Issue 17, 2012

Recent progress in the synthesis of inorganic nanoparticles

Abstract

Nanoparticles probably constitute the largest class of nanomaterials. Nanoparticles of several inorganic materials have been prepared by employing a variety of synthetic strategies. Besides synthesizing nanoparticles, there has been considerable effort to selectively prepare nanoparticles of different shapes. In view of the great interest in inorganic nanoparticles evinced in the last few years, we have prepared this perspective on the present status of the synthesis of inorganic nanoparticles. This article includes a brief discussion of methods followed by reports on the synthesis of nanoparticles of various classes of inorganic materials such as metals, alloys, oxides chalcogenides and pnictides. A brief section on core–shell nanoparticles is also included.

Graphical abstract: Recent progress in the synthesis of inorganic nanoparticles

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
25 Nov 2011
Accepted
27 Jan 2012
First published
19 Mar 2012

Dalton Trans., 2012,41, 5089-5120

Recent progress in the synthesis of inorganic nanoparticles

C. N. R. Rao, H. S. S. Ramakrishna Matte, R. Voggu and A. Govindaraj, Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 5089 DOI: 10.1039/C2DT12266A

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