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Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 10, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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line-height:150%'><b><font size=5 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Četrtek / Thursday, 28. 10.
2010, ob / at 13:00<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<h6 style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><b><font size=3 face=Verdana><span lang=FR
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Velika
predavalnica Kemijskega inštituta / Lecture Hall at the <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h6>
<h6 style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><b><font size=3 face=Verdana><span lang=FR
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>National
Institute of Chemistry; Hajdrihova 19, Ljubljana <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h6>
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0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:center'><b><font size=5
color="#993366" face=Verdana><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:#993366;font-weight:bold'>Liquid-Phase Synthesis of
Inorganic Particles, Films and Composites in Organic Solvents <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=Default style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Liquid-phase
routes to inorganic functional materials in organic solvents under exclusion of
water have become a versatile alternative to aqueous methods. In comparison to
the complex aqueous chemistry, nonaqueous processes offer the possibility of better
understanding and controlling the reaction pathways on a molecular level,
enabling the synthesis of inorganic materials with high crystallinity and
well-defined and uniform particle morphologies. A special feature of these
routes is that in many cases organic reactions provide the
“monomers” for the nucleation of the inorganic particles. The
strong relation between these organic reaction pathways and the formation of
inorganic particles not only offers a versatile tool to control the morphological
characteristics of the particles by varying the organic species in the reaction
mixture, but also makes it possible to study particle formation mechanisms
through monitoring the organic side reactions. Additionally, organic reactions
are very sensitive to microwave irradiation. Therefore, the combination of
nonaqueous processes with microwave chemistry potentially provides a way to
control the formation of inorganic particles through influencing the organic
reaction pathways by microwave irradiation. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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none'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Based on ZnO as an example we will discuss, how
nanoparticle formation and growth under microwave irradiation can be described
by combining kinetic analysis of the precursor consumption with the crystal
growth. These results are of high practical relevance, because they allow a
precise tuning of the crystal size and a highly efficient doping of the metal oxides
with transition metals. Furthermore, we will address nanopowder processing into
thin films and nanocomposites, as well as selected potential applications in
gas sensing devices and battery technology.</span></font><font face=Verdana><span
style='font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Vljudno
vabljeni! / Kindly invited!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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