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Nanoporous Structures: Smaller is Stronger
Author(s) -
Ouyang Gang,
Yang Guowei,
Sun Changqing,
Zhu Weiguang
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.200800129
Subject(s) - nanoporous , materials science , redistribution (election) , nanotechnology , charge (physics) , chemical physics , surface energy , composite material , chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , politics , political science , law
It's what's inside that counts! Nanoporous materials with large internal surface area have been extensively employed as host materials in nanotechnology. Since the lower co‐ordination of atoms of nanoporous structures can lead to the redistribution of electronic charge and change the cohesive energy of single atoms in the matrix (see image), the mechanical responses differ from those of atoms in the bulk counterpart.