What is it about?
The fundamental mission of materials science is the description of matter over all length scales. In this review, we apply this concept to particle research. Based on metal oxides, we show that every size range offers its specific features, and every size range had its era, when it was in the center of the research activities.
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Why is it important?
We believe that our review is unique in the sense that nobody has ever discussed metal oxides in the context of all length scales.
Perspectives
Based on a personal selection of examples from literature, we discuss the importance of size. We show how and why the research focus changed its targeted size regime from the micron to the nanoscale and back to the macroscopic world. We present the distinct advantages of using nanoparticles over micrometer sized particles in selected devices and we point out how such a shift in the size regime opens up new research directions.
Professor Markus Niederberger
ETH Zurich
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This page is a summary of: 25th Anniversary Article: Metal Oxide Particles in Materials Science: Addressing All Length Scales, Advanced Materials, November 2013, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201303161.
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