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Smart precursors for smart nanoparticles, 444
conductive properties, 454–455
metal oxide, 456–459
as singlesource molecular precursors for
nanomaterials synthesis, 460–465
shape of particles, 459
structure of nanoparticles, 453
surface charge density and their colloidal
stability, 459–460
cross-linking, 460
functionality, 460
interfacial polarity, 460
type of nanoparticles, 452–453
novel properties of materials at nanoscale,
452–453
SMPS. See Scanning mobility particle sizer (SMPS)
Soft-lithography, 281
Soft-photolithography, of hydrogel micropatterns,
282, 287–290
Sol–gel method, 421
Sol–gel process
aqueous sol-gel process, 362
electronic materials prepared by, 369t
mechanism, 364
non-aqueous sol-gel process, 362
optical applications of electronic materials ...