Issue 8, 2010

Microwave chemistry for inorganic nanomaterials synthesis

Abstract

This Feature Article gives an overview of microwave-assisted liquid phase routes to inorganic nanomaterials. Whereas microwave chemistry is a well-established technique in organic synthesis, its use in inorganic nanomaterials' synthesis is still at the beginning and far away from having reached its full potential. However, the rapidly growing number of publications in this field suggests that microwave chemistry will play an outstanding role in the broad field of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. This article is not meant to give an exhaustive overview of all nanomaterials synthesized by the microwave technique, but to discuss the new opportunities that arise as a result of the unique features of microwave chemistry. Principles, advantages and limitations of microwave chemistry are introduced, its application in the synthesis of different classes of functional nanomaterials is discussed, and finally expected benefits for nanomaterials' synthesis are elaborated.

Graphical abstract: Microwave chemistry for inorganic nanomaterials synthesis

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
02 Kax 2009
Accepted
14 Qun 2010
First published
25 Nah 2010

Nanoscale, 2010,2, 1358-1374

Microwave chemistry for inorganic nanomaterials synthesis

I. Bilecka and M. Niederberger, Nanoscale, 2010, 2, 1358 DOI: 10.1039/B9NR00377K

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