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Thermochemistry of nanoparticles on a substrate: Zinc oxide on amorphous silica

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Crystalline samples of zinc oxide on a mesoporous amorphous silica substrate were prepared by 5 to 15 atomic layer deposition cycles with diethyl zinc and water at 150 °C. Samples were characterized by x-ray diffraction, thermogravimetry, and nitrogen adsorption–desorption isotherms. High-temperature oxide melt solution calorimetry and water adsorption calorimetry experiments were performed to measure surface enthalpy for crystalline ZnO particles supported on the substrate. The measured enthalpies 1.23 ± 0.35 and 2.07 ± 0.59 J/m2 for hydrous and anhydrous surfaces, respectively, are in agreement with previously reported measurements for unsupported ZnO nanoparticles. Feasibility of thermochemical characterization of complex system of atomic layer deposition (ALD) prepared particles on a substrate was demonstrated.

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This research was supported by Department of Energy (DOE) grant DE-FG0301ER15237. Some of this research was performed at Argonne National Laboratory, a United States Department of Energy Office of Science Laboratory operated under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357 by UChicago, Argonne, LLC.

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  1. Peter A. Rock Thermochemistry Laboratory, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, 95616, USA

    Tatiana Y. Shvareva, Sergey V. Ushakov & Alexandra Navrotsky

  2. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, 60439, USA

    Joseph A. Libera & Jeffrey W. Elam

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Shvareva, T.Y., Ushakov, S.V., Navrotsky, A. et al. Thermochemistry of nanoparticles on a substrate: Zinc oxide on amorphous silica. Journal of Materials Research 23, 1907–1915 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.2008.0237

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