April 2001-June 2002, 

in the group of Prof. Stucky 

at the University of California at Santa Barbara 

with a fellowship of the Swiss National Science Foundation

We investigated novel non-aqueous sol-gel routes for the synthesis of low-dimensional and highly crystalline oxidic nanoparticles such as quasi 0-dimensional, spherical anatase nanoparticles, quasi 1-dimensional vanadium oxide nanorods and quasi 2-dimensional tungsten oxide nanoplatelets.

Anatase Nanoparticles

Anatase Nanoparticles

Tungsten Oxide Nanoplatelets

Vanadium Oxide Nanorods

Publications

M. Niederberger, M. H. Bartl, G. D. Stucky

Chem. Mater. 2002, 14, 4364-4370

A Benzyl Alcohol and Titanium Tetrachloride – A Versatile Reaction System for the Non-Aqueous and Low-Temperature Preparation of Crystalline and Luminescent Titania Nanoparticles

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M. Niederberger, M. H. Bartl, G. D. Stucky

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 13642-13643

Benzyl Alcohol and Transition Metal Chlorides as a Versatile Reaction System for the Non-Aqueous and Low-Temperature Synthesis of Crystalline Nano-Objects with Controlled Dimensionality

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