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.
Preface Chapter 1. Nanomaterials: specificities in properties and synthesis Chapter 2. Water and metal cations in solution Chapter 3. Condensation in solution: polycations and polyanions Chapter 4. Formation of oxides from solutions: structures and mechanisms Chapter 5. Surface chemistry and physico-chemistry of nano-oxides in aqueous suspensions Chapter 6. Aluminum in solution, alumina and aluminosilicates Chapter 7. Iron oxides, an example of structural versatility Chapter 8. Titanium, manganese and zirconium dioxides Conclusion References Index
Jean Pierre Jolivet is Emeritus Professor at Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.