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Peroxide-based route assisted with inverse microemulsion process to well-dispersed Bi4Ti3O12 nanocrystals

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Well-dispersed bismuth titanate (BIT) nanocrystals with an average size ranged from 3 to 60 nm were synthesized via a peroxide-based route assisted with an inverse microemulsion process. The crystallite size and lattice parameter of BIT upon variable-temperature were determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD). The particle size was confirmed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Thermal decomposition behaviour of Ti-peroxy and BIT gel and crystallization kinetics of BIT nanocrystals were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry/thermogravimetry (DSC/TG) and Fourier-Transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Analysis of nonisothermal DSC data yielded a value of 220.84 ± 2.73 KJ/mol and 2.25 ± 0.26 for the activation energy of crystallization (E a) and the Avrami exponent (n), respectively.

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This work was supported in part by EPSRC and PCME Ltd. The authors gratefully acknowledge the CSC (China Scholarship Council), Government of People’s Republic of China, for providing financial assistance.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, United Kingdom

    Jungang Hou, Dalibor Krsmanovic & R. V. Kumar

  2. Key Laboratory for Advanced Ceramic and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Jungang Hou & Yuanfang Qu

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Hou, J., Qu, Y., Krsmanovic, D. et al. Peroxide-based route assisted with inverse microemulsion process to well-dispersed Bi4Ti3O12 nanocrystals. J Nanopart Res 12, 1797–1805 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-009-9737-4

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