One-step synthesis and self-assembly of metal oxide nanoparticles into 3D superlattices

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 4382-4391

  Pucci, Andrea ^a   Willinger, Marc Georg ^a,b   Liu, Feng ^c   Zeng, Xiangbing ^c   Rebuttini, Valentina ^a   Clavel, Guylhaine ^a   Bai, Xue ^a   Ungar, Goran ^c,d   Pinna, Nicola ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Assembly; Electron microscopy; Mesocrystals; Nanoparticles; Supercrystals; Zirconium oxide

Indexed keywords

3D MORPHOLOGY; BENZYL ALCOHOL; BIPYRAMIDS; COLLOIDAL STABILIZATION; IN-SITU; IN-SITU FORMATIONS; MESOCRYSTALS; METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLE GROWTHS; ONE POT; ONE STEP SYNTHESIS; REACTION MEDIUM; REACTION TEMPERATURE; RHOMBIC DODECAHEDRON; SHAPE AND SIZE; STABILIZED ZIRCONIA; SUPERCRYSTALS;

ASSEMBLY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES; SUPERLATTICES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ZIRCONIA;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84864697377     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn3010735     Document Type: Article

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