Nanomaterials, synthesis microemulsion method

The preparation of nanomaterials is one of the most active fields in material science. Number of techniques have been used for the production of nanoparticles gas-evaporation [11], sputtering [12], sol-gel method [13], hydrothermal [14], microemulsion [15, 16], polyols [17], laser pyrolysis [18], sonochemical synthesis [19], chemical coprecipitation [20-22], and so on. Among them, the surfactant assembly mediated synthesis is attracting more attention because it allows for a good... 

Co-precipitation methodology is the most cotmnon synthesis techniqne to obtain LDHs, however nucleation and the kinetics growth can not be controlled easily. An alternative method for the synthesis of nanomaterials is reverse microemnlsion (water-in-oil) in which an aqueous phase is dispersed into an oil phase stabihzed by a surfactant film. Microemulsions can be used as nanoreactors leading to homogeneous nanomaterials with a narrow particle size and better textural properties [3]. In this work, Mn and binary Mn-Cu, Mn-Co hydrotalcite-like precursors synthesized in reverse microemulsion and the effects of preparation methods on the performance of catalysts for deep oxidation of VOCs have been studied. 

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