Zinc oxide nanoparticles: chemical mechanisms and classical and non-classical crystallization

B Ludi, M Niederberger - Dalton Transactions, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Among all the functional materials, ZnO plays an outstanding role in terms of chemical and
physical properties, but also in terms of morphological variety and the number of reported …

Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) Mesocrystals: Synthesis, Growth Mechanisms and Photocatalytic Properties

B Zhang, S Cao, M Du, X Ye, Y Wang, J Ye - Catalysts, 2019 - mdpi.com
Hierarchical TiO2 superstructures with desired architectures and intriguing physico-chemical
properties are considered to be one of the most promising candidates for solving the serious …

Self-assembly of self-limiting monodisperse supraparticles from polydisperse nanoparticles

Y Xia, TD Nguyen, M Yang, B Lee, A Santos… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Nanoparticles are known to self-assemble into larger structures through growth processes
that typically occur continuously and depend on the uniformity of the individual …

Metal oxide mesocrystals with tailored structures and properties for energy conversion and storage applications

T Tachikawa, T Majima - NPG Asia Materials, 2014 - nature.com
Mesocrystals (MCs) are superstructures with a crystallographically ordered alignment of
nanoparticles. Owing to their organized structures, MCs posses some unique characteristics …

Solvothermal synthesis of microsphere ZnO nanostructures in DEA media

R Razali, AK Zak, WHA Majid, M Darroudi - Ceramics International, 2011 - Elsevier
Microsphere ZnO nanostructures (ZnO-MNs) were synthesized via solvothermal method in
diethanolamine (DEA) media. DEA was utilized to terminate the growth of ZnO nanoparticles …

Solvent-adaptable poly (vinylpyrrolidone) binding induced anisotropic shape control of gold nanostructures

A Kedia, PS Kumar - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2012 - ACS Publications
Conformational changes in the intrinsic chemical structure of the polymer poly (N-vinyl-2-
pyrrolidone)(PVP) in aqueous as well as (in) organic solvents essentially dictates the novel …

Controlled reshaping and plasmon tuning mechanism of gold nanostars

A Kedia, PS Kumar - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Anisotropic multi-branched gold nanoparticles exhibit intense localized electromagnetic
fields at their tips/edges and hence have attracted significant attention in surface enhanced …

Morphology-dependent photo-catalysis of bare zinc oxide nanocrystals

TJ Liu, Q Wang, P Jiang - RSC advances, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Three kinds of ZnO nanocrystals (NCs) with different morphologies including multilayer
disks, truncated hexagonal cones and short rods have been successfully synthesized by a …

Novel cone-like ZnO mesocrystals with co-exposed (101 [combining macron] 1) and (0001 [combining macron]) facets and enhanced photocatalytic activity

S Liang, X Gou, J Cui, Y Luo, H Qu, T Zhang… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Unusual designated-tailoring on the preferential growth of ZnO meso-/nanocrystals with
different shapes and sizes was successfully achieved through a very facile precursor …

Counterion-induced tailoring of energy transfer in hydrothermally grown nanostructured ZnO for photocatalysis

K Sahu, AK Kar - Crystal Growth & Design, 2021 - ACS Publications
Morphological tailoring of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructures, viz., nanogranules, hexagonal
pillars, and nanorods, has been demonstrated using the hydrothermal method by varying …