Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1460512 Ceramics International 2014 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

A new sample holder for observing non-dried samples by SEM is presented, and it is employed to investigate the effect of heating on core–shell-type ceria/polymer hybrid nanoparticles to 200 °C in air. Through this, heating is shown to reduce the shell thickness of the nanoparticles. Furthermore, despite this reduction in shell thickness, the nanoparticles maintain a good dispersibility in an aqueous solution. Some sub-micrometer sized agglomerated particles are formed, but only in those instances where the shell thickness is insufficient. This new technique is therefore confirmed as an effective means of assessing the dispersibility of nanoparticles.

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