Journal
JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 254-257Publisher
AMER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2006.047
Keywords
nanopowders; starch stabilization of colloid oxides; sol-gel process; biological route to nanopowders
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Sn, Sn-Sb, Ti, Zr, Fe, Ce and In oxides are prepared as nanometric powders by the hydrolytic route, starting from their ordinary salts or alkoxides, in the presence of 5% w/v starch as a non-ionic stabilizer of crystallization nuclei versus coalescence and flocculation. The starch can be degraded by alpha-amylase to soluble glucosidic oligomers, which may further be degraded by yeast to CO2 and ethanol. The nanoparticle features of prepared oxides result from experimental evidence based on X-ray diffractometry, transmission electron microscopy, differential thermal analysis/thermogravimetry coupled to mass spectrometry, specific surface area and porosity of samples obtained by curing in the 80-600 degrees C interval.
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