Green nanostructure synthesis

I&EC 153

Stanislaus S. Wong, sswong@notes.cc.sunysb.edu, Department of Chemistry, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400
Environmentally friendly synthetic methodologies have gradually been implemented as viable techniques in the synthesis of a range of nanostructures. In this work, we focus on the application of green chemistry principles to the synthesis of complex metal oxide and fluoride nanostructures. In particular, we describe advances in the use of the molten salt synthetic methods and template-directed techniques as environmentally sound, socially responsible, and cost-effective methodologies that allow us to generate nanomaterials without the need to sacrifice on sample quality, purity, crystallinity, in addition to control over size and shape.