The "benzyl alcohol route": An elegant approach towards doped and multimetal oxide nanocrystals: Short review and ZnAl2O41n anostructures by oriented attachment

Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 323-329

  Pinna, Nicola ^a,b   Karmaoui, Mohamed ^a   Willinger, Marc Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Metal oxides; Nanocrystals; Nonaqueous synthesis

Indexed keywords

BENZYL ALCOHOL; CRYSTALLIZATION MECHANISMS; FLOWER-LIKE; METAL OXIDES; MULTI-METALS; MULTIMETAL OXIDE; NON-AQUEOUS SYNTHESIS; ORIENTED ATTACHMENT; PRESENTED EXAMPLES; SOLUTION SYNTHESIS; ZNAL2O4;

NANOCRYSTALS;

SOLID STATE REACTIONS;

EID: 79952659392     PISSN: 09280707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10971-009-2111-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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