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Shape Control of Iron Oxide Nanoclusters in Polymeric Media
Author(s) -
Tannenbaum R.,
Reich S.,
Flenniken C.L.,
Goldberg E.P.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/1521-4095(20021002)14:19<1402::aid-adma1402>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - nanoclusters , materials science , cluster (spacecraft) , polymer , metal , nanocomposite , oxide , nanotechnology , dispersion (optics) , iron oxide , chemical physics , chemical engineering , composite material , optics , metallurgy , physics , engineering , computer science , programming language
The controlled chemical synthesis of polymer/metal nanocomposites presented enables the formation of metal clusters of precise geometries and dispersion gradients. The polymer selectively interacts with preferred crystallographic planes, thus, resulting in “capped” metal clusters and a restraint on both the cluster aggregation and the cluster shape (see Figure).