Nanocrystals-Related Synthesis, Assembly, and Energy Applications

“Nanocrystals-Related Synthesis, Assembly, and Energy Applications” is an annual special issue published in “Journal of Nanomaterials.” The forthcoming issue is the 2013 issue, which is now open for submissions.

Nanocrystals-Related Synthesis, Assembly, and Energy Applications 2013

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Nanocrystals-Related Synthesis, Assembly, and Energy Applications 2012

• Nanocrystals-Related Synthesis, Assembly, and Energy Applications 2012, Bo Zou, William W. Yu, Jaetae Seo, Ting Zhu, and Michael Z. Hu
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 820439, 2 pages
• The Progress of Nanocrystals Doped with Rare Earth Ions, Hai Liu, Lixin Yu, Weifan Chen, and Yingyi Li
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 235879, 9 pages
• Growth and Structure of Pure ZnO Micro/Nanocombs, Tengfei Xu, Pengfei Ji, Meng He, and Jianye Li
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 797935, 5 pages
• Subwavelength Microstructures Fabrication by Self-Organization Processes in Photopolymerizable Nanocomposite, I. Yu. Denisyuk, N. O. Sobeshuk, J. A. Burunkova, and N. D. Vorzobova
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 827438, 6 pages
• Characterization of Orthorhombic \alphalcurlybrcurlyb-MoO Microplates Produced by a Microwave Plasma Process, Arrak Klinbumrung, Titipun Thongtem, and Somchai Thongtem
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 930763, 5 pages
• The Energy-Efficient Processing of Fine Materials by the Micropyretic Synthesis Route, H. P. Li
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 727656, 8 pages
• Synthesis and Characterization of ZnTe Hierarchical Nanostructures, Baohua Zhang, Fuqiang Guo, and Wei Wang
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 293041, 5 pages
• Synthesis of CdSe/ZnS and CdTe/ZnS Quantum Dots: Refined Digestive Ripening, Sreeram Cingarapu, Zhiqiang Yang, Christopher M. Sorensen, and Kenneth J. Klabunde
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 312087, 12 pages
• Effect of Ultrasonic Irradiation on Preparation and Properties of Ionogels, Yogendra Lal Verma, Manish Pratap Singh, and Rajendra Kumar Singh
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 570719, 6 pages
• Quantum Size Effect in ZnO Nanoparticles via Mechanical Milling, Nurul Azri Khalisah Aznan and Mohd Rafie Johan
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 439010, 4 pages
• A Two-Step Method to Synthesize BaSn(OH)₆ Crystalline Nanorods and Their Thermal Decomposition to Barium Stannate, Xiaohong Wu, Gang Lv, Xiaoyan Hu, and Yiwen Tang
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 912731, 6 pages
• Preparation and Characterization of Ni(OH)₂ and NiO Mesoporous Nanosheets, Changyu Li and Shouxin Liu
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 648012, 6 pages
• Electrochemical Fabrication of Shape-Controlled Copper Hierarchical Structures Assisted by Surfactants, Huaping Dong, Yajun Wang, Feifei Tao, and Linxia Wang
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 901842, 6 pages
• Direct Preparation of Nano-Quasicrystals via a Water-Cooled Wedge-Shaped Copper Mould, Zhifeng Wang, Weimin Zhao, Chunling Qin, Yan Cui, Shenglei Fan, and Junqing Jia
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 708240, 6 pages

Nanocrystals-Related Synthesis, Assembly, and Energy Applications 2011

• Nanocrystals-Related Synthesis, Assembly, and Energy Applications, Quanqin Dai, Bo Zou, William W. Yu, Jaetae Seo, and Michael Z. Hu
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 237050, 2 pages
• Preparation, Modification, and Application of Starch Nanocrystals in Nanomaterials: A Review, Ning Lin, Jin Huang, Peter R. Chang, Debbie P. Anderson, and Jiahui Yu
