title: High-throughput continuous hydrothermal synthesis of an entire nanoceramic phase diagram.
abstract: A novel High-Throughput Continuous Hydrothermal (HiTCH) flow synthesis reactor was used to make directly and rapidly a 66-sample nanoparticle library (entire phase diagram) of nanocrystalline Ce(x)Zr(y)Y(z)O(2-delta) in less than 12 h. High resolution PXRD data were obtained for the entire heat-treated library (at 1000 degrees C/1 h) in less than a day using the new robotic beamline I11, located at Diamond Light Source (DLS). This allowed Rietveld-quality powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) data collection of the entire 66-sample library in <1 day. Consequently, the authors rapidly mapped out phase behavior and sintering behaviors for the entire library. Out of the entire 66-sample heat-treated library, the PXRD data suggests that 43 possess the fluorite structure, of which 30 (out of 36) are ternary compositions. The speed, quantity and quality of data obtained by our new approach, offers an exciting new development which will allow structure-property relationships to be accessed for nanoceramics in much shorter time periods.
authors: Christopher Ingold Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom.
authors: Xiaole
authors: X
authors: Weng
authors: Jeremy K
authors: JK
authors: Cockcroft
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authors: Hyett
authors: Martin
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authors: Vickers
authors: Paul
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authors: Boldrin
authors: Chiu C
authors: CC
authors: Tang
authors: Stephen P
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authors: Thompson
authors: Julia E
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authors: Parker
authors: Jonathan C
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authors: Knowles
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authors: Rehman
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authors: Parkin
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authors: Evans
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authors: Darr
mesh_terms: D002516:Ceramics / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D049329:Nanostructures; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship