Nanocrystalline ceria: Synthesis, structure-sensitive properties, and promising applications

Directed search for further manifestations of size-dependent effects in the functional properties of nanomaterials constitutes a key line of nanotechnologies research. The major size-dependent effects were analyzed for nanocrystalline ceria. The practically significant techniques for preparation of ceria nanopowders with controllable micromorphology were analyzed. Selected promising applications of this material were described.
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Thermal stability of nanocrystalline CeO2 prepared through freeze drying

The growth of ceria nanoparticles during annealing at high temperatures (up to 700°C) has been studied by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and low-temperature nitrogen adsorption measurements. The results indicate that cerium dioxide nanopowders prepared using freeze drying offer enhanced thermal stability.
Методами рентгенофазового и рентгенографического анализа, просвечивающей электронной микроскопии и низкотемпературной адсорбции азота исследованы закономерности [...]

Specifics of high-temperature coarsening of ceria nanoparticles

Particle coarsening trends at high temperatures (200 to 700°C) in ceria nanoparticles having various chemical histories are determined by powder X-ray diffraction, low-temperature nitrogen adsorption, transmission electron microscopy, and small-angle neutron scattering. Coherent intergrowth of individual CeO2 crystallites is the main scenario of nanoparticle coarsening.
С применением методов рентгенофазового анализа, низкотемпературной адсорбции азота, просвечивающей электронной микроскопии [...]