Nanocrystal characterization

The goal of any nanocrystal characterization is to identify the position of every atom in a single nanocrystal, as well as... 

In many ways the nanocrystal characterization problem is an ideal one for transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Here, an electron beam is used to image a thin sample in transmission mode [119]. The resolution is a sensitive fimction of the beam voltage and electron optics a low-resolution microscope operating at 100 kV might... 

Obviously, in real polymer-drug systems, the frame is complicated by the polydispersion of nanocrystal size distribution (as shown by Equations 15.96 through 15.98) that implies the existence of nanocrystals characterized by different solubility. However, as a first approximation, the solubility of a polydisperse nanocrystal ensemble can be identified with that competing to the nanocrystal characterized by the radius R having the highest probability of being found in the nanocrystal size distribution, that is the... 

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We begin our discussion of nanocrystals in diis chapter widi die most challenging problem faced in die field die preparation and characterization of nanocrystals. These systems present challenging problems for inorganic and analytical chemists alike, and die success of any nanocrystal syndiesis plays a major role in die furdier quantitative study of nanocrystal properties. Next, we will address die unique size-dependent optical properties of bodi metal and semiconductor nanocrystals. Indeed, it is die striking size-dependent colours of nanocrystals diat first attracted... 

Figure C2.17.4. Transmission electron micrograph of a field of Zr02 (tetragonal) nanocrystals. Lower-resolution electron microscopy is useful for characterizing tire size distribution of a collection of nanocrystals. This image is an example of a typical particle field used for sizing puriDoses. Here, tire nanocrystalline zirconia has an average diameter of 3.6 nm witli a polydispersity of only 5% 1801.

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A large variety of drug delivery systems are described in the literature, such as liposomes (Torchilin, 2006), micro and nanoparticles (Kumar, 2000), polymeric micelles (Torchilin, 2006), nanocrystals (Muller et al., 2011), among others. Microparticles are usually classified as microcapsules or microspheres (Figure 8). Microspheres are matrix spherical microparticles where the drug may be located on the surface or dissolved into the matrix. Microcapsules are characterized as spherical particles more than Ipm containing a core substance (aqueous or lipid), normally lipid, and are used to deliver poor soluble molecules... 

Fig. 6. Electrical characterization of (a) SiGe nanocrystals (b) Ni nanocrystals embedded in HfD2 from MOS capacitors.

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Defect clusters are similarly prominent in hydrated phases. For example, anatase nanocrystals prepared by sol-gel methods contain high numbers of vacancies on titanium sites, counterbalanced by four protons surrounding the vacancy, making a (Vxi 4H ) cluster. In effect the protons are associated with oxygen ions to form OH- ions, and a vacancy-hydroxyl cluster is an equally valid description. Similar clusters are known in other hydrated systems, the best characterized being Mn4+ vacancies plus 4H in y-Mn02, known as Reutschi defects. 

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