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TY - JOUR
T1 - High-throughput continuous hydrothermal synthesis of an entire nanoceramic phase diagram
AU - Weng, X.
AU - Cockcroft, J.K.
AU - Hyett, G.
AU - Vickers, M.
AU - Boldrin, P.
AU - Tang, C.C.
AU - Thompson, S.P.
AU - Parker, J.E.
AU - Knowles, J.C.
AU - Rehman, I.
AU - Parkin, I.
AU - Evans, J.R.G.
AU - Darr, J.A.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - A novel High-Throughput Continuous Hydrothermal (HiTCH) flow synthesis reactor was used to make directly and rapidly a 66-sample nanoparticle library (entire phase diagram) of nanocrystalline CexZryY zO2-δ in less than 12 h. High resolution PXRD data were obtained for the entire heat-treated library (at 1000 °C/1 h) in less than a day using the new robotic beamline 111, located at Diamond Light Source (DLS). This allowed Rietveld-quality powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) data collection of the entire 66-sample library in < 1 day. Consequently, the authors rapidly mapped out phase behavior and sintering behaviors for the entire library. Out of the entire 66-sample heat-treated library, the PXRD data suggests that 43 possess the fluorite structure, of which 30 (out of 36) are ternary compositions. The speed, quantity and quality of data obtained by our new approach, offers an exciting new development which will allow structure-property relationships to be accessed for nanoceramics in much shorter time periods. © 2009 American Chemical Society.
AB - A novel High-Throughput Continuous Hydrothermal (HiTCH) flow synthesis reactor was used to make directly and rapidly a 66-sample nanoparticle library (entire phase diagram) of nanocrystalline CexZryY zO2-δ in less than 12 h. High resolution PXRD data were obtained for the entire heat-treated library (at 1000 °C/1 h) in less than a day using the new robotic beamline 111, located at Diamond Light Source (DLS). This allowed Rietveld-quality powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) data collection of the entire 66-sample library in < 1 day. Consequently, the authors rapidly mapped out phase behavior and sintering behaviors for the entire library. Out of the entire 66-sample heat-treated library, the PXRD data suggests that 43 possess the fluorite structure, of which 30 (out of 36) are ternary compositions. The speed, quantity and quality of data obtained by our new approach, offers an exciting new development which will allow structure-property relationships to be accessed for nanoceramics in much shorter time periods. © 2009 American Chemical Society.
KW - nanomaterial
KW - article
KW - ceramics
KW - chemistry
KW - combinatorial chemistry
KW - structure activity relation
KW - synthesis
KW - transmission electron microscopy
KW - X ray crystallography
KW - Ceramics
KW - Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques
KW - Crystallography, X-Ray
KW - Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
KW - Nanostructures
KW - Structure-Activity Relationship
U2 - 10.1021/cc900041a
DO - 10.1021/cc900041a
M3 - Journal article
VL - 11
SP - 829
EP - 834
JO - Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry
JF - Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry
SN - 1520-4766
IS - 5
ER -