MRSEC Center for Nanostructured Materials



Phase Transitions in Nanocrystals

Closely linked to the synthesis of novel nanocrystals in MRSEC research is understanding the phase transitions and phase stability in these nanocrystals as a function of size and composition. One example is the phase stability is described in figure 1 for CeZrO2 nanocrystals grown by room temperature liquid phase methods. (See figure 2 for a TEM of CeO2-y.)

For more details please contact Louis Brus, Siu-Wai Chan, Stephen O Brien, and Michael Steigerwald.






Figure 1




Figure 2