Nanostructured Materials: Selected Synthesis Methods, Properties and Applications

By Joop Schoonman (eds)

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Nanomaterials Production by Soft Chemistry

Figure 1: TEM pattern of copper nanocrystals obtained in mixed reverse micelles (Na(AOT)-Cu(AOT) ₂) at various water contents A w=2, B w=5, C w=40
Figure 2: Variation with the water content of the average diameter of nanocrystals and of the volume of water molecules. Nanocrystals CdS ( ), ZnS (x), PbS ( ), CdZnS ( ?) CdMnS(+), Ag (O) and Ag ₂S ( ?)
Figure 3: TEM patterns of copper nanocrystals prepared using pure functionalized reverse micelles (Cu(AOT) ₂) at w=2 and w=40
Figure 4: Phase diagram of Cu(AOT) ₂-water-isooctane
Figure 5: Shape of copper nanocrystals produced in the various parts of the phase diagram described in Figure 4.
Figure 6: TEM patterns of nanocrystals obtained in presence of various salts (A) [salt]=0, (B) [NaCl]=10 ^?3 M, (C) [NaBr]=10 ^?3M, (D) [NaNO ₃]=10 ^?3 M.
Figure 7: A Overview TEM image of Cu rods with an electron optical magnification B-Series of tilted samples: From top to bottom: +36 , 0 , and ?36 .
Figure 8: TEM patterns of nanocrystals obtained in presence of various salts (A) [KCl]=10 ^?3 M, (B) [CuCl ₂]=10 ^?3 M, (C) [CTAC]=10 ^?3 M.
Figure 9: Variation of the length to width ratio of rods with time. [Cu(AOT) ₂]=5.10 ^?2M, [NaCl]=10 ^?3M.
Figure 10: Variation of the length to width ratio of rods with chloride concentration [Cu(AOT) ₂]=5.10 ^?2M, reaction time, t=120 min.

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