title: Supercritical hydrothermal synthesis and in situ organic modification of indium tin oxide nanoparticles using continuous-flow reaction system.
abstract: ITO nanoparticles were synthesized hydrothermally and surface modified in supercritical water using a continuous flow reaction system. The organic modification of the nanoparticles converted the surface from hydrophilic to hydrophobic, making the modified nanoparticles easily dispersible in organic solvent. The addition of a surface modifier into the reaction system impacted the crystal growth and particle size as well as dispersion. The particle size was 18 nm. Highly crystalline cubic ITO with a narrow particle size distribution was obtained. The advantages of short reaction time and the use of a continuous reaction system make this method suitable for industrial scale synthesis.
authors: Advanced Institute for Materials Research, WPI, Tohoku University.
authors: Jinfeng
authors: J
authors: Lu
authors: Kimitaka
authors: K
authors: Minami
authors: Seiichi
authors: S
authors: Takami
authors: Masatoshi
authors: M
authors: Shibata
authors: Yasunobu
authors: Y
authors: Kaneko
authors: Tadafumi
authors: T
authors: Adschiri