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Self-assembly of metal oxides into three-dimensional nanostructures: synthesis and application in catalysis
Vivek Polshettiwar1, Babita Baruwati, Rajender S Varma
1Sustainable Technology Division, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268, USA. polshettiwar.vivek@epa.gov
Abstract:
Nanostructured metal (Fe, Co, Mn, Cr, Mo) oxides were fabricated under microwave irradiation conditions in pure water without using any reducing or capping reagent. The metal oxides self-assembled into octahedra, spheres, triangular rods, pine, and hexagonal snowflake-like three-dimensional morphologies. Pine-structured nano-iron oxides were studied as a novel support for various catalytic organic transformations.
