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Cover Picture: Morphological Phase Diagram of Biocatalytically Active Ceria Nanostructures as a Function of Processing Variables and Their Properties (ChemPlusChem 12/2013)
Author(s) -
Sakthivel Tamilselvan,
Das Soumen,
Kumar Amit,
Reid David L.,
Gupta Ankur,
Sayle Dean C.,
Seal Sudipta
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chempluschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.801
H-Index - 61
ISSN - 2192-6506
DOI - 10.1002/cplu.201300368
Subject(s) - nanorod , caustic (mathematics) , hydrothermal circulation , phase diagram , nanoparticle , chemistry , nanostructure , phase (matter) , chemical engineering , diagram , nanotechnology , cover (algebra) , materials science , geometry , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering , engineering , mathematics , statistics
The cover pictue shows a morphological phase diagram of CeO 2 indicating regions of nanoparticle nanorod and nanocube formation after certain time periods of hydrothermal treatment. The phase boundaries are estimated by using experimental parameters (NaOH concentration ( M ), temperature (°C), and time (h)) of the hydrothermal process. The phase boundaries from nanoparticles to nanorods and nanocubes are observed to shift at higher temperature with low caustic concentration. The relative incremental increase in temperature suggests that nanorod and nanocube formation is more dependent on temperature than caustic concentration. Inset is the atomic simulation of nanostructured materials showing the growth direction. Details of this study are given in the Full Paper at page 1446 ff. by S. Seal and co‐workers.