@article { ISI:000238086600005,
	title = {Radiation assisted synthesis of nanosized barium zirconate},
	journal = {Radiation Physics and Chemistry},
	volume = {75},
	number = {7},
	year = {2006},
	month = {JUL},
	pages = {755-759},
	publisher = {PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD},
	type = {Article},
	address = {THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>This paper reports the synthesis of refractory barium zirconate using solid-state reactive precursors subjected to gamma-radiations of a Co-60 source. Influence of varying doses on the formation of cubic phase of BaZrO3 has been investigated with the stepwise analysis of the intermediate products by means of FT-IR, XRD and TGA techniques. TEM depicts the nanospherical nature of the BaZrO3 particles. (C) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Ceramics, gamma-radiation, Nanoparticles, perovskite, refractory, XRD},
	issn = {0969-806X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.radphyschem.2005.12.041},
	author = {Athawale, Anjali A. and Chandwadkar, Asha J. and Karandikar, Prashant R. and Pasricha, R. and Bapat, Malini S.}
}
@article { ISI:000236922600002,
	title = {Room temperature synthesis of mesoporous aggregates of anatase TiO2 nanoparticles},
	journal = {Materials Chemistry and Physics},
	volume = {97},
	number = {2-3},
	year = {2006},
	month = {JUN},
	pages = {207-212},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA},
	type = {Article},
	address = {PO BOX 564, 1001 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND},
	abstract = {<p>The controlled hydrolysis reaction of titanium tetrabutoxide in presence of acetic acid in isopropanol, i.e. in non-aqueous media was adopted in the present work for the synthesis of nanocrystalline titania followed by aging at ambient conditions for longer duration. The powder XRD shows that the as-dried precursor (without any aging) is non-crystalline in nature. However, room temperature aging for longer duration \&gt; 120 days not only helped to develop crystallinity in TiO2 nanoparticles but also led to the formation of their self-assembly towards mesoporous aggregates creating sponge like TiO2 nano-structure having high surface area similar to 250m (2) g(-1)and narrow pore size distribution of 4-5 nm. TEM observations revealed the generation of spherical TiO2 nanoparticles (4-5 nm) assembled to form stable spongy scaffold having porous network structure with pore size 5-6 nm. Also, presence of a pronounced hysteresis loop in BET isotherm is indicative of a 3D-intersection network of the pores of size 4-5 nm. Further heat-treatment to the aged precursor at 400 degrees C/2 h in air modify pore network structure due to sintering of TiO2 particles as is observed in TEM studies and lowering thereby the surface area to 125 m(2) g(-1) (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Microstructure, porous materials, sol-gel processing, titania},
	issn = {0254-0584},
	doi = {10.1016/j.matchemphys.2005.02.014},
	author = {Deshpande, S. B. and Potdar, H. S. and Khollam, Y. B. and Patil, K. R. and Pasricha, R. and Jacob, Nalini E.}
}
