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Sonofragmentation of Ultrathin 1D Nanomaterials
Author(s) -
Gao Ruixuan,
Gupta Ishan,
Boyden Edward S.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
particle and particle systems characterization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.877
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1521-4117
pISSN - 0934-0866
DOI - 10.1002/ppsc.201600339
Subject(s) - nanomaterials , nanowire , dispersity , nanotechnology , nanoparticle , materials science , oxide , semiconductor , metal , optoelectronics , metallurgy , polymer chemistry
A simple strategy for making nanoparticles by sonofragmentation of high‐aspect‐ratio 1D substrates is introduced. With common laboratory equipment, ultrathin nanowires are fragmented into nanoparticles of size determined by the nanowire width, resulting within hours in monodisperse, crystalline nanoparticles of <10 nm. This strategy is applicable to a diversity of semiconductor, oxide, and metal nanowires.