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dc.contributor.advisorZhou, Wuzong
dc.contributor.authorDickinson, Calum
dc.coverage.spatial164en
dc.date.accessioned2007-03-06T14:32:27Z
dc.date.available2007-03-06T14:32:27Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.identifieruk.bl.ethos.551976
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/217
dc.description.abstractThree-dimensional porous single crystals (PSCs) are a recent development in the growing world of mesoporous material. The mesoporosity allows for the material to retain their nanoproperties whilst being bulk in size. The current work concentrates on chromium oxide and cobalt oxide PSCs formed in the templates SBA-15 and KIT-6. HRTEM is the main technique used in this investigation, looking at the morphology and single crystallinity of these materials. A growth mechanism for the PSC material is proposed based on HRTEM observations. XRD studies revealed that the confinement effect, caused by the mesopores, reduces the temperature for both cobalt and chromium oxide crystallisation, as well as a different intermediate route from the metal nitrates. The properties of chromium oxide PSC are also investigated magnetically and catalytically. Some metal oxides in different templates are also presented, despite no PSC forming. HRTEM work on other nanomaterials, based on collaboration, is also presented.en
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dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of St Andrews
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
dc.subjectHigh Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopyen
dc.subjectTEMen
dc.subjectMesoporous materialen
dc.subjectPorous single crystalen
dc.subjectNanomaterialen
dc.subjectChromium oxideen
dc.subjectCobalt oxideen
dc.subjectNanostructuresen
dc.subject.lccTA418.9N35D5en
dc.subject.lcshPorous materialsen
dc.subject.lcshNanocrystalsen
dc.subject.lcshNanostructured materialsen
dc.subject.lcshTransmission electron microscopyen
dc.subject.lcshHigh resolution electron microscopyen
dc.titleMetal oxide porous single crystals and other nanomaterials : an HRTEM studyen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD Doctor of Philosophyen
dc.publisher.institutionThe University of St Andrewsen


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