The global energy crisis is increasing the demand for innovative materials with high purity
and functionality for the development of clean energy production and storage. The …

Driven by functionality and purity demand for applications of inorganic nanoparticle colloids
in optics, biology, and energy, their surface chemistry has become a topic of intensive …

Although oxide nanoparticles are ubiquitous in science and technology, a multitude of
compositions, phases, structures, and doping levels exist, each one requiring a variety of …

The demand is growing for new nanoscience-based technologies with unique properties
that are different from traditional wet-chemical techniques. In recent years, laser ablation in …

Laser ablation synthesis in liquid solution (LASiS) is a “green” technique that gives access to
the preparation of a library of nanomaterials. Bare noble metal spherical particles …

Liquid metals offer unprecedented chemistry. Here it is shown that they can facilitate self‐
limiting oxidation processes on their surfaces, which enables the growth of metal oxides that …

Gallium (Ga) and Ga-based liquid metal (LM) alloys offer low toxicity, excellent electrical and
thermal conductivities, and fluidity at or near room temperature. Ga-based LM particles …

Stable suspensions of eutectic gallium indium (EGaIn) liquid metal nanoparticles form by
probe-sonicating the metal in an aqueous solution. Positively-charged molecular or …

Amorphous metal nanoparticles (A-NPs) have aroused great interest in their structural
disordering nature and combined downsizing strategies (eg nanoscaling), both of which are …

ZnO nanoparticles were prepared by laser ablation of a zinc metal plate in a liquid
environment using different surfactant (cationic, anionic, amphoteric, and nonionic) …