Preparation of ZnO Nanocrystals with Desired Morphology from Coordination Polymers through a Solid-state Decomposition Route

Ag(9) quantum cluster through a solid-state route.

A silver cluster having the composition Ag(9)(H(2)MSA)(7) (H(2)MSA = mercaptosuccinic acid) was synthesized in macroscopic quantities using a solid-state route. The clusters were purified by PAGE and characterized by UV-vis, FTIR, luminescence, and NMR spectroscopy, TEM, XPS, XRD, TG, SEM/EDAX, elemental analysis, and ESI MS. The solid-state route provides nearly pure Ag(9) clusters, and nanopa...

Morphology-controlled large-scale synthesis of ZnO nanocrystals from bulk ZnO.

Gram-scale, teardrop-like, monodisperse ZnO nanocrystals with a well-resolved absorption onset and a strong sharp UV emission were prepared by thermal decomposition of ZnO-oleic acid complexes in hexadecylamine.

Pressure-controlled motion of single polymers through solid-state nanopores.

Voltage-biased solid-state nanopores are well established in their ability to detect and characterize single polymers, such as DNA, in electrolytes. The addition of a pressure gradient across the nanopore yields a second molecular driving force that provides new freedom for studying molecules in nanopores. In this work, we show that opposing pressure and voltage bias enables nanopores to detect...

Synthesis of Single-Crystalline Octahedral Co3O4 with Solid-State Thermal Decomposition

In this paper, single crystalline octahedral Co3O4 with dimensions about 100–500 nm and smooth surface has been prepared by solid-state thermal decomposition of cobalt(II) Schiff base complex Co((3,4-MeO-ba)2 en)Cl2 as new precursor at 450ºC under air atmosphere for 3.5 h. Surface morphology of the products were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray powder ...

Solid State Nmr of Polymers: a Review of Molecular Motions and Morphology

Transition state analysis of solid-solid transformations in nanocrystals.

A systematic simulation methodology is introduced for the accurate determination of experimentally measurable quantities characterizing solid-solid phase transformations under pressure. The atomistic mechanisms of nucleation and growth in a structural transformation of pressurized CdSe nanocrystals are identified using transition path sampling computer simulation. A committor-based transition s...