Review of the anatase to rutile phase transformation

DAH Hanaor, CC Sorrell - Journal of Materials science, 2011 - Springer
Titanium dioxide, TiO 2, is an important photocatalytic material that exists as two main
polymorphs, anatase and rutile. The presence of either or both of these phases impacts on …

Nanoparticle shape, thermodynamics and kinetics

LD Marks, L Peng - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Nanoparticles can be beautiful, as in stained glass windows, or they can be ugly as in wear
and corrosion debris from implants. We estimate that there will be about 70 000 papers in …

Electron-pinned defect-dipoles for high-performance colossal permittivity materials

W Hu, Y Liu, RL Withers, TJ Frankcombe, L Norén… - Nature materials, 2013 - nature.com
The immense potential of colossal permittivity (CP) materials for use in modern
microelectronics as well as for high-energy-density storage applications has propelled much …

Structural Characteristics and Mechanical and Thermodynamic Properties of Nanocrystalline TiO2

H Zhang, JF Banfield - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
1. INTRODUCTION Titania (TiO2) is one of the most chemically stable, environmentally
compatible, and functionally versatile oxide materials. Due to its modified material properties …

High surface area crystalline titanium dioxide: potential and limits in electrochemical energy storage and catalysis

T Fröschl, U Hörmann, P Kubiak, G Kučerová… - Chemical Society …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Titanium dioxide is one of the most intensely studied oxides due to its interesting
electrochemical and photocatalytic properties and it is widely applied, for example in …

Crystal Structure and the Paraelectric-to-Ferroelectric Phase Transition of Nanoscale BaTiO3

MB Smith, K Page, T Siegrist… - Journal of the …, 2008 - ACS Publications
We have investigated the paraelectric-to-ferroelectric phase transition of various sizes of
nanocrystalline barium titanate (BaTiO3) by using temperature-dependent Raman …

High Purity Anatase TiO2 Nanocrystals:  Near Room-Temperature Synthesis, Grain Growth Kinetics, and Surface Hydration Chemistry

G Li, L Li, J Boerio-Goates… - Journal of the American …, 2005 - ACS Publications
High purity, spherical anatase nanocrystals were prepared by a modified sol− gel method.
Mixing of anhydrous TiCl4 with ethanol at about 0° C yielded a yellowish sol that was …

Colossal permittivity in ceramics of TiO 2 Co-doped with niobium and trivalent cation

X Cheng, Z Li, J Wu - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The appearance of colossal permittivity (CP) materials broadens the choice of materials for
energy-storage applications. Here we report colossal permittivity in ceramics of TiO2 co …

Beyond strain and ligand effects: microstrain-induced enhancement of the oxygen reduction reaction kinetics on various PtNi/C nanostructures

R Chattot, T Asset, P Bordet, J Drnec, L Dubau… - Acs …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The electrical performance of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell is limited by the slow
oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) kinetics. Catalytic improvements for the ORR have been …

Size‐dependent lattice expansion in nanoparticles: reality or anomaly?

PM Diehm, P Ágoston, K Albe - ChemPhysChem, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Size‐dependent lattice expansion of nanoparticles is observed for many ionic compounds,
including metal oxides, while lattice contraction prevails for pure metals. However, the …