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A simple in situ flame coating method has been developed by designing a new type of coflow diffusion flame burner having a sliding unit. The sliding unit was shown to be very effective in finding a right position where the precursor for coating layer should meet with core particles. SiO2-coated TiO2 nanoparticles were first prepared and whether most surfaces of particles were coated was examined by both direct observation of particles through a transmission electron microscope and Zeta potential measurements. Mean core sizes varied from 28 to 109 nm and mean coating thickness was about 2.4 nm for silica-coated titania particles. By simply changing chemical precursors, we demonstrated that SiO2-coated SnO2, SnO2-coated TiO2, SiO2–SnO2-coated TiO2 nanoparticles could be also synthesized.
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This work was supported by the acceleration research program and BK21 program of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Korea.
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Sheen, S., Yang, S., Jun, K. et al. One-step flame method for the synthesis of coated composite nanoparticles. J Nanopart Res 11, 1767–1775 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-009-9596-z
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