Aqueous‐Phase Synthesis of Single‐Crystal Ceria Nanosheets

Angewandte Chemie International EditionVolume 49, Issue 26 p. 4484-4487 Communication Aqueous-Phase Synthesis of Single-Crystal Ceria Nanosheets† Taekyung Yu Dr., Taekyung Yu Dr. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO 63130 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorByungkwon Lim Dr., Byungkwon Lim Dr. xia@biomed.wustl.edu Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO 63130 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorYounan Xia Prof., Younan Xia Prof. limb@seas.wustl.edu Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO 63130 (USA)Search for more papers by this author Taekyung Yu Dr., Taekyung Yu Dr. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO 63130 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorByungkwon Lim Dr., Byungkwon Lim Dr. xia@biomed.wustl.edu Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO 63130 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorYounan Xia Prof., Younan Xia Prof. limb@seas.wustl.edu Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO 63130 (USA)Search for more papers by this author First published: 09 June 2010 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201001521Citations: 191 † This work was supported in part by the NSF (DMR-0804088) and startup funds from Washington University in St. Louis. T.Y. was also partially supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2009-352-D00160). Part of the work was conducted at the Nano Research Facility (NRF), a member of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN), which is supported by the National Science Foundation under Award no. ECS-0335765. Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Abstract The evolution of sheet morphology for single-crystal ceria nanosheets with a thickness of about 2.2 nm and lateral dimensions up to 4 μm (see picture), involves two-dimensional self-organization of the initially formed ceria nanocrystals, followed by recrystallization. Ceria nanosheets exhibit an unusually large optical band gap energy due to the quantum size effect associated with their extremely small thickness. Citing Literature Supporting Information Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as "Supporting Information". Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Filename Description anie_201001521_sm_miscellaneous_information.pdf1.1 MB miscellaneous_information Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article. Volume49, Issue26June 14, 2010Pages 4484-4487 RelatedInformation