Continuous synthesis of organic–inorganic hybridized cubic nanoassemblies of octahedral cerium oxide nanocrystals and hexanedioic acid?

Dalton Transactions Pub Date: 2008-06-05 DOI: 10.1039/B801099D

Abstract

We synthesized cubic nanoassemblies of octahedral CeO2nanocrystals by simply heating an aqueous solution of cerium nitrate (Ce(NO3)3) in the presence of hexanedioic acid (HOOC(CH2)4COOH) in a lab-scale plug-flow reactor. It was concluded that the octahedral shape of the primary CeO2nanocrystals plausibly leads to octa-coordination of the primary nanocrystals, thus enabling controlled assembly to form a cubic structure.

Graphical abstract: Continuous synthesis of organic–inorganic hybridized cubic nanoassemblies of octahedral cerium oxide nanocrystals and hexanedioic acid
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