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| Nanoparticles
(NPs) are known to exhibit properties which are very distinct from
bulk micro- or macroscopic materials and which may be ideal in different
aspects. NPs fall into different classes like spheroids, toroids,
rods, and tubes. These basic forms may set up a toolbox for designed
functional structures on the nanoscale. A prerequisite for achieving
such functional nanomaterials is the synthesis of well defined (monodisperse)
NPs. These have already been shown to exhibit extraordinary properties
for advanced applications in electronics, sensing, catalysis, storage
devices and for low dimensional materials. Research is focused on novel carbon and transition metal oxide NPs, such as vanadium oxide nanotubes, TiO2, MoO3, and WO3 nanorods, on the development of cheap, air-stable precursors, as well as on effective syntheses, and scale-up procedures. Characterization
of structure and morphology is based on electron
microscopy, X-ray diffraction,
vibrational and optical spectroscopy, as well as solid state NMR.
News: Electron microscopy
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| Review: Recent publications: J.
Zygmunt, F. Krumeich, R. Nesper G.
R. Patzke, F. Krumeich, R. Nesper
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Collaborations: Funding: ETH Jubiläumsfonds (TEMA, ended 1999) Swiss
National Research Programm NFP47: National
Centre of Competence in Research NCCR: "Nano
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