Issue 90, 2012

Chain-like nanostructures from anisotropic self-assembly of semiconducting metal oxidenanoparticles with a block copolymer

Abstract

A facile method is reported for the preparation of chain-like nanostructures by anisotropic self-assembly of TiO2 and SnO2 nanoparticles with the aid of a block copolymer in an aqueous medium. Well-defined crystallographic orientations between neighbouring nanoparticles are observed in TiO2 nanochains, which is important for tailoring the grain boundaries and thus enhancing charge transport.

Graphical abstract: Chain-like nanostructures from anisotropic self-assembly of semiconducting metal oxide nanoparticles with a block copolymer

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Aug 2012
Accepted
26 Sep 2012
First published
27 Sep 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 11115-11117

Chain-like nanostructures from anisotropic self-assembly of semiconducting metal oxide nanoparticles with a block copolymer

J. Wang, S. Winardi, A. Sugawara-Narutaki, A. Kumamoto, T. Tohei, A. Shimojima and T. Okubo, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 11115 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC36210D

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