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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
Metal oxide (SnO2, TiO2, In2O3, ZnO) sols are prepared by various sol–gel processes in such a way as to hinder the condensation reactions. The obtained sols are injected at 160 °C into a solution of tetradecene and dodecylamine, and kept under heating for different periods of time. Depending on the starting sol, variously crystallized oxide nanoparticles are obtained, whose phase compositions and chemical structure have been studied by X‐ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform IR spectroscopy. The elimination of the organic residuals has been carried out by thermal treatment, and the thermal evolution of the nanoparticles has been studied by thermal analyses and Raman spectroscopy. High‐resolution transmission electron microscopy studies coupled with XRD measurements show that the thermal treatment does not markedly affect the particle size, which remains in the nanometer‐sized regime (from …
Publisher: 
WILEY‐VCH Verlag
Publication date: 
21 Jul 2006
Authors: 

Mauro Epifani, Raül Díaz, Jordi Arbiol, Elisabetta Comini, Nicolas Sergent, Thierry Pagnier, Pietro Siciliano, Guido Faglia, Joan R Morante

Biblio References: 
Volume: 16 Issue: 11 Pages: 1488-1498
Origin: 
Advanced Functional Materials