Abstract

Colloidal inorganic nanocrystals stand out as an important class of advanced nanomaterials owing to the flexibility with which their physical–chemical properties can be controlled through size, shape, and compositional engineering in the synthesis stage and the versatility with which they can be implemented into technological applications in fields as diverse as optoelectronics, energy conversion/production, catalysis, and biomedicine. The use of microwave irradiation as a non-classical energy source has become increasingly popular in the preparation of nanocrystals (which generally involves complex and time-consuming processing of molecular precursors in the presence of solvents, ligands and/or surfactants at elevated temperatures). Similar to its now widespread use in organic chemistry, the efficiency of “microwave flash heating” in dramatically reducing overall processing times is one of the main advantages associated with this technique. This Review illustrates microwave-assisted methods that have been developed to synthesize colloidal inorganic nanocrystals and critically evaluates the specific roles that microwave irradiation may play in the formation of these nanomaterials.

Autore Pugliese

• Cozzoli Pantaleo Davide

Tutti gli autori

• M. Baghbanzadeh , L. Carbone , P. D. Cozzoli , O.C. Kappe

Titolo volume/Rivista

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE. INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Anno di pubblicazione

2011

ISSN

1433-7851

ISBN

Non Disponibile

Numero di citazioni Wos

381

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

28/04/2018

Numero di citazioni Scopus

399

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

28/04/2018

Settori ERC

Non Disponibile

Codici ASJC

Non Disponibile