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 573687, 13 pages
• Atoms and Nanoparticles of Transition Metals as Catalysts for Hydrogen Desorption from Magnesium Hydride, N. Bazzanella, R. Checchetto, and A. Miotello
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 865969, 11 pages
• Synthesis of Bismuth Ferrite Nanoparticles via a Wet Chemical Route at Low Temperature, Yongming Hu, Linfeng Fei, Yiling Zhang, Jikang Yuan, Yu Wang, and Haoshuang Gu
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 797639, 6 pages
• CdS Nanotubes and Y-Branched Nanochannels in AAM Fabricated by a Double Diffusion Route, Yong Lv, Weifeng Liu, Jianming Huang, and Lianzeng Yao
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 546715, 6 pages
• Synthesis of Vertically Aligned Dense ZnO Nanowires, Lihong Gong, Xiang Wu, Huibo Chen, Fengyu Qu, and Maozhong An
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 428172, 5 pages
• A Rational Self-Sacrificing Template Route to Nanotubes and Nanowires, Baojun Yang, Xinsong Yuan, and Duoli Chai
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 197265, 5 pages
• Mechanism and Growth of Flexible ZnO Nanostructure Arrays in a Facile Controlled Way, Yangping Sheng, Yang Jiang, Xinzheng Lan, Chun Wang, Shanying Li, Xinmei Liu, and Honghai Zhong
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 473629, 12 pages
• Synthesis of Ag Nanostructures by Photochemical Reduction Using Citrate-Capped Pt Seeds, Hyeong-Ho Park, Xin Zhang, Yong-June Choi, Hyung-Ho Park, and Ross H. Hill
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 265287, 7 pages
• Core-Shell Nanostructure of : Synthesis and Photocatalysis for Methyl Orange, Yang Tian, Di Wu, Xiao Jia, Binbin Yu, and Sihui Zhan
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 837123, 5 pages
• Hydrothermal Synthesis and Characterization of Single-Crystalline -Fe₂O₃ Nanocubes, Wenqing Qin, Congren Yang, Ran Yi, and Guanhua Gao
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 159259, 5 pages
• Radiolytic Synthesis of Pt-Ru Catalysts Based on Functional Polymer-Grafted MWNT and Their Catalytic Efficiency for CO and MeOH, Dae-Soo Yang, Kwang-Sik Sim, Hai-Doo Kwen, and Seong-Ho Choi
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 134721, 8 pages
• Preparation and Magnetic Properties of ZnFe₂O₄ Nanotubes, Yan Xu, Yantian Liang, Lijuan Jiang, Huarui Wu, Hongzhi Zhao, and Desheng Xue
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 525967, 5 pages
• Tailored 3D CuO Nanogrid Formation, Jusang Lee and Pelagia I. Gouma
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 863631, 6 pages
• Preparation and Characterization of Nanozeolite NaA from Rice Husk at Room Temperature without Organic Additives, Zahra Ghasemi and Habibollah Younesi
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 858961, 8 pages
• Towards a Reproducible Synthesis of High Aspect Ratio Gold Nanorods, Susanne Koeppl, Christian Solenthaler, Walter Caseri, and Ralph Spolenak
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 515049, 13 pages
• Simple Synthesis and Luminescence Characteristics of PVP-Capped GeO₂ Nanoparticles, Wei Wu, Xu Zou, Quanjun Li, Bingbing Liu, Bo Liu, Ran Liu, Dedi Liu, Zepeng Li, Wen Cui, Zhaodong Liu, Dongmei Li, Tian Cui, and Guangtian Zou
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 841701, 5 pages
• Mesoporous Titania Nanocrystals by Hydrothermal Template Growth, Giuseppe Cappelletti, Silvia Ardizzone, Francesca Spadavecchia, Daniela Meroni, and Iolanda Biraghi
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 597954, 9 pages
