title: Nanostructured Materials Synthesis Using Ultrasound.
abstract: Recent applications of ultrasound to the production of nanostructured materials are reviewed. Sonochemistry permits the production of novel materials or provides a route to known materials without the need for high bulk temperatures, pressures, or long reaction times. Both chemical and physical phenomena associated with high-intensity ultrasound are responsible for the production or modification of nanomaterials. Most notable are the consequences of acoustic cavitation: the formation, growth, and implosive collapse of bubbles, and can be categorized as primary sonochemistry (gas-phase chemistry occurring inside collapsing bubbles), secondary sonochemistry (solution-phase chemistry occurring outside the bubbles), and physical modifications (caused by high-speed jets, shockwaves, or inter-particle collisions in slurries).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Av., Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
authors.forename: Jordan J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Hinman
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Av., Urbana, IL, 61801, USA. ksuslick@illinois.edu.
authors.forename: Kenneth S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Suslick
mesh_terms: D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D014465:Ultrasonics
keywords: Microspheres; Nanomaterials; Nanoparticles; Sonochemistry; Ultrasonic