TY - JOUR
T1 - Ultrathin lanthanide oxides nanomaterials
T2 - synthesis, properties and applications
AU - Zhang, Xinyu
AU - Wang, Yongwei
AU - Cheng, Fenghua
AU - Zheng, Zhiping
AU - Du, Yaping
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Start-up Funding from Xi’an Jiaotong University, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities ( 2015qngz12 ), the National Natural Science Foundation of China ( 21371140 ), and the China National Funds for Excellent Young Scientists ( 21522106 ).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Science China Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - Over the past decade, ultrathin lanthanide oxides (Ln2O3, Ln = La to Lu) nanomaterials have been intensively studied in the fields of rare earth materials science. This unique class of nanomaterials has shown many unprecedented properties (big surface area, high surface effect, physical and chemical activities) and is thus being explored for numerous promising applications. In this review, a brief introduction of ultrathin Ln2O3 nanomaterials was given and their unique advantages were highlighted. Then, the typical synthetic methodologies were summarized and compared (thermal decomposition, solvothermal, soft template, co-precipition and microwave etc.). Due to the high surface effect, some promising applications of ultrathin Ln2O3 nanomaterials, such as drug delivery and catalysis of CO oxidation, were reviewed. Finally, on the basis of current achievements on ultrathin Ln2O3 nanomaterials, personal perspectives and challenges on future research directions were proposed.
AB - Over the past decade, ultrathin lanthanide oxides (Ln2O3, Ln = La to Lu) nanomaterials have been intensively studied in the fields of rare earth materials science. This unique class of nanomaterials has shown many unprecedented properties (big surface area, high surface effect, physical and chemical activities) and is thus being explored for numerous promising applications. In this review, a brief introduction of ultrathin Ln2O3 nanomaterials was given and their unique advantages were highlighted. Then, the typical synthetic methodologies were summarized and compared (thermal decomposition, solvothermal, soft template, co-precipition and microwave etc.). Due to the high surface effect, some promising applications of ultrathin Ln2O3 nanomaterials, such as drug delivery and catalysis of CO oxidation, were reviewed. Finally, on the basis of current achievements on ultrathin Ln2O3 nanomaterials, personal perspectives and challenges on future research directions were proposed.
KW - Catalysis
KW - Drug delivery
KW - Lanthanide oxides
KW - Surface related proptries
KW - Synthetic strategies
KW - Ultrathin nanostructures
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U2 - 10.1007/s11434-016-1155-2
DO - 10.1007/s11434-016-1155-2
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84983405695
SN - 2095-9273
VL - 61
SP - 1422
EP - 1434
JO - Science Bulletin
JF - Science Bulletin
IS - 18
ER -