European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

Filled nanotubes can be synthesized with molten inorganic salts by means of nanocapillarity. Structural examinations, filling conditions and molecular dynamic simulations were discussed.

Graphene analogues of WS₂, MoS₂, BN and BCN have been prepared by using bottom-up chemical methods, which constitute a new family of two-dimensional nanostructures. These materials possess a single, two or a few layers. Few-layer BCN and BN show interesting gas adsorption properties.

This review covers the recent progress on various synthetic methods, such as the colloidal, vapor–liquid–solid (VLS), solution–liquid–solid (SLS), and template-basedmethods, for semiconductor 1D nanowires and their applications in photovoltaic devices.

This review summarizes the synthesis, properties, and applications of silicon nanowires for catalysis, Li ion batteries,solar cells, biomedical applications, and sensors.

Novel classes of magnetic nanosystems are created using Pd or Pt nanopartices covered with alkanethiols and their alloys with a 3d transition metal. Charge transfer at the metal-organic interface and the quantum size effect yield magnetic Pt or Pd nanoparticles. Pd nanoparticles embedded with only one Co atom behave as a single-particle magnet showing blocking behaviour.

Noble metal nanoplates display extremely interesting optical properties based on their characteristic plasmonic response. Thanks to the huge development of synthetic methods, both dimensions and surface plasmon resonances can be tuned in the visible and NIR, with many potential applications.

Core–shell nanostructures have been fabricated and used as nanothermometers for in situ TEM. The figure shows core–shell nanostructures and their thermal expansion behavior from the solid state to the liquid state. Growth mechanisms and characterization of the nanaocables, as well as the thermal stability of oxide compounds, are discussed.

Chemically reactive aromatic diisocyanate was covalently introduced into the sidewalls of single- and double-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs and DWNTs). The strong and stable optical signals originate from the geometrically shielded inner tubes of the DWNTs. The optically and chemically active DWNTs will find their use in preparing multifunctional hybrid materials.

AuNi/NiO coaxial nanocables have been prepared by infiltrating a gold-coated anodic aluminum oxide template, with ring-shaped Al foil on its outer edge, with a mixed aqueous solution of NiCl₂ and HAuCl₄ to form AuNi/Ni nanocables, and subsequent immersion in an aqueous NaOH solution to oxidize the Ni sheath during template removal.

Several kinds of carbon nanoplates were successfully prepared. Aggregates of these carbon nanoplates exhibit capacitances ofup to 184 F g^–1, which makes them potential candidates to be used as electrode material for supercapacitors.

PbSe thin films, constructed by compacted nanoparticles in the range 100–400 nm, were synthesized by a facile solutionroute through rational design of theprecursor solution. The films exhibit amaximum thermoelectric power factor (31.5 μWcm^–1 K^–1) at 440 K, which is larger than that of the bulk PbSe by 57 %, making the present PbSe films promising thermoelectric (TE) films.

Colloidal CdSe nanowires have been successfully coated with CdS by using a single-source precursor. Initially formed CdS nanorods on the CdSe nanowire surface transform into a complete shell through surface-ripening processes.

This paper contains the structural characterization of VO₂ nanowires grown on sapphire substrates by electron microscopy. The resistance in metal-to-insulator transition (MIT) was measured. As polydomain structure was observed in MIT, and there was interesting hysteresis behavior, a theoretical analysis was performed.

Heteroepitaxial growth of well-aligned ZnO nanorods with high crystalline and optical qualities on GaAs (111) substrates was achieved through electrochemical deposition at low temperature without any buffer layer for the first time.

Highly oriented and well-aligned hierarchical nanostructures composed of vertically grown In₂O₃(ZnO)_m (m = 2, 3, 4, and 5) nanoprisms and horizontally grown ZnO:In nanobelts can be spontaneouslyformed through a conventional vapor-phase transport and condensation method while co-evaporating the well-mixed ZnO, graphite, and In powders.

Annealing of anodic TiO₂ nanotubes to anatase can lead (depending on the conditions) to significant structural damage (cracks in the tube wall) and other undesired effects that can critically affect applications.

Micrometer-scale patterns of various functional nanoparticles were fabricated by using a hydrophobic poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) stamp with microcontact printing. The produced nanoparticles can be used as seeds or catalysts for the growth of 1Dnanomaterials such as ZnO nanorods and carbon nanotubes. This may be used as a general technique to pattern 0D and 1D nanomaterials on substrates.

We experimentally observed two low-frequency phonon modes at 0.45 and 0.75 THz for a free-standing double-walled carbon nanotube film of thickness 200 nm by using terahertz time domain spectroscopy. The complex dielectric function was measured in the range 0.1–2.5 THz. The film cuts the amplitude of the THz pulse by almost 50 % without affecting its temporal width, suggesting a possible application as neutral density filter in the THz spectral range.

Two-dimensional, flake-shaped carbon and carbon–metal nanocomposites with nanometer-sized thickness and a large lateral size up to hundreds of micrometers were easily synthesized using a naturally existing cellular material, the stem pith of the rice-paper plant, both as the carbon precursor and also the synthesis template.