Nanosphere inorganic

Preparation of Cu20 hollow nanospheres under reflux conditions. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 3841-3844. 

Actinide peroxide nanospheres [3] and uranyl selenate nanotubules [4,5] represent the first examples of nanoscale stmctures in actinide compounds. It is noteworthy that, very frequently, formation of nanostmctures corresponds to organic-inorganic composites with clearly defined interfacial interactions. To describe the character of these interactions, one can use the charge-density matching concept with some modifications related to the basic chemical properties of actinides. 

All of the promise of the future technology based on nanometer-scale inorganic solids relies on the production of nanoparticles of controlled size, shape and crystal structure, and further ultimately requires that these nanoparticles be rationally linked to make a working device. Enormous progress has been made in the synthesis of inorganic nanospheres routinely, at present, control over the diameter of nanoparticles leads to particle size distributions that are within 10% of the mean diameter, and frequently within 5%. Only since the mid-1990s and later have there been good synthetic methods to make nanoparticles of controllable size and shape (other than spheres) [3, 20, 22]. 

The headline in the News of the Week section of C ENews is INORGANIC BIOCATALYSIS and reports that diatom peptide forms silica nanosphere for diffraction grating [132,133]. The peptides are embedded into a polyacrylate... 

The zero-dimensional structure mainly corresponds to nanoparticle or nanosphere. Conducting polymers can be coated on the surface of inorganic particles, and inorganic layers can also be coated onto polymer nanoparticles. Due to their low dimensions, the diffusion pathways of charges and ions would be reduced, thus enhance the electronic properties of composites. 

Jin Y, Qiao S, Zhang ZP, Xu ZP, Smart S, Diniz da Costa JC, Lu GQ (2008) Novel Nafion composite membranes with mesoporous silica nanospheres as inorganic fillers. J Power... 

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