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Classification of Nanomaterials

This document outlines the classification of nanomaterials based on dimensionality. It discusses zero-dimensional nanoparticles, one-dimensional nanotubes and nanorods, two-dimensional nanofilms and nanolayers, and three-dimensional bulk nanomaterials that contain nanoscale features. Nanomaterials can be amorphous or crystalline, of various compositions, and incorporated into other materials. Their properties depend on reduced dimensionality and quantum effects at the nanoscale.

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Classification of Nanomaterials

This document outlines the classification of nanomaterials based on dimensionality. It discusses zero-dimensional nanoparticles, one-dimensional nanotubes and nanorods, two-dimensional nanofilms and nanolayers, and three-dimensional bulk nanomaterials that contain nanoscale features. Nanomaterials can be amorphous or crystalline, of various compositions, and incorporated into other materials. Their properties depend on reduced dimensionality and quantum effects at the nanoscale.

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Fundamentals of

nanomaterials
Lecture 5
MTX9100 OUTLINE
Nanomaterjalid

-What can nanomaterials be?


-What is a dimension?
- Does size mean a lot?
-What is a potential well?
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Classification
 Classification is based on the number of dimensions, which are
not confined to the nanoscale range (<100 nm).
 (1) zero-dimensional (0-D),
 (2) one-dimensional (1-D),
 (3) two-dimensional (2-D), and
 (4) three-dimensional (3-D).

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Zero-dimensional nanomaterials
 Materials wherein all the dimensions are measured within the
nanoscale (no dimensions, or 0-D, are larger than 100 nm).
 The most common representation of zero-dimensional
nanomaterials are nanoparticles.
 Nanoparticles can:
 Be amorphous or crystalline
 Be single crystalline or polycrystalline
 Be composed of single or multi-chemical elements
 Exhibit various shapes and forms
 Exist individually or incorporated in a matrix
 Be metallic, ceramic, or polymeric
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One-dimensional nanomaterials
 One dimension that is outside the nanoscale.
 This leads to needle like-shaped nanomaterials.
 1-D materials include nanotubes, nanorods, and
nanowires.
 1-D nanomaterials can be
 Amorphous or crystalline
 Single crystalline or polycrystalline
 Chemically pure or impure
 Standalone materials or embedded in within another medium
 Metallic, ceramic, or polymeric

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Two-dimensional nanomaterials
 Two of the dimensions are not confined to the nanoscale.
 2-D nanomaterials exhibit plate-like shapes.
 Two-dimensional nanomaterials include nanofilms,
nanolayers, and nanocoatings.
 2-D nanomaterials can be:
 Amorphous or crystalline
 Made up of various chemical compositions
 Used as a single layer or as multilayer structures
 Deposited on a substrate
 Integrated in a surrounding matrix material
 Metallic, ceramic, or polymeric
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Three-dimensional nanomaterials
 Bulk nanomaterials are materials that are not confined to the
nanoscale in any dimension. These materials are thus characterized
by having three arbitrarily dimensions above 100 nm.
 Materials possess a nanocrystalline structure or involve the
presence of features at the nanoscale.
 In terms of nanocrystalline structure, bulk nanomaterials can be
composed of a multiple arrangement of nanosize crystals,
most typically in different orientations.
 With respect to the presence of features at the nanoscale, 3-D
nanomaterials can contain dispersions of nanoparticles, bundles
of nanowires, and nanotubes as well as multinanolayers.
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Three-
Three-dimensional space showing the relationships
among 0-
0-D, 1-
1-D, 2-
2-D, and 3-D nanomaterials.
nanomaterials.

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