Metal Oxide Nanostructures Chemistry

This much-anticipated new edition of Jolivet's work builds on the edition published in 2000. It is entirely updated, restructured and increased in content. The book focuses on the formation by techniques of green chemistry of oxide nanoparticles having a technological interest. Jolivet introduces the most recent concepts and modelings such as dynamics of particle growth, ordered aggregation, ionic and electronic interfacial transfers. A general view of the metal hydroxides, oxy-hydroxides and oxides through the periodic table is given, highlighting the influence of the synthesis conditions on crystalline structure, size and morphology of nanoparticles. The formation of aluminum, iron, titanium, manganese and zirconium oxides are specifically studied. These nanomaterials have a special interest in many technological fields such as ceramic powders, catalysis and photocatalysis, colored pigments, polymers, cosmetics and also in some biological or environmental phenomena.

Rod-like transition first or chain aggregation first? ordered aggregation of rod-like poly(p-phenyleneethynylene) chains in solution

Extremely small energetic disorder of electronically-conjugated poly(p-phenyleneethynylene) chains.

Optimizing domain size and phase purity in all-polymer solar cells by solution ordered aggregation and confinement effect of the acceptor

We optimized the domain size and phase purity of J51:N2200 blends by changing solvent to promote solution ordered aggregation and the confinement of acceptor N2200 to J51 during phase separation.

Reducing the confinement of PBDB-T to ITIC to improve the crystallinity of PBDB-T/ITIC blends

The ordered aggregation of non-fullerene small molecular acceptors (SMAs) plays a key role in determining the charge transport and bimolecular recombination in polymer/SMA solar cells.