title: Environmentally friendly methodologies of nanostructure synthesis.
abstract: Environmentally friendly synthetic methodologies have gradually been implemented as viable techniques in the synthesis of a range of nanostructures. In this work, we focus on the application of green-chemistry principles to the synthesis of complex metal oxide and fluoride nanostructures. In particular, we describe advances in the use of the molten-salt synthetic methods, hydrothermal protocols, and template-directed techniques as environmentally sound, socially responsible, and cost-effective methodologies that allow us to generate nanomaterials without the need to sacrifice sample quality, purity, and crystallinity, while allowing control over size, shape, and morphology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
authors.forename: Yuanbing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Tae-Jin
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Fen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hongjun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Stanislaus S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*