• Synthesis and Characterization of Nanometer Ce_0.75Zr_0.25O₂ Powders by Solid-State Chemical Reaction Method, Yuying Zheng, Zhengfa Hu, Huimin Huang, Wenjin Ji, Ming Sun, and Changshui Chen
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 657516, 7 pages
• A User-Friendly Method for Synthesizing High-Quality :Yb,Er(Tm) Nanocrystals in Liquid Paraffin, Sen Liang, Yi Liu, Yue Tang, Yue Xie, Haizhu Sun, Hao Zhang, and Bai Yang
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 302364, 7 pages
• Facile Synthesis of Monodisperse ZnO Nanocrystals by Direct Liquid Phase Precipitation, Lan Chen, Justin D. Holmes, Sonia Ramírez-García, and Michael A. Morris
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 853832, 9 pages
• Simple Synthesis of Flower-Like Structures and Their Use as Templates to Prepare CuS Particles, Xia Sheng, Lei Wang, Guanbi Chen, and Deren Yang
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 280216, 5 pages
• An Experimental Study on the Shape Changes of TiO₂ Nanocrystals Synthesized by Microemulsion-Solvothermal Method, Wei Kong, Bo Liu, Bo Ye, Zhongping Yu, Hua Wang, Guodong Qian, and Zhiyu Wang
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 467083, 6 pages
• Optical Properties of Linoleic Acid Protected Gold Nanoparticles, Ratan Das, Siddartha S. Nath, and Ramendu Bhattacharjee
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 630834, 4 pages
• Pulsed Current Activated Consolidation of Nanostructured Fe₃Al and Its Mechanical Property, Tae-Wan Kim, In-Yong Ko, Jung-Mann Doh, Jin-Kook Yoon, and In-Jin Shon
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 798257, 5 pages
• Microstructure and Corrosion Behavior of Ni-Alloy/CrN Nanolayered Coatings, Hao-Hsiang Huang, Fan-Bean Wu, Jyh-Wei Lee, and Li-Chun Chang
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 137498, 6 pages
• Study of the P-Type Doping Properties of ZnS Nanocrystals, Xiying Ma
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 952616, 5 pages
• Structural and Mechanical Properties of CrN_x Coatings Deposited by Medium-Frequency Magnetron Sputtering with and without Ion Source Assistance, Can Xin Tian, Bing Yang, Jun He, Hong Jun Wang, and De Jun Fu
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 534647, 7 pages
• Structure and Optical Properties of Silicon Nanocrystals Embedded in Amorphous Silicon Thin Films Obtained by PECVD, B. M. Monroy, Aduljay Remolina Millán, M. F. García-Sánchez, A. Ponce, M. Picquart, and G. Santana
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 190632, 9 pages
• Large-Scale Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Monodisperse Spherical TiO₂ Nanocrystals, Wei Kong, Chao Chen, Kaiguang Mai, Xinchao Shi, Rong Hu, and Zhiyu Wang
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 526246, 4 pages
• Controllable Assembly of Hydrophobic Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticle with mPEG-PLA Copolymer and Its Effect on MR Transverse Relaxation Rate, Xuan Xie and Chunfu Zhang
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 152524, 7 pages
• Preparation and Ordered Self-Assembly of Nano-Pd-Ga/PMMA by Ultrasonic, Xu Guo Cai, DAI Ming Hu, JI Xiao Li, Zhang Xiao Mei, and Xing Hong Long
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 368152, 6 pages
• Linear Assembles of BN Nanosheets, Fabricated in Polymer/BN Nanosheet Composite Film, Hong-Baek Cho, Tadachika Nakayama, Tsuneo Suzuki, Satoshi Tanaka, Weihua Jiang, Hisayuki Suematsu, and Koichi Niihara
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 693454, 7 pages
• GISAXS View of Induced Morphological Changes in Nanostructured CeVO₄ Thin Films, Magdy Lučić Lavčević, Aleksandra Turković, Pavo Dubček, Zorica Crnjak Orel, Bojan Orel, and Sigrid Bernstorff
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 303808, 7 pages
