Self-Organized Ultrathin Oxide Nanocrystals

Journal Article · Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 EST 2009 · American Chemical Society -Nano Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/nl900209w· OSTI ID:973373

Huo, Ziyang; Tsung, Chia-kuang; Huang, Wenyu; Fardy, Melissa; Yan, Ruoxue; Li, Yadong; Yang, Piedong; Zhang, Xiaofeng

Sub-2-nm (down to one-unit cell) uniform oxide nanocrystals and highly ordered superstructures were obtained in one step using oleylamine and oleic acid as capping and structure directing agents. The cooperative nature of the nanocrystal growth and assembly resulted in mesoscopic one-dimensional ribbon-like superstructures made of these ultrathin nanocrystals. The process reported here is general and can be readily extended to the production of many other transition metal (TiO2, ZnO, Nb2O5) and rare earth oxide (Eu2O3, Sm2O3, Er2O3, Y2O3, Tb2O3, and Yb2O3) systems.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Materials Sciences Division
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 973373
• Report Number(s): LBNL-2540E; TRN: US201006%%349
• Journal Information: American Chemical Society -Nano Letters, Vol. 9, Issue 3; Related Information: Journal Publication Date: 02/10/2009
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
OLEIC ACID
OXIDES
PRODUCTION
RARE EARTHS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
Self-organized ultrathin oxide nanocrystals