P. D.; Gale, J. D.; Callow, C. R. A. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2004, 6, 1815.
15. Woodley, S. M.; Catlow, C. R. A.; Battle, P. D.; Gale, J. D. Chem. Commun. 2004, 22.
16. Malik, A.-S.; Duncan, M. J.; Bruce, P. G. J. Mater. Chem. 2003, 13, 2123.
17. Yuan, Z.-Y.; Zhang, Z.; Du, G.; Ren T.-Z.; Su, B.-L. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2003, 378.
18. Wu, C.; Xie, Y.; Wang, D.; Yang J.; Li, T. J. Phys. Chem. B 2003, 107, 13583.
19. Kobayashi, S.; Kottegoda, I. R. M.; Uchimoto, Y.; Wakihara, M. J. Mater. Chem. 2004, 14, 1843.
20. Matsui M.; Akoagi M. Mol. Simul. 1991, 6, 239.
21. Maphanga, R. R. Ph.D. Thesis, 2005, University of the North, Sovenga 0727, South Africa.
22. Smith, W.; Forester, T. R. DL_POLY: a package of Molecular Simulation routines; Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils, Daresbury Laboratory: Daresbury, Warrington, UK, 1996; http://www.dl.ac.uk/TCSC/Software/ DLPOLY.
23. Sayle, D. C. J. Mater. Chem. 1999, 9, 2961.
24. Sayle, D. C.; Watson, G. W. Surf. Sci. 2001, 473, 97.
25. Sayle, T. X. T.; Parker S. C.; Sayle, D. C. Chem. Commun. 2004, 2438.
26. Balachandran, D.; Morgan, D.; Ceder, G.; van der Walle, A. J. Solid State Chem. 2003, 173, 462.
27. Albenze, E. J.; Thompson, M. O.; Clancy, P. Phys. Rev. B 2004, 70, art. No. 094110.