• Electronic-Excitation-Induced Processing in GaSb Compound Nanoparticles, H. Yasuda and H. Mori
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 901930, 4 pages
• Constitutive Rheological Modeling of Flow Serration Behaviour in Metallic Glasses Showing Nanocrystallization during Deformation, M. A. Yousfi, K. Hajlaoui, Z. Tourki, and A. R. Yavari
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 910962, 8 pages
• Fluoride Nanoscintillators, Luiz G. Jacobsohn, Kevin B. Sprinkle, Steven A. Roberts, Courtney J. Kucera, Tiffany L. James, Eduardo G. Yukihara, Timothy A. DeVol, and John Ballato
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 523638, 6 pages
• Electrodeposition of Nanometer-Sized Ferric Oxide Materials in Colloidal Templates for Conversion of Light to Chemical Energy, James M. Gardner, Su Kim, Peter C. Searson, and Gerald J. Meyer
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 737812, 8 pages
• CdSe Quantum Dots Sensitized Mesoporous TiO₂ Solar Cells with CuSCN as Solid-State Electrolyte, Guanbi Chen, Lei Wang, Yu Zou, Xia Sheng, Hongjuan Liu, Xiaodong Pi, and Deren Yang
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 269591, 5 pages
• Preparation of Nanoporous TiO₂ Electrodes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Hsiue-Hsyan Wang, Chaochin Su, Huei-Siou Chen, Yi-Cheng Liu, Yi-Wen Hsu, Nai-Mu Hsu, and Wen-Ren Li
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 547103, 7 pages
• Preparation and Characterization of Pure Rutile TiO₂ Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Study and Thin Films for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Huei-Siou Chen, Chaochin Su, Ji-Lian Chen, Tsai-Yin Yang, Nai-Mu Hsu, and Wen-Ren Li
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 869618, 8 pages
• Comparative Solid Phase Photocatalytic Degradation of Polythene Films with Doped and Undoped TiO₂ Nanoparticles, Wasim Asghar, Ishtiaq A. Qazi, Hassan Ilyas, Aftab Ahmad Khan, M. Ali Awan, and M. Rizwan Aslam
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 461930, 8 pages
• Photocatalytic Degradation of Nitro and Chlorophenols Using Doped and Undoped Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles, Hassan Ilyas, Ishtiaq A. Qazi, Wasim Asgar, M. Ali Awan, and Zahir-ud-din Khan
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 589185, 8 pages
• Influence of Lithium on Nanosized Films of Fe₂O₃, A. Turković, M. Ivanda, M. Bitenc, and Z. Crnjak Orel
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 967307, 8 pages
• Atomic-Level Investigation of and Adsorption on -SiC (111) Surface for CVD Diamond Growth from DFT Calculations, Naichao Chen and Fanghong Sun
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 910372, 6 pages
• Size-Dependent Elastic Modulus and Vibration Frequency of Nanocrystals, Lihong Liang, Hansong Ma, and Yueguang Wei
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 670857, 6 pages
• Initial Stage of Consolidation of Silicon-Carbide Nanocrystals under Pressure: A Tight-Binding Molecular-Dynamics Study, Kenji Tsuruta
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 308495, 6 pages
• Effect of the Dispersibility of Nano-CuO Catalyst on Heat Releasing of AP/HTPB Propellant, Yi Yang, Xinjie Yu, Jun Wang, and Yaxue Wang
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 180896, 5 pages
• In Situ Investigation of the Silicon Carbide Particles Sintering, Yu Niu, Feng Xu, Xiaofang Hu, Jianhua Zhao, Hong Miao, Xiaoping Wu, and Zhong Zhang
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 728617, 6 pages
• L T Heattreated under Nitrogen Ambient with Outstanding Rate Capabilities, Rui Xu, Junrong Li, Zilong Tang, and Zhongtai Zhang
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 635416, 6 pages