Nicola Pinna's HRTEM image gallery of nanoparticles, nanorods, nanowires....  

The images of the nanoparticles displayed on this web site are the property of Nicola Pinna and of the Max Plank Institut of Colloids and Interfaces or the Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg or the University of Aveiro. They cannot be reproduced without explicit permission.
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We thank Prof. R. Schlögl and Prof. U. Goesele for the use of the electron microscopes
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10 nm side length triangular CdS nanoparticle.
N. Pinna, K. Weiss, J. Urban, M.-P. Pileni, Adv. Mater. 13, 2001, 261
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10 nm side length triangular CdS nanoparticle.

N. Pinna, K. Weiss, J. Urban, M.-P. Pileni, Adv. Mater. 13, 2001, 261
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A part of a 5 nm width V2O5 nanowire.
N. Pinna, M. Willinger, K. Weiss, J. Urban, and R. Schlögl Nano Letters, 3, 2003, 1131
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A part of a 5 nm width V2O5 nanowire.

N. Pinna, M. Willinger, K. Weiss, J. Urban, and R. Schlögl Nano Letters, 3, 2003, 1131
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TiO2 Nanorod made of small precursor particles. The nanorods often present an imperfect oriented attachment along the [001] axis.
 J. Polleux, N. Pinna, M. Antonietti , M. Niederberger, Adv Mater, 2004, 16, 436
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TiO2 Nanorod made of small precursor particles. The nanorods often present an imperfect oriented attachment along the [001] axis.

J. Polleux, N. Pinna, M. Antonietti , M. Niederberger, Adv Mater, 2004, 16, 436
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Part of a tungstite nanoplatelet showing typical mosaic crystal structure.
J. Polleux, N. Pinna, M. Antonietti , M. Niederberger, JACS, 2005, 127, 15595
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Part of a tungstite nanoplatelet showing typical mosaic crystal structure.

J. Polleux, N. Pinna, M. Antonietti , M. Niederberger, JACS, 2005, 127, 15595
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Part of a cubic In2O3 nanocrystal.
N. Pinna, G. Neri, M. Antonietti , M. Niederberger, Angew. Chemie, 2004, 43, 4345
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Part of a cubic In2O3 nanocrystal.

N. Pinna, G. Neri, M. Antonietti , M. Niederberger, Angew. Chemie, 2004, 43, 4345
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Part of a Nb2O5 nanocrystal.
 N. Pinna, M. Antonietti , M. Niederberger, Colloids and Surfaces A, 2004, 250, 211
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Part of a Nb2O5 nanocrystal.

N. Pinna, M. Antonietti , M. Niederberger, Colloids and Surfaces A, 2004, 250, 211
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Part of a Ta2O5 nanocrystal.
N. Pinna, G. Garnweitner, M. Antonietti , M. Niederberger, Adv. Mater, 2004, 16, 2196
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Part of a Ta2O5 nanocrystal.

N. Pinna, G. Garnweitner, M. Antonietti , M. Niederberger, Adv. Mater, 2004, 16, 2196
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Part of a V2O3 nanocrystal.
 N. Pinna, M. Antonietti , M. Niederberger, Colloids and Surfaces A, 2004, 250, 211
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Part of a V2O3 nanocrystal.

N. Pinna, M. Antonietti , M. Niederberger, Colloids and Surfaces A, 2004, 250, 211
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Barium Titanate nanoparticle with its Power Spectrum
M. Niederberger, N. Pinna, J. Polleux, M. Antonietti, Angew. Chemie, 2004, 116, 2320
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Barium Titanate nanoparticle with its Power Spectrum

M. Niederberger, N. Pinna, J. Polleux, M. Antonietti, Angew. Chemie, 2004, 116, 2320
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Barium Zirconate naoparticle and its Power spectrum
M. Niederberger, N. Pinna, J. Polleux, M. Antonietti, Angew. Chemie, 2004, 116, 2320
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Barium Zirconate naoparticle and its Power spectrum

M. Niederberger, N. Pinna, J. Polleux, M. Antonietti, Angew. Chemie, 2004, 116, 2320
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A part of a Lithium Niobate Nanoparticle with its power spectrum
M. Niederberger, N. Pinna, J. Polleux, M. Antonietti, Angew. Chemie, 2004, 116, 2320
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A part of a Lithium Niobate Nanoparticle with its power spectrum

M. Niederberger, N. Pinna, J. Polleux, M. Antonietti, Angew. Chemie, 2004, 116, 2320
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A 2nm Ce0.5Zr0.5O2 nanocrystal
Synthesis and Characterization of Stable and Crystalline Ce1-xZrxO2Nanoparticle Sols
A. S. Deshpande, N. Pinna, P. Beato, M. Antonietti, and M. Niederberger,
Chem. Mater. 2004, 16, 2599
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A 2nm Ce0.5Zr0.5O2 nanocrystal

Synthesis and Characterization of Stable and Crystalline Ce1-xZrxO2Nanoparticle Sols
A. S. Deshpande, N. Pinna, P. Beato, M. Antonietti, and M. Niederberger,
Chem. Mater. 2004, 16, 2599
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HfO2 nanocrystal.
N. Pinna, G. Garnweitner, M. Antonietti , M. Niederberger, Adv. Mater, 2004, 16, 2196
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HfO2 nanocrystal.

N. Pinna, G. Garnweitner, M. Antonietti , M. Niederberger, Adv. Mater, 2004, 16, 2196
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Magnetite nano-monocrystal.
N. Pinna, S. Grancharov, P. Beato, P. Bonville, M. Antonietti, M. Niedereberger
Chem. Mater. 2005, 17, 3044
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Magnetite nano-monocrystal.

N. Pinna, S. Grancharov, P. Beato, P. Bonville, M. Antonietti, M. Niedereberger
Chem. Mater. 2005, 17, 3044
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TEM image of a single tetrapod (a), SAED (b), HRTEM of a single arm (c), the magnification of the white square (d), and its square of the Fourier transform (power spectrum) (e)
David Zitoun, Nicola Pinna, Nathalie Frolet, and Claude Belin
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 17, 15034
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TEM image of a single tetrapod (a), SAED (b), HRTEM of a single arm (c), the magnification of the white square (d), and its square of the Fourier transform (power spectrum) (e)

David Zitoun, Nicola Pinna, Nathalie Frolet, and Claude Belin
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 17, 15034
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TEM study of nacre platelets. (a) TEM micrograph of a TEM thin cut of the aragonite platelets in nacre. (Scale bar: 1 µm.) (b) Power spectrum of the HRTEM micrograph in c. The crystal is oriented along the [023] direction. (c) HRTEM micrograph of a selected surface area of the single crystalline aragonite platelets. (Scale bar: 5 nm.)
Nadine Nassif, Nicola Pinna, Nicole Gehrke, Markus Antonietti, Christian Jaeger, Helmut Coelfen,
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2005, 102, 12653
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TEM study of nacre platelets. (a) TEM micrograph of a TEM thin cut of the aragonite platelets in nacre. (Scale bar: 1 µm.) (b) Power spectrum of the HRTEM micrograph in c. The crystal is oriented along the [023] direction. (c) HRTEM micrograph of a selected surface area of the single crystalline aragonite platelets. (Scale bar: 5 nm.)

Nadine Nassif, Nicola Pinna, Nicole Gehrke, Markus Antonietti, Christian Jaeger, Helmut Coelfen,
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2005, 102, 12653
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