Metal Oxide Chemistry and Synthesis

The precipitation of metal oxides from aqueous solutions creates nanoparticles with interesting solid state properties, thus building a bridge between solution chemistry and solid state chemistry. This book is the first monograph to deal with the formation of metal oxides from aqueous solutions with emphasis on the formation and physical chemistry of nanoparticles.

Metal Oxide Chemistry and Synthesis: From Solution to Solid State
* Provides a comprehensive introduction to the synthesis of finely divided materials
* Presents the chemistry, physics and applications of these materials
* Builds a bridge between classical solution chemistry and new developments in solid state chemistry
* Introduces an important new area in inorganic chemistry
Part I examines the mechanism of condensation of aqueous cations leading to polynuclear species or lattices, and rationalizes the behaviour of cations in precipitation phenomena by identifying pathways from soluble species to solids. The cation complex is also analysed in relation to the synthesis of some technologically interesting polymetallic oxides, e.g. ferroelectric, ferrimagnetic and supraconductor materials.

Part II is devoted to the surface chemistry of oxide particles. The basic concepts relating to the reactivity of the oxide-solution interface are introduced and applied to various adsorption phenomena, such as aggregation, stability of particle size against ripening, etc. These properties are exploited for the synthesis of nanomaterials for a broad range of applictions such as ceramic powders, catalysts and nanocomposites. This will also be of interest to those wishing to understand geochemical and some biological processes.

As well as being invaluable to researchers and postgraduate students of inorganic chemistry, this book will also be appreciated by solid-state chemists, materials scientists and colloid chemists with an interest in metal oxides.Die Abscheidung von Metalloxiden aus wäßrigen Lösungen ist ein neues, wichtiges Forschungsgebiet. Dieser Band schlägt eine Brücke zwischen der klassischen Chemie in Lösung und der modernen Festkörperchemie! Teil 1 beschäftigt sich mit dem Mechanismus der Kondensation von Kationen aus Lösungen zu mehrkernigen Spezies oder Gittern. Teil 2 geht auf die Oberflächenchemie der Oxidteilchen ein, wobei verschiedenste mit der Adsorption verknüpfte Phänomene beschrieben werden. (10/00) INORGANIC CONDENSATION.
Water and Cations in Aqueous Solution.
Condensation and Precipitation in Aqueous Solution.
Olation: Polycations and Solid Phases.
Oxolation Polyanions and Solid Phases.
Complexation and Condensation.
SURFACE CHEMISTRY OF OXIDES.
Oxide-Solution Interface.
Modeling of the Oxide-Solution Interface.
Stability of Colloidal Dispersions.
Interface Reactions and Adsorption.
Index. "To remedy a...gap in university curricula in teaching the physics and chemistry behind the synthesis of such solutions, Jolivet introduces the mechanism of oxide formation..." (SciTech Book News, Vol. 25, No. 4, December 2001) Jean-Pierre Jolivet, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris
Marc Henry, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg
Jacques Livage, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris The precipitation of metal oxides from aqueous solutions creates nanoparticles with interesting solid state properties, thus building a bridge between solution chemistry and solid state chemistry. This book is the first monograph to deal with the formation of metal oxides from aqueous solutions with emphasis on the formation and physical chemistry of nanoparticles.

Metal Oxide Chemistry and Synthesis: From Solution to Solid State
* Provides a comprehensive introduction to the synthesis of finely divided materials
* Presents the chemistry, physics and applications of these materials
* Builds a bridge between classical solution chemistry and new developments in solid state chemistry
* Introduces an important new area in inorganic chemistry
Part I examines the mechanism of condensation of aqueous cations leading to polynuclear species or lattices, and rationalizes the behaviour of cations in precipitation phenomena by identifying pathways from soluble species to solids. The cation complex is also analysed in relation to the synthesis of some technologically interesting polymetallic oxides, e.g. ferroelectric, ferrimagnetic and supraconductor materials.

Part II is devoted to the surface chemistry of oxide particles. The basic concepts relating to the reactivity of the oxide-solution interface are introduced and applied to various adsorption phenomena, such as aggregation, stability of particle size against ripening, etc. These properties are exploited for the synthesis of nanomaterials for a broad range of applictions such as ceramic powders, catalysts and nanocomposites. This will also be of interest to those wishing to understand geochemical and some biological processes.

As well as being invaluable to researchers and postgraduate students of inorganic chemistry, this book will also be appreciated by solid-state chemists, materials scientists and colloid chemists with an interest in metal oxides.